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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
January 18, 2021
Outwitting the foe: predicting evolved antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2
From the Bloom Lab (Basic Sciences Division)
New Scientific Publications
Each week, Fred Hutch librarians search PubMed and Web of Science to discover new papers published by Fred Hutch authors
Week of January 17, 2021
What happens if the coronavirus’s spikes mutate?
First-of-its-kind study explores how changes in the virus’s ‘lock picks’ could help or hinder its ability to sneak into our cells
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
Genomic surveillance of the Colombian Zika virus outbreak
From the Bedford lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Tracking the coronavirus epidemic from Wuhan to the world
Scientists and public health officials worldwide collaborate to understand COVID-19 and slow its spread
Dengue virus evolution drives multiple disease outcomes
From the Bedford lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Why does flu make some people sick, but not others?
New study points to single mutations that allow flu to slip past immune system of some people, but not others
Forecasting the shape of flu viruses to come
‘Deep mutational scanning’ to make a better flu vaccine
Dr. Jesse Bloom named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
Biologist uses viruses to study molecular evolution
Lab partners: two viruses work together only in cell culture
From the Bloom Lab, Basic Sciences Division
When scientific hypotheses don’t pan out
Research studies are often built around an educated guess. What happens when those guesses are wrong?
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
Adam Geballe elected AAAS Fellow
Hutch virologist honored for revealing key players in molecular ‘arms race’ between viruses and hosts
Deciphering how influenza escapes neutralizing antibodies
From the Bloom Laboratory, Basic Sciences Division
HIV’s unusual family tree
How the virus leapt from monkeys to chimps to humans, and why it doesn’t happen more often