John Higgins

🧬 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. 📰 bit.ly/4ipY9Qg 📖 @Nature: go.nature.com/42zR1wd

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

Pfizer to Release New Breakthrough Depression Medication Called Money: tinyurl.com/yfapy34t

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

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 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Interested in doing a postdoc in Seattle? Join us on May 6 for Seattle DROP, a virtual biomedical postdoc recruitment event. The first 250 US registrants enjoy lunch via delivery voucher! 🥪 All postdoc candidates are invited to attend. 👇👇👇 Register: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25

@CterminiPhD Love the poster!

The Termini Lab is turning 3! It seems like just yesterday I was standing in an empty lab after being hired into my dream job. I am happy to report that our lab is full of life, ideas, and discoveries... I'm proud of us💙🎂🐋🩸

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

I live to give. #neuroscience

I was there and he was terrific!

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!

@CterminiPhD I meant "grateful" but grace works too

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

My auntie fought breast cancer hard, but recently passed away. She would always ask, “Have you found a cure yet?” to which I would say, “We’re working on it!”. And we are still working on it. Learn about her journey or donate to her cancer research fund: engage.fredhutch.org/goto/YolandaMi…

We as a scientific community need to be more intentional than ever in supporting, mentoring, and being available to help scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds. I urge everyone to think deeply about what they can do. For example… 🧵

Stop yer doomscrolling...after reading this: 404media.co/you-cant-post-…

Science Under Threat in the US elifesciences.org/collections/93…

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: statnews.com/2025/03/27/hhs…

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. statnews.com/2025/03/24/tru…

🧬 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: bit.ly/3XIke4Y @ScienceMagazine abstract: bit.ly/4iGJAbtResearc…

"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.”

@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.

I'm more than two decades out of the news business, but no groundbreaking journalism comes from the pool. The work of holding the President accountable happens far from the daily briefing, which long ago devolved into a theatrical performance for both the PressSec and the reporters "privileged" with access.

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. statnews.com/2025/02/18/tru…