Hutch News

Frogs help Fred Hutch find the shape of small things

Frogs help Fred Hutch find the shape of small things

Dr. Yasuhiro Arimura brings frogs back to Fred Hutch after a long absence to study the structure of DNA-linked molecular complexes that change during the cell cycle and malfunction in cancer and other diseases
Hutch NewsOctober 27, 2025
X-scape artistry: CTCF insulates X-linked genes from silencing

X-scape artistry: CTCF insulates X-linked genes from silencing

From the Disteche Lab, University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology and the Cancer Consortium program in Cancer Basic Biology
Science SpotlightOctober 23, 2025
For the first time! Kinetochore architecture of a thermophilic yeast

For the first time! Kinetochore architecture of a thermophilic yeast

From the Biggins lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightApril 17, 2024
Grant King named a 2023 Damon Runyon Fellow

Grant King named a 2023 Damon Runyon Fellow

Malik Lab postdoc will study how cells handle extra-chromosomal DNA
Hutch NewsAugust 16, 2023
Drs. Harmit Malik and Steve Henikoff elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Drs. Harmit Malik and Steve Henikoff elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Election honors scientists’ contributions to understanding of fundamental biology
Hutch NewsApril 28, 2022
Dr. Cameron Howard Lee named 2019 Helen Hay Whitney Fellow

Dr. Cameron Howard Lee named 2019 Helen Hay Whitney Fellow

Biggins Lab postdoc will look at relationship between protein production and key cell-cycle checkpoint
Hutch NewsNovember 26, 2018
Understanding the genetics of X chromosome inactivation

Understanding the genetics of X chromosome inactivation

from the Bedalov lab, Clinical Research Division
Science SpotlightOctober 15, 2018
How chromosomes find a happy medium

How chromosomes find a happy medium

Hutch scientists show how chromosomes communicate to balance crossovers during sex-cell formation
Hutch NewsSeptember 14, 2018
Protein plays traffic cop 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
Hutch NewsAugust 02, 2018
‘Waistbands’ of our chromosomes marked by unusual X-shaped DNA

‘Waistbands’ of our chromosomes marked by unusual X-shaped DNA

Human Y chromosome’s center more ‘monkey-like’ than other human chromosomes, study finds
Hutch NewsFebruary 02, 2018