Gilliam Fellows become part of a supportive community of scholars. During their tenure, they build bonds with peers at Gilliam annual meetings, increase their scientific knowledge, and gain important ...

Imagine living your life with a 10-foot–long straw fastened to your face, like this acorn weevil does. That protrusion, called a rostrum, is highly useful for the weevil, however, allowing it to feed ...

How many mantises do you see in this image? The two mantises shown are among the largest and smallest of all mantises. While they seem to be getting along fine, most mantises like to keep to ...

Science We Support & Eligible Institutions Former Hanna Gray Fellows Choosing a Postdoc (ibiology)external link, opens in a new tab Excellence in science depends on the development of scientists from ...

The radiating, kaleidoscopic pattern you see here was once the living glass skeleton – the cell wall – of a single-celled organism called a diatom. These organisms absorb silicon from their ...

This video lets you peek inside the human brain, highlighting the neuronal fibers that enable communication across the brain. This communication is vital to all brain functions, including learning, ...

This vivid chameleon embryo has been stained to highlight the bones and cartilage of its skeleton. You can also see some of its developing internal organs. This vivid chameleon embryo has been stained ...

Pyramidal neurons are a very common type of neuron in the brain. Their cell bodies have a unique pyramidal shape that is the source of their name. They make up about two-thirds of all neurons in the ...

Measure and monitor HHMI’s institutional greenhouse gas emissions at the two campuses we operate and look for strategies on greenhouse gas reduction at both campuses. Harness the tremendous community ...

What am I looking at? This is a colored scanning electron microscopy image of a human red blood cell infected with the parasite that causes malaria. The infected cell is blue (1), and the uninfected ...

Actin proteins group together to form a network of thin filaments that spread throughout eukaryotic cells. These filaments are involved in giving the cell its structure, allowing the cell to move, and ...

While this group of colorful neurons was grown in a dish from stem cells, in the body neurons like this are responsible for sensing pain. There is a specialized subset of sensory neurons called ...