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Philanthropic support catalyzes audacious ideas, bold research
Support from thousands of donors gives researchers the time and resources they need to advance high-risk projects with immense potential
Actin gone wild
From the Malik lab, Basic Sciences Division
Fred Hutch paleovirologist elected AAAS fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science honors Dr. Harmit Malik for applying evolutionary theories of genetic conflict to new biological processes
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
Legionnaires' bacterium has a secret weapon — and a potential weakness
Scientists discover how Legionella overcomes neighboring bacteria, revealing possible way to control it
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
Dr. Harmit Malik elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
His pioneering approaches to studying genetic conflict are transforming traditional evolutionary genetics
Jeannette Tenthorey named Hanna Gray Fellow
Postdoc wins prestigious 8-year award supporting diversity in science
Dr. Tera Levin receives Pathway to Independence Award
Malik Lab postdoc studies evolutionary arms race between the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease and its host amoeba
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
Science without borders
At Fred Hutch and other U.S. research centers, a global village works to cure cancer and other diseases
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
Good News: Malik and Bloom win ASM awards; pilot project funded by Bezos family aims to create personalized anticancer vaccines
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Good News: Henikoff Lab celebrates 35 years; Hutch writer earns journalism award; Pat Heath wins coveted Wyckoff award; Hutch vanity plate signatures at 2,300
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Good News: Hsieh PCF Award; Biernacki hematology training program; Soh Damon Runyon Award
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
'Mother's Curse' mutation — harmful to males but not females — ID'd for the first time in animals
Study in fruit flies identifies a mutation in mitochondria — the energy factories of our cells — that harms males but not females