Biohub Investigators

Biohub Investigators October 23, 2023

Diversity in academic hiring, a success story

In the summer of 2020, after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, many institutions around the country were reflecting on how systemic racism perpetuates inequality. But for Polly Fordyce, Aaron Streets, and Jason Sello, professors ...

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Biohub Investigators July 26, 2023

Seeing the big picture

In science, hyper-specialization is often the path to a successful career. Dedicated researchers can devote decades of their lives to answering a specific question or studying a single protein or organism, chipping away at sharply defined biological ...

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Biohub Investigators November 4, 2022

Biohub Investigators receive NIH support for ‘exceptionally creative, highly innovative’ ideas

Six Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators representing all three of our partner universities are among the 2022 grantees of the High-Risk, High-Reward Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in October. These grants provide support for ...

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Biohub Investigators September 19, 2022

An ocean of possibilities

Biomedical research has long focused on certain model organisms, such as the mouse, fruit fly, and nematode worm C. elegans, partly because they’re easy to work with and partly because of their relevance to human biology. But the ocean is full of organisms ...

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