Basic Sciences News

Brandeis University honors Fred Hutch molecular biologist

Brandeis University honors Fred Hutch molecular biologist

Dr. Steven Henikoff receives 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research
Hutch NewsOctober 30, 2025
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
A disease driver of pancreatic cancer reveals a new Achilles heel

A disease driver of pancreatic cancer reveals a new Achilles heel

From the Kugel and Hsieh Labs, Basic Sciences and Human Biology Divisions
Science SpotlightOctober 02, 2025
Oh, the microbes you’ll meet!

Oh, the microbes you’ll meet!

Fred Hutch Cancer Center immunologist discovers a biological mechanism sprung in the first week of life that trains a mouse pup’s immune system to tolerate harmless gut bugs and new foods
Hutch NewsSeptember 18, 2025
Mapping molecules of an unsung brain cell

Mapping molecules of an unsung brain cell

Fred Hutch researchers create a gene-expression map of glial cells in tiny worms, adding the missing component that completes for the first time an atlas of the entire nervous system of a multicellular adult animal at the molecular level
Hutch NewsJuly 01, 2025
Managing mountains of genomic data

Managing mountains of genomic data

Tools invented at Fred Hutch are helping researchers analyze the enormous global database of genomic sequences of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how pathogens evolve and spread
Hutch NewsApril 22, 2025
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