Scientist at @FredHutch @HHMINews. Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding chromosomes and cell division. Opinions are my own. (She/her)
Seattle, WA
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📣 Postdocs: Applications for the 2027 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award are open! Recognizing exceptional researchers in cancer, infectious disease and basic science. Apply by Feb. 2, 2027: bit.ly/47QtqsX
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Postdoc opening @HutchBasicSci !!! Great opportunity!
Rajan Lab, Fred Hutch: fat-to-brain signals, Atg8 & brain aging. Collaborative fly lab, strong basic-science community, postdocs supported toward independence. From Jan 2027. careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs…
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Science starts with curiosity. Stay connected to the researchers, ideas, and discoveries @FredHutch Basic Sciences—subscribe to our upcoming newsletter: eloqua.fredhutch.org/LP=326
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Faculty opening in Basic Sciences @fredhutch! Egalitarian and supportive environment:
🔬 Fred Hutch Cancer Center is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in the Basic Sciences Division @HutchBasicSci. Join a world-class research community in Seattle and help advance discoveries in fundamental biology. Apply: apply.interfolio.com/190640
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Congrats to Toshi!
We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. @ToshioTsukiyama on being awarded the David and Deborah Lycette Endowed Chair for Cancer Research. This endowment was made possible through a generous gift from David and Deborah Lycette. fredhutch.org/en/ways-to-giv…
ALT Dr. Toshio Tsukiyama
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BSD annual report! Lots accomplished in 2025:
2025 was an exceptional year for the division. We celebrated @fredhutch’s 50th anniversary, faculty, trainees, and staff receiving numerous awards, the retirements of Drs. Jon Cooper and Michael Emerman, and so much more.
Read this year’s annual report: fredhutch.org/en/research/di…
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It was exciting to celebrate Steve Henikoff's Rosenstiel award today!
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Henikoff on receiving the 55th Rosenstiel Award for his research on genome organization and gene expression! The award is given for recent discoveries of particular originality and importance to basic medical research.
brandeis.edu/stories/2025/oc…
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The Weintraub Award is seeking nominations for 2026! The award recognizes the outstanding achievements of grad students in biology and was established to honor the bold, creative, pioneering spirit embodied by Dr. Hal Weintraub. fredhutch.org/en/research/di…
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It's National Research Administrator Day! We thank our research administrators for their vital role in advancing Basic Sciences. From managing labs and funding to resolving problems big and small, our division's success is thanks to their many contributions.
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The Rajan Lab at Fred Hutch (Seattle) is recruiting a staff scientist and postdoc to study fat–brain communication, innate immunity, mitochondrial signaling, and brain senescence. Great team, great environment. Apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs…
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New cell cycle meeting!
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Congrats @jeremyahollis!
So excited to see the first part of my thesis work with @HarmitMalik and @MelodyGCampbell in print! We have a bit of evolution and a whole lotta structure to figure out how new protein domains work, you can read it at science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Drs. Steve Hahn and @LMahendrawada sit down with the Double-stranded Podcast. Check out a great conversation and learn about their recent @Nature paper that’s rewriting our understanding of transcription factors: piped.video/lXgdvmveA_k?si=mkWo…
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Our lab has an opening for a research technician to contribute to our efforts to understand RSV evolution & its impact on antibody countermeasures (see journals.asm.org/doi/full/10…). The tech will also help w lab management.
If interested, apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs…
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Researchers at Fred Hutch invented a new screening method called ReLiC — described recently in the journal @Nature Methods — that solves that problem using CRISPR-Cas9, the Nobel-prize winning gene-editing technology.
Read more: bit.ly/4lecXTu
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Join us for the Cell Division Meeting in the Pacific Island setting of Okinawa.
Hosted at OIST, this symposium brings together leading researchers to explore emerging roles of the cell cycle in development, cancer, and aging.
Registration now open: oist.jp/conference/cell-divi…
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Congrats @C_P_Lapointe for become a Rita Allen Scholar!
Congratulations to @C_P_Lapointe on being named a 2025 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar! This award will support his critical research @FredHutch studying how healthy cells control protein production and how this control breaks down in disease. ritaallen.org/stories/2025-s…
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New cookbook shares recipes and stories from scientists around the world @LabCultureBites news.cals.wisc.edu/2025/06/0…
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🎉 Huge congratulations to @KochMeghan on being named a @BWFUND 2025 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease! The award supports her groundbreaking research @FredHutch exploring how maternal-offspring interactions shape neonatal health.
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