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New Science Spotlight Articles

Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
16 NEW March 26, 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
Bottleneck breakthrough

Bottleneck breakthrough

Fred Hutch researchers discover why some HIV-1 variants are more transmissible than others, which could generate new approaches to stop the virus that causes AIDS at cell entry
Hutch NewsOctober 03, 2024
Finding the golden ticket? Cyclin T1 is required for HIV-1 latency reactivation

Finding the golden ticket? Cyclin T1 is required for HIV-1 latency reactivation

From the Emerman lab, Human Biology and Basic Sciences Divisions
Science SpotlightOctober 16, 2023
Trimming the unknowns: identifying the function of primate TRIM34

Trimming the unknowns: identifying the function of primate TRIM34

From the Ohainle and Emerman labs, Human Biology and Basic Sciences Divisions
Science SpotlightSeptember 18, 2023
Panning for gold in a dependent-sea of genes

Panning for gold in a dependent-sea of genes

From the Emerman Lab, Human Biology and Basic Sciences Divisions
Science SpotlightMarch 20, 2023
A human-specific motif facilitates CARD8 inflammasome activation after HIV-1 infection

A human-specific motif facilitates CARD8 inflammasome activation after HIV-1 infection

From the Emerman and Mitchell labs, Cancer Basic Biology Programs, Cancer Consortium and UW Microbiology.
Science SpotlightNovember 21, 2022
License to Kill: Latency HIV-CRISPR pinpoints how to blow latent HIV’s cover

License to Kill: Latency HIV-CRISPR pinpoints how to blow latent HIV’s cover

From the Emerman and Henikoff Labs, Pathogen Associated Malignancies and Cancer Basic Biology Programs, Cancer Consortium.
Science SpotlightSeptember 19, 2022
A Passport to Cross-species Transmission

A Passport to Cross-species Transmission

From the Emerman Lab, Human Biology Division
Science SpotlightOctober 18, 2021
TRIMs attack: TRIM34 and TRIM5alpha work together to block HIV-1 infection

TRIMs attack: TRIM34 and TRIM5alpha work together to block HIV-1 infection

From the Emerman laboratory, Human Biology and Basic Sciences Divisions
Science SpotlightMay 18, 2020
What's with the spikes?

What's with the spikes?

Those structures that give coronavirus its name might be SARS-CoV-2’s weak point
Hutch NewsApril 03, 2020
Dr. Michael Emerman to give Bernard Fields lecture at CROI

Dr. Michael Emerman to give Bernard Fields lecture at CROI

Talk will cover how lessons from HIV’s evolutionary past could lead to new therapies, cure
Hutch NewsMarch 05, 2020
Age-old arms race points way to new-and-improved antiviral protein

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
Hutch NewsOctober 01, 2019