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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
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
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
Dr. Harmit Malik elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology

Dr. Harmit Malik elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology

His pioneering approaches to studying genetic conflict are transforming traditional evolutionary genetics
Hutch NewsFebruary 15, 2019
Understanding HIV’s evolutionary past — and future

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
Hutch NewsNovember 20, 2017
From student to scientist to mentor in Science Education Partnership

From student to scientist to mentor in Science Education Partnership

A science education program helped launch Louisa Pendergast’s research career. Now she’s helping mentor more science teachers at Fred Hutch.
Hutch NewsJuly 20, 2017