John Higgins

Science writer, @FredHutch News, frmr @seattletimes & @ohiodotcom reporter, @educationlab, @soljourno, Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT @KSJatMIT

[Science in Seattle @science_seattle]

🧬 Surprising findings from the Hahn Lab at @fredhutch!

Dr. @LMahendrawada’s new study shows yeast transcription factors have far less binding overlap than expected—challenging assumptions in #GeneRegulation.

📰 https://t.co/Na8OQleOJ1
📖 @Nature: https://t.co/HWYFr5fXfd

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

@TheNeedling Definitely a pronounced dose-response curve $$$

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

Honored to work with and write about such smart people 🤓 !

[Lakshmi Mahendrawada @LMahendrawada]

Honored to see our work highlighted by @fredhutch and @HutchBasicSci.
In this study, We mapped the binding and regulatory targets of nearly all yeast transcription factors and found that the classic model often doesn’t hold.
Check out the paper here https://t.co/BYqmrv72M2

[Lakshmi Mahendrawada @LMahendrawada]

Honored to see our work highlighted by @fredhutch and @HutchBasicSci.
In this study, We mapped the binding and regulatory targets of nearly all yeast transcription factors and found that the classic model often doesn’t hold.
Check out the paper here https://t.co/BYqmrv72M2

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

@CterminiPhD Love the poster!

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

@MillerLabMIT I have always been impressed with MIT's commitment to teaching and mentoring.... seriously, doesn't happen everywhere.

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

I was there and he was terrific!

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

Last Saturday, at the park I once (miserably) ran around in 7th grade PE, I stood on a picnic table to stoke the patriotic spirit of 3,000 of my neighbors — and it was a thrill I’ll never forget. I had just flown home the night before from Istanbul, where a grassroots upwelling of concerned citizens is standing up to autocracy, making our local gathering feel even more poignant.

I thought you might enjoy a few highlights from the speech I wrote on the plane flying home. Please join me in spirit — and if you have any great photos or reflections from your own local #HandsOff rally, I’d love to see them!

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

Last Saturday, at the park I once (miserably) ran around in 7th grade PE, I stood on a picnic table to stoke the patriotic spirit of 3,000 of my neighbors — and it was a thrill I’ll never forget. I had just flown home the night before from Istanbul, where a grassroots upwelling of concerned citizens is standing up to autocracy, making our local gathering feel even more poignant.

I thought you might enjoy a few highlights from the speech I wrote on the plane flying home. Please join me in spirit — and if you have any great photos or reflections from your own local #HandsOff rally, I’d love to see them!

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

@CterminiPhD I meant "grateful" but grace works too

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

@CterminiPhD I'm sorry for your family's loss and grace for your hard work.

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

Stop yer doomscrolling...after reading this: https://t.co/x6K2LdIhdW

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

Science Under Threat in the US https://t.co/bdyR9tpvxk

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

10,000 employees of #HHS & its agencies — #CDC, #FDA, #NIH, etc — are losing their jobs.
@statnews wants to give the public a closer look at what is being cut & what might be lost as a result.
If you're one of these workers, please tell us: https://t.co/XyNBjiNY7X

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

US government funding has brought cancer science to the point where new discoveries are accelerating & the stage was set for major gains over the coming decade. But deep & puzzling cuts instigated by the new administration are throwing all that into doubt, @angRchen reports. https://t.co/aUIirljgCS

[Science in Seattle @science_seattle]

🧬 Researchers at @fredhutch have uncovered an overlooked mechanism driving aggressive breast and brain tumors.

Learn more about the 64 ancestral genes investigated by the Henikoff lab: https://t.co/C3Vi5LCEX6

@ScienceMagazine abstract: https://t.co/s72LgmRgyG

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

"This all began with a phone call,” Henikoff said. “It’s the kind of thing that’s perfect for Fred Hutch. We are integrated. We know one another. It’s like one family.”

[Fred Hutch Cancer Center @fredhutch]

Fred Hutch researchers discover that overproduction of DNA packaging material predicts aggressive brain and breast tumors, which could lead to cheaper diagnostic tests and new drug therapies. https://t.co/MHoA3OiYn6

[John Higgins @jhigginsST]

@rpondiscio Exactly right. The former Knight Ridder DC bureau (RIP) got the bogus WMD in Iraq story right by interviewing mid-level officials and experts who knew what was going, many of whom had never seen a reporter darken their door before.

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Two essential CDC training programs—the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) and Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)—are reportedly being dismantled.

Our ability to detect and contain health threats including H5N1 is already strained. This not the way to make America healthier. https://t.co/IuyMDcoSxo