HHMI | Janelia

A pioneering research center where scientists from many disciplines collaborate on science's most challenging problems.

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🚨 2 days left to apply!

Finish your application by Jan 8 to join talks and discussions on the mechanics–metabolism interface across biological scales. #Mechanobiology #Morphogenesis #Metabolism

Apply ➡️ https://t.co/eb8DhYFWx8

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Our kind of annual tradition: Glucose + Tollens’ reagent + festive swirling = a chemical reaction that creates a thin layer of silver, loads of seasonal cheer, & ornaments worthy of being passed down for ... well, a few weeks at least. Happy holidays to all those who celebrate! ✨

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“I feel being part of their life, being part of their career, is just priceless.” — HHMI Investigator Xin Chen, '25 Summer Undergraduate Research Program mentor

Rising junior or senior? Applications close 11:59pm Dec. 22! Explore a career in biological or biomedical research: https://t.co/dhQol9H28o

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(1/2): What if the bacteria living in our digestive tracts could produce compounds that help us live longer?

The Wang (Meng) Lab at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus has found a way to get gut microbes to produce metabolites that promote longevity in animals: https://t.co/34WSyNU3rZ.

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Apply by Feb. 3 to become a Janelia Group Leader!

Group Leaders drive breakthroughs & experimental approaches in imaging, molecular engineering, protein chemistry, mass spectrometry, & methods that don't yet exist. Learn more: https://t.co/KPFHVekQCR

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(1/2): Using cryo-electron tomography and an instrument like this one, HHMI Investigator Michael Rosen & team (not pictured) have captured the most detailed images to date of the molecules inside chromatin condensates. https://t.co/QvaWxxMIAr

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🚨 Applications closing soon!

Apply by Dec 5 for ChemTools: explore platforms to measure cell/tissue networks, methods to perturb them, and applications revealing new insights.

🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered ✈️ Travel support available

➡️ https://t.co/GFwWeUFpHp

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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Apply now for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: https://t.co/dhQol9H28o

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📢 Applications are open!

Join us June 4–18, 2026 @HHMIJanelia for lectures, exercises, and project work applying #DeepLearning to #Microscopy image analysis. #BioimageAnalysis

🛏️ No registration fee; meals & lodging covered
➡️ Learn more and apply by Jan 15 @ https://t.co/XM9yPVampP

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ICYMI: A team of researchers unveiled the complete connectome of an entire male fruit fly central nervous system, encompassing the central brain, optic lobes, and ventral nerve cord. https://t.co/hTLycFyEK5

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Today, the #INNSightForum and @ParkinsonsGT welcome speaker, Joshua Dudman from @HHMIJanelia!

Join us for this co-sponsored session on how dopamine shapes early learning at 11:15 a.m. in the Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128) or online | 🗓️https://t.co/sTB80CZtS7

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Join the team at Janelia to use #theory, computation, and modeling to tackle bold questions in #biology. Collaborate across scientific disciplines to drive discovery.

Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://t.co/bsq7vYosM4

#computationalbiology #sciencecareers

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🦠 New research provides a mechanism for understanding how environmental changes to somatic cells are passed through the germline, helping scientists better understand transgenerational effects, like the malnutrition of a parent affecting its offspring. https://t.co/tPHa2M4E0s

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🌟 Apply to lead a lab at Janelia 🌟

We’re #hiring Group Leaders in our Computation & Theory research area.

🔹 5-year renewable appointment
🔹 Internal funding + generous resources
🔹 Collaboration across disciplines

📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://t.co/oNKFiNXDtC

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🪘Congrats to Research Scientist Igor Siwanowicz: 5th & 8th place in the 2025 @NikonSmallWorld Photomicrography Competition for images of spores of a small tropical fern & mallow pollen germinating on stigma while being parasitized by a filamentous fungus. https://t.co/U3lHA9oM0l

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🧞Like its namesake, Janelia’s GENIE Project Team makes wishes come true. Luckily for biologists, this genie doesn’t grant just 3 requests.

🧪Learn about how GENIE has accelerated the development of best-in-class sensors for measuring neuronal activity. https://t.co/YXkuc8FA7c

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🧠 A new wiring diagram of the 166,000+ neurons in the brain & nerve cord of a male fruit fly is a key tool in uncovering how the brain enables complex behavior—information that could ultimately help scientists understand what causes different diseases ➡️ https://t.co/hTLycFyEK5

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Our Simulated Bodies conference dives into whole-body biomechanical simulation across model organisms, from automated behavior analysis to anatomical microscopy + physics engines.

🛏️ Hotel, meals & registration covered

➡️ Apply by Nov 21 @ https://t.co/DnVyd3FBWJ

@HHMIJanelia

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📢Apply by Dec. 3 for our joint graduate programs with @HopkinsMedicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.

🧠Develop interdisciplinary research projects
🌍Join a highly collaborative environment
🔬Leverage shared resources & support teams

➡️ https://t.co/1D7PQBD5rk

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🔊 Listen to Senior Group Leader Hari Shroff discuss microscopy, biology and his path through science in the latest episode of @AshokaUniv's The Science of It podcast: https://t.co/p7QeRR6QsP