HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, brings together teams of scientists to unlock the fundamentals of biology. By nurturing careers, influencing environments, and collaborating ...

HHMI Investigator who developed groundbreaking gene-editing technologies among eight honored for transformative advances in the life sciences. The cohort includes early career scientists working in ...

What am I looking at? This is a stained cross section through a human spinal cord under darkfield illumination. The darker portion toward the middle is gray matter – central nervous system cell bodies ...

What am I looking at? This is a single human hepatocyte. Its two nuclei are in blue (1). The other colors in this image are stains of the actin protein and are depth-coded, with red being the closest ...

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 ...

These are known as HeLa cells because they were originally isolated from a woman named Henrietta Lacks. She went to Johns Hopkins Medical Center in 1951 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She ...

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Take a visual journey through some of the major concepts in biology. These pathways to discovery were created by educators to help users explore various biological concepts. We would like to extend a ...

As part of our vision to accelerate scientific discovery, HHMI promotes models of communicating and evaluating research that prioritize transparency and make science more trustworthy. We support open ...

Science Education & Media HHMI’s science education and media programs are expanding participation in science with compelling programs for students, educators, and the broader public. Through free ...

Together, we’re unlocking the fundamentals of biology and building an open, inclusive future for science. Learn more about how we’re moving science forward. HHMI hires individuals from all backgrounds ...