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Rewriting the story about the molecules that turn genes on and off

Rewriting the story about the molecules that turn genes on and off

Fred Hutch researchers discover that most transcription factors in budding yeast don’t follow the textbook example of binding close to the genes they regulate
Hutch NewsApril 16, 2025
Sleepy cells rely on Sir2 to remodel their DNA landscape

Sleepy cells rely on Sir2 to remodel their DNA landscape

From the Tsukiyama Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightFebruary 07, 2025
Evolutionary cell biologist Dr. Grant King named a Hanna Gray Fellow

Evolutionary cell biologist Dr. Grant King named a Hanna Gray Fellow

Long fascinated by life seen and unseen, King awarded eight years of funding to finish postdoctoral training at Fred Hutch and establish an independent lab
Hutch NewsJanuary 29, 2025
In the race to replicate, it’s better to think small-scale

In the race to replicate, it’s better to think small-scale

From The Bedalov Lab, Human Biology and Translational Science and Therapeutics Divisions
Science SpotlightJanuary 09, 2025
Acidic media favor entry of yeast into quiescence

Acidic media favor entry of yeast into quiescence

From the Tsukiyama lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightApril 17, 2024
500 replication origins in the yeast genome? Try 5000!

500 replication origins in the yeast genome? Try 5000!

From the Bedalov Lab, Translational Science and Therapeutics and Human Biology Divisions
Science SpotlightMarch 20, 2024
Actively inactive: the regulation of RNA during quiescence in yeast cells

Actively inactive: the regulation of RNA during quiescence in yeast cells

From the Tsukiyama Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJanuary 31, 2024
To Ψ or not to Ψ:  how PUS1 knows where to pseudouridylate mRNAs

To Ψ or not to Ψ: how PUS1 knows where to pseudouridylate mRNAs

From the Stoddard lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightDecember 18, 2023
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
Delineating transcriptional regulatory processes in yeast

Delineating transcriptional regulatory processes in yeast

From the Hahn Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJune 19, 2023
Ssd1-2 RNA binding protein directs sporulation in response to stress

Ssd1-2 RNA binding protein directs sporulation in response to stress

From the Breeden Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightFebruary 20, 2023
Rude Awakening: examining the cell’s rapid recovery from quiescence

Rude Awakening: examining the cell’s rapid recovery from quiescence

From the Tsukiyama lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJuly 19, 2021
Transcription factor binding: a sharp view of a fuzzy interaction

Transcription factor binding: a sharp view of a fuzzy interaction

From the Hahn lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJune 21, 2021
Sharing is (not necessarily) caring: the evolution of cooperative behavior

Sharing is (not necessarily) caring: the evolution of cooperative behavior

From the Shou lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightMarch 15, 2021
SCAMPRing to get ahead: the enduring battle for supremacy between parasite and host

SCAMPRing to get ahead: the enduring battle for supremacy between parasite and host

From the Malik Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightNovember 16, 2020
Pulling it together: Uncovering a role for chTOG at the kinetochores

Pulling it together: Uncovering a role for chTOG at the kinetochores

From the Biggins Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Science SpotlightSeptember 21, 2020
A ‘selfish gene’ that poisons its own host

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
Hutch NewsJune 20, 2017
How cells sense and respond to the outside world

How cells sense and respond to the outside world

Cells employ unexpected method to respond to environmental cues
Hutch NewsOctober 28, 2016
How Dr. Barry Stoddard's science fueled promising therapy for glioblastoma  — the disease that killed his mom

How Dr. Barry Stoddard's science fueled promising therapy for glioblastoma — the disease that killed his mom

How Dr. Barry Stoddard's lab work helped create an experimental drug for glioblastoma — the same disease that killed his mother
Hutch NewsJuly 27, 2016
‘Every day something new’: Dr. Sue Biggins selected as HHMI investigator

‘Every day something new’: Dr. Sue Biggins selected as HHMI investigator

Flexible support from the prestigious nonprofit will open new research doors
Hutch NewsMay 19, 2015