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Each week, Fred Hutch librarians search PubMed and Web of Science to discover new papers published by Fred Hutch authors
Week of August 01, 2021
Genetic multitasking and the resolution of cellular conflict
From the Malik Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Sharing is (not necessarily) caring: the evolution of cooperative behavior
From the Shou lab, Basic Sciences Division
Short H2A histones, part I: parental conflict at the evolutionary scale
From the Malik and Henikoff labs (Basic Sciences)
Tip Sheet: Celebrate holidays safely, COVID-19 vaccines, challenges in HIV vaccine trials — and new insights on evolution
Summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news, plus resources for the American Society of Hematology’s annual meeting
SCAMPRing to get ahead: the enduring battle for supremacy between parasite and host
From the Malik Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Old and slow isn’t always the winning combo for critical genes
New work upends paradigm that young, rapidly evolving genes can’t be essential; highlights importance of 'junk' DNA
Discovering new strategies used in arms race between bacteria and the viruses that infect them
Dr. Kevin Forsberg tapped for NIAID New Innovators Award to study arms race between viruses and bacteria
Centromeric proteins find their own niche
From the Malik Lab, Basic Sciences Division
DNA methyltransferases, of Mice and Men
From the Malik lab, Basic Sciences Division
Shedding light on male infertility
Pathway to Independence Award supports postdoctoral research on fast-changing cell structure genes
Age-old arms race points way to new-and-improved antiviral protein
Guided by evolution, scientists create more potent antiviral that unexpectedly continues blocking dissimilar viruses
New type of viral anti-CRISPR found in human microbiome
Protein used by viruses to combat DNA-snipping action of bacteria's CRISPR immune system
Harmit Malik elected to National Academy of Sciences
Evolutionary biologist honored for fundamental discoveries of genetic conflict
2 Hutch postdocs named Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientists
Drs. Alistair Russell and Tera Levin among few Damon Runyon Fellows selected for further support
Grad student Sarah Hilton among 200 chosen worldwide to attend 2018 Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Annual meeting of the minds exposes Hutch trainee to the diversity of math and computer science
The same but different: reconciling the diversity of centromeres with their highly conserved function
From the Henikoff Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Understanding HIV’s evolutionary past — and future
Studies of how the virus evolved and how it might change down the road could help researchers develop vaccines or cures for the infection
A killer is revealed: kambucha yeast poison their competitors
From the Malik, Smith, and Zanders Laboratories (Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutch and the Stowers Institute)
A ‘selfish gene’ that poisons its own host
Discovery of genes that divide two species in a simple fungus sheds light on complex evolutionary principles
Domesticated transposons help feng shui DNA
From Malik (Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutch) and the Yao (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Laboratories