Harmit Malik News Today

Agnolo di Tura was a sometime shoemaker and tax collector with a yen for keeping a journal.

We are the descendants of the survivors, and our genomes show it

/PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each. The prizes recognize...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center scientists have discovered that an arms race between sex chromosomes, each jockeying to pass itself to the next generation, lies behind the unexpectedly fast evolution of sperm DNA packaging genes.

Philanthropy is critical to fueling our researchers’ efforts to advance knowledge of viruses and how infections can be better detected, prevented and treated.

Chinese researchers have developed a technique that can combine two mouse chromosomes and use the new sets of chromosomes, called karyotypes, to produce living mice, according to a study published in the journal Science on Friday.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has named Dr. Maria Toro Moreno as a Hanna Gray Fellow, one of 25 "outstanding" early career scientists to receive the honor this year, which comes with financial support for her research on "microproteins."

Fred Hutch investigators Drs. Harmit Malik and Steve Henikoff have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Their membership honors their contributions to our understanding of fundamental biological processes, including how genetic conflict shapes evolution and the structure, function and evolution of chromosomes

Spotlight on Dr. Daniel Blanco-Melo. Dr. Blanco-Melo studies the biological mechanisms that animals have deployed throughout evolution to combat viral infections. He explores how changes in our antiviral strategies are driven by the constant struggle with past and current viral infections.

/PRNewswire/ -- In 2023, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each. The Vilcek Prizes for...