HHMI President Robert Tjian will step down in late 2016. Robert Tjian, President of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since April 2009, today announced that he will step down as head of the ...

New research by HHMI scientists shows that the emotional memory of an experience is malleable. By manipulating neural circuits in the brain of mice, scientists have altered the emotional associations ...

HHMI announces the inaugural Freeman Hrabowski Scholars cohort — 31 exceptional early career faculty who have potential to become leaders in their research fields and to create diverse and inclusive ...

HHMI trustees have elected Edward J. Palmerino as the new vice president for finance and treasurer. The Trustees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have elected Edward J. Palmerino as the ...

HHMI researchers devise prenatal blood test that accurately detects Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects. Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have developed a new prenatal ...

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet announced this morning that the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Jack W. Szostak, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

Content of the introductory science experience, which embodies inclusive learning. Learning Community Cluster 1 will implement three coordinated projects: faculty training in the core values of equity ...

Cuttlefish are cephalopods, like squid and octopuses. The term cephalopod comes from Latin words that mean “head” and “foot” – which is apt, since the tentacles of these creatures, which help them ...

HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, brings together teams of scientists to unlock the fundamentals of biology. By nurturing careers, influencing environments, and collaborating ...

HHMI researchers discover that protein related to snake venom toxin modulates receptors that are targeted by nicotine. Scientists have found that a protein resembling snake venom neurotoxin modulates ...

Florianópolis, Brazil Báfica is working to characterize a tuberculosis (TB) protein that is recognized by the human immune system and could someday boost the effectiveness of vaccines against TB.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is dedicated to promoting knowledge and advancing human health through discovery research in the basic biomedical sciences. HHMI’s guiding principle is to support ...