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2025 was an exceptional year for the Basic Sciences Division. We celebrated
@fredhutch.org
’s 50th anniversary, faculty, trainees, and staff receiving numerous awards, the retirements of Drs. Jon Cooper and Michael Emerman, and so much more. Get the highlights in our annual report:
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We have two great talks lined up for the final Friday Afternoon Seminars of the season! For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, join us at 4:00 in Pelton to hear about the latest discoveries from Yulong Su in the Eisenman Lab and Joy Chen in Human Biology’s
@behnamnabet.bsky.social
Lab.
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20 days ago
Last week's fantastic seminar by Prof. Harmit Malik, "Genetic Conflicts Drive The Unexpected Rapid Evolution Of Essential Chromatin Proteins", can now be viewed on CPGE's YouTube channel!
youtu.be/VxSppXrqGfI
#chromatin
#genomics
#evolution
#northwestern
#genomics
#proteins
#dna
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Harmit Malik- Genetic Conflicts Drive The Unexpected Rapid Evolution Of Essential Chromatin Proteins
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This year we presented a special introduction to the Weintraub Award Symposium featuring colleagues of Dr. Hal Weintraub telling stories about what made Hal such an exceptional scientist, mentor, collaborator, and friend. You can watch it here:
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Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award Symposium Introduction
This is "Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award Symposium Introduction" by Fred Hutch Cancer Center on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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We are so incredibly excited to kick off the 2026 Weintraub Graduate Student Award Symposium today at 9 AM! It’s going to be a phenomenal day of talks and celebration of the outstanding achievements of the awardees.
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Excited for an extra special Friday Afternoon Seminars on a THURSDAY! For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, don’t miss two fantastic talks today at 4:00 from Saket Mishra in the Hahn Lab and Rasika Venkataraman in Human Biology’s S. Lee Lab.
11 days ago
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“Preprints: communicating at the speed of science” We’re thrilled to have
@richardsever.bsky.social
joining us from
@openrxiv.bsky.social
to speak at today’s Basic Sciences Division Guest Seminar. For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at 11:30 in the B-suites.
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19 days ago
Congrats to
@basicsci.fredhutch.org
's Dr. Jesse Bloom
@jbloomlab.bsky.social
on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences! He joins 120 newly elected members recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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“Democratizing Biologic Drugs” We’re excited to have Dr. Jim Roberts speaking at today’s Current Biology Seminar. For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, join us at noon in Pelton for a great talk!
20 days ago
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"Glial Control of Brain Circuits and Brain Tumors" For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss today’s Cancer Neuroscience Synergy Seminar presented by Dr. Benjamin Deneen at noon in Pelton.
21 days ago
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The best part of the week is getting to learn about fascinating science at Friday Afternoon Seminars! For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, join us at 4 in Pelton to learn about the latest research from Ishita Joshi in the Tsukiyama Lab and Yeon Soo Kim in Human Biology’s Hsieh Lab.
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We are incredibly grateful for our amazing research administrators. From keeping labs supplied, managing funding, and resolving problems big and small,
@FredHutch.org
Basic Sciences would not be a success without them.
#AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
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“The sensory and cellular origins of gut-to-brain signaling” We’re excited to have Dr. Marito Hayashi joining us from
@uw-nbio.bsky.social
to speak at today’s Current Biology Seminar. For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at noon in Pelton!
27 days ago
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Can’t wait to hear Faith St. Amant from Human Biology’s Tapscott Lab and Barry Stoddard share their latest research at Friday Afternoon Seminars. For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, don’t miss two fantastic talks today at 4:00!
about 1 month ago
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"An update on Huntington’s Disease, the world's most curable incurable brain disorder” We’re excited to have
@jcarroll42.bsky.social
speaking at today’s Current Biology Seminar. For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at noon in Pelton!
about 1 month ago
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“Beyond FanDuel: Bet Hedging in the Brewer’s Yeast” We’re thrilled to have Dr. Andrew Murray joining us from
@harvardmcb.bsky.social
to speak at today’s Basic Sciences Lab Guest Seminar. For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss it at noon in Pelton Auditorium!
about 1 month ago
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Can’t wait to learn about some awesome science at Friday Afternoon Seminars! For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, join us at 4:00 in Pelton to hear Caitlyn Fain from the Parkhurst Lab and Alex Doan from Human Biology’s
@davidmacphersonlab.bsky.social
share their latest discoveries!
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Join us in celebrating
@irinakitop.bsky.social
, recipient of the 2026 GSA Mentorship Award! 🎉 From discovering C. elegans to building a career as a staff scientist at
@fredhutch.org
, she advances research while mentoring the next generation. Read more:
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"Effector-triggered immune responses in antiviral defense and pathogenesis" We’re thrilled to have
@psmitchej.bsky.social
speaking at today’s Current Biology Seminar! For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at noon in Pelton.
about 1 month ago
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Excited for two great speakers at Friday Afternoon Seminars! For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, join us at 4:00 in Pelton to hear Pralaksha Gurung from
@singhvilabglia.bsky.social
and Julia Walker from Human Biology’s Holland Lab share their latest research!
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Celebrating our lab manager Aida Flor de la Cruz, on her 30th anniversary of working at
@fredhutch.org
@basicsci.fredhutch.org
Aida is absolutely amazing at everything she does, from art, pottery, baking to microscopy, therapy, & drosophila genetics. We’re very lucky to have her.
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We’re excited to have Sydney McGuire from the
@lapointelab.bsky.social
and Taiki Abe from Human Biology’s
@alicebphd.bsky.social
Lab sharing their latest research at Friday Afternoon Seminars. For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss two fantastic talks today at 4:00!
about 2 months ago
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Congratulations to Dr. Susan Parkhurst for being elected a
#AAASFellow
by
@aaas.org
! This is among the highest distinctions in science and the whole division is excited and proud of this recognition of her scientific discoveries, mentorship, and collegiality.
www.aaas.org/news/aaas-we...
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"Not all disorder is created equal: Functional disorder in Small Heat Shock Proteins" We’re excited to have Dr. Rachel Klevit speaking at today’s Current Biology Seminar! For all our
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colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at noon in Pelton!
about 2 months ago
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“Nervous tumors" For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a special Cancer Neuroscience Synergy Seminar presented by Dr. Moran Amit today at noon in Pelton.
about 2 months ago
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The best part of the week is learning about awesome science at Friday Afternoon Seminars! For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, join us at 4 in Pelton to hear from
@sarahtonin1.bsky.social
in the
@nlehrbach.bsky.social
Lab and Sahana Kuthyar in Human Biology’s
@jrmayers.bsky.social
Lab.
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"Sympathetic nerves regulate T cell differentiation" We’re excited to have Dr. Anna-Maria Globig joining us from the
@alleninstitute.org
to share her latest research at today’s Current Biology Seminar! For all our
@fredhutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at noon in Pelton!
2 months ago
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We’re excited to have Sarah Huang from the
@manusetty.bsky.social
Lab and Kyusik Kim from Human Biology’s Collisson Lab sharing their latest research at Friday Afternoon Seminars. For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss two fantastic talks today at 4:00!
2 months ago
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"Disentangling the complexity of cellular aging: It’s complicated…" Looking forward to a great Current Biology Seminar! We’re excited to have Dr. Daniel Gottschling joining us from Calico Life Sciences to give a talk. For all our
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colleagues, don’t miss it today at noon in Pelton!
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2 months ago
We have some genetic sleuth work to share with you! What started as a rotation project turned into nothing short of an amazing collaboration between 4 labs in the zoo that is
@basicsci.fredhutch.org
. We found an essential histone chaperone long thought to be missing in most animals 🕵️‍♂️
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We have two fantastic speakers lined up for Friday Afternoon Seminars! For everyone
@FredHutch.org
, join us at 4:00 in Pelton to hear Yihua Zhu from the Smith Lab and Serwah Danquah from Human Biology’s
@lucasbsullivan.bsky.social
Lab share their latest discoveries!
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"Between Therapy and Relapse: The Hidden Life of Persistent Cancer Cells" We’re excited to have Dr. James Alvarez sharing his latest research at today’s Current Biology Seminar! For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at noon in Pelton!
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3 months ago
Wendy Valencia Montoya Receives Weintraub Graduate Student Award for Groundbreaking Thesis on the Evolution of Sensory Worlds 🧠🧪🧬
#AcademicSky
#higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n...
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Wendy Valencia Montoya Receives Weintraub Graduate Student Award for Groundbreaking Thesis on the Evolution of Sensory Worlds - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Wendy Valencia Montoya has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2026 Harold M. Weintraub Award in recognition of her doctoral thesis, an ambitious and interdisciplinary body of […]
https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/news/wendy-valencia-montoya-receives-weintraub-graduate-student-award-for-groundbreaking-thesis-on-the-evolution-of-sensory-worlds/
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Nicholas Bellono
3 months ago
Congrats to Wendy Valencia-Montoya on a superstar PhD co-advised by Naomi Pierce. By seamlessly integrating molecular biology with ecology + evolution, Wendy truly transformed how our lab approaches science - can’t think of better compliment than that!
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Congratulations to our grad student Lifei Jiang!!!!! Well deserved
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We have two great talks lined up for Friday Afternoon Seminars! For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, join us at 4:00 in Pelton to hear about the latest discoveries from Xuhui Jin in the Adeyemi Lab and Niyati Rodricks in Human Biology’s Salama Lab.
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3 months ago
Congrats🥂 to grad student Lifei Jiang, a Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Awardee. Advised by Kang and Brangwynne, her research is to understand the biological functions of biomolecular condensates in the context of cancers.
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Jiang awarded Weintraub Graduate Student Award
Graduate student Lifei Jiang, is one of 12 recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, announced today by the Fred Hutch Cancer Center, honoring the exceptional achievements of gradu...
https://molbio.princeton.edu/news/2026/jiang-awarded-weintraub-graduate-student-award
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The Rockefeller University
3 months ago
Huge congratulations to Gabriella Chua ( @gnlchua.bsky.social) and Andrea Terceros, 2026 recipients of the Weintraub Award! The award, given by
@fredhutch.org
, is considered among the most prestigious prizes for graduate students in the biosciences:
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3 months ago
🤩
@fredhutch.org
announced 12 recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which honors the exceptional achievements of #biosci grad students. Congratulations to the two Boston awardees: Keene Abbott from
@mit.edu
and Wendy Valencia Montoya at
@harvard.edu
#biosci
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3 months ago
Congratulations to Keene Abbott, PhD, of
@danafarbernews.bsky.social
and
@bostonchildrens.bsky.social
who received the 2026 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for his outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences.
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Scott Coyle
3 months ago
Huge congratulations to my student Rohith Rajasekaran
@born2raisecell.bsky.social
(now a postdoc in Kole Roybal's lab at UCSF) on being selected for a Weintraub award! Super proud of you and all the work you've done!
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3 months ago
If you want a science cleanse today, read and celebrate the accomplishments of these amazing young scientists
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3 months ago
Congrats to all the Weintraub awardees! I spy UCSF’s own Ayush Midha on this list - very cool!
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“These awardees stood out for their scientific originality, rigor and dedication to asking important scientific questions. They reflect the strength and promise of the next generation of scientific leaders.” - Dr. Bai, director of the Weintraub Award.
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/rele...
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Huge congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award! These twelve exceptional graduate students exemplify the bold, creative, and pioneering spirit embodied by Dr. Hal Weintraub.
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Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program
3 months ago
Join us for Violet Sorrentino's (
@wormentino.bsky.social
) dissertation defense! Title: Investigating the role of phospholipid flippases in glial pruning of neuron endings Lab: Singhvi Lab, FH When: Wednesday, March 11, 1 p.m. PST Where: FH Pelton Auditorium & Zoom (email
[email protected]
for link)
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3 months ago
Congratulations to Dr. Irini Topalidou on winning the 2026
@genetics-gsa.bsky.social
Mentorship Award! She was selected in recognition of her exceptional mentorship of more than 30 trainees and her published work on mentorship, STEM education and career choice.
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3 months ago
In new study led by Brendan Larsen, we map functional constraint across the Nipah virus F protein to define constrained epitopes for antibody targeting and identify mutations that stabilize the prefusion conformation for vaccine immunogens.
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Functional and antigenic constraints on the Nipah virus fusion protein | PNAS
Nipah virus is a highly pathogenic virus in the family Paramyxoviridae that utilizes two distinct surface glycoproteins to infect cells. The recept...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2529505123
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3 months ago
Big thanks to Aakanksha
@singhvilabglia.bsky.social
for the nomination, to J. Bai and
@nlehrbach.bsky.social
for supporting it, to A. Calixto, S. Karimzadegan, P. Gurung, J. Cattin-Ortola, M. Crawford, for their supportive letters and to all my mentees for making this job colorful and meaningful ♥️
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Congratulations to
@irinakitop.bsky.social
on winning the 2026
@genetics-gsa.bsky.social
Mentorship Award. She was selected in recognition of her exceptional mentorship of more than 30 trainees and her published work on mentorship, STEM education, and career choice.
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"Integrins and Internalization – promoting tolerance and resilience against attack" We’re excited to have
@adamlh.bsky.social
joining us from
@benaroyaresearch.bsky.social
to speak at today’s Current Biology Seminar! For all our
@FredHutch.org
colleagues, don’t miss a great talk at noon in Pelton!
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