Some adult neurons have projections that are amazingly long – thousands of times the length of their cell bodies in some cases. This means that during development, the growing cells need to be able to ...

What am I looking at? Here you can see several clusters of stems cells that will grow into the flower of a thale cress plant. Each cluster, or sphere, is a group of multiple cells (1). The colors in ...

Have you ever played glow-in-the-dark badminton? If so, this shape might look familiar. However, despite its resemblance to a glowing shuttlecock, this image depicts the skeleton of a sand dollar ...

This is a yellow jelly fungus, also called witch’s butter – a name that makes sense because this image looks like something you might find bubbling in a witch’s cauldron. The name is a nod to the ...

The KRAS gene is responsible for producing a protein also called KRAS that’s involved in regulating the entrance of signaling molecules into the nucleus of a cell. Many of the nuclear signaling ...

This cross section through the head of a jumping spider shows off the interior structure of four of its eight eyes. Jumping spiders have the most acute vision of any terrestrial invertebrate. In fact, ...

Beauty is all around us. It is everywhere our eyes can see – in the breathtaking majesty of snowcapped mountains, in the tranquil shores of tropical beaches, and in the faces of those we love. But ...

Baker, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, was among three scientists honored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his work on computational protein design. He shares the 2024 ...

HHMI announces the selection of 27 HHMI investigators, representing 19 institutions. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today that 27 of the nation’s top biomedical researchers will ...

Read our goals for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusionexternal link, opens in a new tab in academic science and throughout our organization. And learn about the Center for the Advancement of ...

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is dedicated to promoting knowledge and advancing human health through discovery research in the basic biomedical sciences. HHMI’s guiding principle is to support ...

2023 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD Columbia University Ishmail Abdus-Saboor is interested in the skin-brain axis for tactile sensations. He wants to understand how the brain ...