Basic Sciences Division

Seminars and Meetings

The following events are for members of the Basic Sciences Division and other scientific collaborators. Read more about meetings, clubs and seminars »

Regular meetings are scheduled to resume again in the Fall. Please check back here in September.
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Division News

Evolutionary Geneticist Harmit Malik Selected As HHMI Investigator

Harmit Singh Malik, Ph.D., an evolutionary geneticist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center who studies genetic conflict – the competition between genes and proteins with opposing functions that drives evolutionary change – has been selected to become a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He is among 27 of the nation’s top biomedical scientists to receive the honor this year out of a pool of more than 1,100 applicants.

Ines Drinnenberg Receives JCC Fellowship

Ines Drinnenberg, a postdoctoral research associate in the Malik Lab, has been appointed a Fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research. This is a 3 year fellowship.

Catherine Peichel of Basic Sciences Becomes a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow

Please join the division of Basic Sciences in congratulating member Catherine Peichel on her receipt of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship!

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Latest Publications

Balazs AB, Bloom JD, Hong CM, Rao DS, Baltimore D. Broad protection against influenza infection by vectored immunoprophylaxis in mice. Nat Biotechnol. 2013 Jun 2.
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Mitchell PS, Emerman M, Malik HS. An evolutionary perspective on the broad antiviral specificity of MxA. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2013 May 28.
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Ross BD, Rosin L, Thomae AW, Hiatt MA, Vermaak D, de la Cruz AF, Imhof A, Mellone BG, Malik HS. Stepwise evolution of essential centromere function in a drosophila neogene. Science. 2013 Jun 7; 340(6137): 1211-1214.
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Announcements

Congratulations to our recent graduates!

These graduate students recently obtained their Ph.D.:

  • Adam Waite (MCB)
  • Naomi Bogenschutz  (MCB)
  • Raymond Malfavon-Borja (MCB)
 

 
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