HHMI - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

HHMI scientists have joined their colleagues around the world in working to understand and slow the spread of COVID-19. They’re developing diagnostic testing, understanding the virus’s basic biology, modeling the epidemiology, and developing potential therapies or vaccines.

Some large DNA viruses use histone proteins and specialized nucleosome-like structures to infect amoebae, scientists suggest.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected the 2021 class of Gilliam adviser-student pairs as part of a program to advance diversity and inclusion in science.

Researchers have discovered that a molecule found within many of the body’s cells kills germs by dissolving their protective membranes.

After color-coding all 302 neurons in the worm C. elegans, scientists have uncovered a vast “wireless” communication network.

Purnell W. Choppin, MD, a pioneering virologist who helped transform HHMI into one of the largest scientific and philanthropic organizations in the world, died July 3, 2021.

In a rare gecko color variety known as Lemon Frost, scientists have traced an unusual coloring and tendency to form tumors to a gene linked to human melanoma.

Mice that received a vaccine made from a hybrid spike protein resisted infection from several coronaviruses, researchers report.

Researchers have pieced together the mechanism by which key plant immune proteins kill their cells to defend against pathogens.