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Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
September 16, 2019
How chromosomes find a happy medium
Hutch scientists show how chromosomes communicate to balance crossovers during sex-cell formation
Protein plays traffic cop during sex-cell formation
Hutch scientists solve 88-year-old genetic mystery: how sex cells avoid having the wrong number of chromosomes
Dr. Emily Hatch named 2018 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
She is recognized for her research on the rupture and repair of nuclear membranes that may cause cancer and other diseases
The same but different: reconciling the diversity of centromeres with their highly conserved function
From the Henikoff Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Jump in the LinE to recombine
From the Smith Lab (Basic Sciences Division)
Fred Hutch researcher Sue Biggins awarded the Genetics Society of America’s Novitski Prize
Award recognizes extraordinary level of creativity and intellectual ingenuity in solving significant problems in genetics research
'Finger trap' tension stabilizes cells’ chromosome-separating machinery
Sue Biggins and colleagues find accurate gene distribution during cell division depends on stable setup
Weintraub winners include two from Center
Bungo Akiyoshi and Maulik Patel of Basic Sciences are among 13 recipients from throughout North America