Janelia Research Campus
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HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, is innovating research practices and technologies to solve biology’s deepest mysteries. https://www.janelia.org/
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://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
#computationalbiology #sciencecareers
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
#computationalbiology #sciencecareers
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
#computationalbiology #sciencecareers
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
#computationalbiology #sciencecareers
🦠 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://hhmi.news/4mCD3QO
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🦠 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://hhmi.news/4mCD3QO
🌟 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://janelia.link/groupleader
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://janelia.link/groupleader
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌟 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://janelia.link/groupleader
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://janelia.link/groupleader
🎉 Congrats to Research Scientist Igor Siwanowicz: 5th & 8th place in the 2025 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition for his images of spores of a small tropical fern & mallow pollen germinating on stigma while being parasitized by a filamentous fungus. https://hhmi.news/491e0Uf
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🎉 Congrats to Research Scientist Igor Siwanowicz: 5th & 8th place in the 2025 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition for his images of spores of a small tropical fern & mallow pollen germinating on stigma while being parasitized by a filamentous fungus. https://hhmi.news/491e0Uf
🧠 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 better understand what causes different diseases ➡️ https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🧠 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 better understand what causes different diseases ➡️ https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
📢Apply by Dec. 3 for our joint graduate programs with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🧠Develop interdisciplinary research projects
🌍Join a collaborative environment
🔬Leverage shared resources & support teams
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
🧠Develop interdisciplinary research projects
🌍Join a collaborative environment
🔬Leverage shared resources & support teams
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢Apply by Dec. 3 for our joint graduate programs with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🧠Develop interdisciplinary research projects
🌍Join a collaborative environment
🔬Leverage shared resources & support teams
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
🧠Develop interdisciplinary research projects
🌍Join a collaborative environment
🔬Leverage shared resources & support teams
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
🪰 A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system—a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the millions of connections between them.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🪰 A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system—a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the millions of connections between them.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
Become a Theory Fellow @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
🧪 Work alongside experimentalists to test and refine theories
🎯 Receive mentorship from leading computational scientists
🔁 Contribute to Janelia’s cross-disciplinary research environment
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
🧪 Work alongside experimentalists to test and refine theories
🎯 Receive mentorship from leading computational scientists
🔁 Contribute to Janelia’s cross-disciplinary research environment
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Become a Theory Fellow @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
🧪 Work alongside experimentalists to test and refine theories
🎯 Receive mentorship from leading computational scientists
🔁 Contribute to Janelia’s cross-disciplinary research environment
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
🧪 Work alongside experimentalists to test and refine theories
🎯 Receive mentorship from leading computational scientists
🔁 Contribute to Janelia’s cross-disciplinary research environment
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
🥼 New research from the Wang Lab reveals a novel connection between lysosomes & the epigenome and provides new insights into how lysosomes regulate longevity over generations & drive the histone-based transfer of epigenetic information between cells.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4mCD3QO
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4mCD3QO
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🥼 New research from the Wang Lab reveals a novel connection between lysosomes & the epigenome and provides new insights into how lysosomes regulate longevity over generations & drive the histone-based transfer of epigenetic information between cells.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4mCD3QO
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4mCD3QO
🥼 Working with tool developers & support teams, Janelia’s GENIE Project Team recently created next generation sensors for detecting the neurotransmitters glutamate & GABA and adapted a new tool aimed at controlling & studying specific neural circuits in flies.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4gFqwKX
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4gFqwKX
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🥼 Working with tool developers & support teams, Janelia’s GENIE Project Team recently created next generation sensors for detecting the neurotransmitters glutamate & GABA and adapted a new tool aimed at controlling & studying specific neural circuits in flies.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4gFqwKX
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4gFqwKX
📢 Applications are open for the 4th installment of our ChemTools conference.
We'll explore:
🧪 Platforms & tools for analyzing cell/tissue networks
⚡ Methods to perturb biological networks
🔍 Applications that yield new insights
🛏️ Lodging + meals covered
➡️ Apply by Dec 5: https://janelia.news/CHM26
We'll explore:
🧪 Platforms & tools for analyzing cell/tissue networks
⚡ Methods to perturb biological networks
🔍 Applications that yield new insights
🛏️ Lodging + meals covered
➡️ Apply by Dec 5: https://janelia.news/CHM26
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢 Applications are open for the 4th installment of our ChemTools conference.
We'll explore:
🧪 Platforms & tools for analyzing cell/tissue networks
⚡ Methods to perturb biological networks
🔍 Applications that yield new insights
🛏️ Lodging + meals covered
➡️ Apply by Dec 5: https://janelia.news/CHM26
We'll explore:
🧪 Platforms & tools for analyzing cell/tissue networks
⚡ Methods to perturb biological networks
🔍 Applications that yield new insights
🛏️ Lodging + meals covered
➡️ Apply by Dec 5: https://janelia.news/CHM26
🌟 Launch your own lab at Janelia 🌟
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌟 Launch your own lab at Janelia 🌟
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
📢 Applications are open!
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 Applications are open!
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
Become a Theory Fellow at Janelia.
🔍 Use computation & theory to tackle biological problems.
🖥️ Leverage state-of-the-art computational infrastructure
🤝 Collaborate across scientific disciplines
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
🔍 Use computation & theory to tackle biological problems.
🖥️ Leverage state-of-the-art computational infrastructure
🤝 Collaborate across scientific disciplines
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Become a Theory Fellow at Janelia.
🔍 Use computation & theory to tackle biological problems.
🖥️ Leverage state-of-the-art computational infrastructure
🤝 Collaborate across scientific disciplines
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
🔍 Use computation & theory to tackle biological problems.
🖥️ Leverage state-of-the-art computational infrastructure
🤝 Collaborate across scientific disciplines
Apply by Nov. 3 @ https://janelia.link/theoryfellowprogram
📢 Conduct your PhD thesis research at Janelia.
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
September 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 Conduct your PhD thesis research at Janelia.
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
Research detailing how nicotinic acetylcholine receptors—the main type of neurotransmitter receptor in the fly brain—change during development lays the groundwork for understanding the molecular composition, regulation & adaptability of these synapses➡️ https://hhmi.news/4mFMhMY
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Research detailing how nicotinic acetylcholine receptors—the main type of neurotransmitter receptor in the fly brain—change during development lays the groundwork for understanding the molecular composition, regulation & adaptability of these synapses➡️ https://hhmi.news/4mFMhMY
📢We're #hiring Group Leaders!
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📢We're #hiring Group Leaders!
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
❄️Time-deterministic cryo-optical microscopy, developed by researchers at the University of Osaka, Janelia & collaborating institutions, rapidly freezes live cells under an optical microscope, capturing a snapshot of cellular activity in high resolution➡️ https://hhmi.news/421MTUL
August 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
❄️Time-deterministic cryo-optical microscopy, developed by researchers at the University of Osaka, Janelia & collaborating institutions, rapidly freezes live cells under an optical microscope, capturing a snapshot of cellular activity in high resolution➡️ https://hhmi.news/421MTUL
📷Happy #WorldPhotographyDay!
🎉To celebrate, we’re sharing a few macrophotography images taken by Janelia Research Specialist Igor Siwanowicz.
🔬Siwanowicz's images have placed 20+ times in the Nikon Small World & Olympus BioScapes competitions & were featured on US Postal Service stamps in 2023.
🎉To celebrate, we’re sharing a few macrophotography images taken by Janelia Research Specialist Igor Siwanowicz.
🔬Siwanowicz's images have placed 20+ times in the Nikon Small World & Olympus BioScapes competitions & were featured on US Postal Service stamps in 2023.
August 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
📷Happy #WorldPhotographyDay!
🎉To celebrate, we’re sharing a few macrophotography images taken by Janelia Research Specialist Igor Siwanowicz.
🔬Siwanowicz's images have placed 20+ times in the Nikon Small World & Olympus BioScapes competitions & were featured on US Postal Service stamps in 2023.
🎉To celebrate, we’re sharing a few macrophotography images taken by Janelia Research Specialist Igor Siwanowicz.
🔬Siwanowicz's images have placed 20+ times in the Nikon Small World & Olympus BioScapes competitions & were featured on US Postal Service stamps in 2023.
✨ We’re #hiring Theory Fellows!✨
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
✨ We’re #hiring Theory Fellows!✨
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
🪰 A new ‘Eyemap’ developed by a team led by Arthur Zhao & @michaelreiser.bsky.social reveals how visual information detected by the fly’s eye shows up in neurons deep in the brain. Remarkably, the eye’s shape determines how flies see motion.👁️
🔗 hhmi.news/4kSZjou
🔗 hhmi.news/4kSZjou
July 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🪰 A new ‘Eyemap’ developed by a team led by Arthur Zhao & @michaelreiser.bsky.social reveals how visual information detected by the fly’s eye shows up in neurons deep in the brain. Remarkably, the eye’s shape determines how flies see motion.👁️
🔗 hhmi.news/4kSZjou
🔗 hhmi.news/4kSZjou
🧠 New research reveals that distinct areas in the brain’s visual cortex are responsible for different types of learning: unstructured, exploration-based unsupervised learning and instructed, goal-oriented supervised learning. #worldbrainday
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/zoning-...
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/zoning-...
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🧠 New research reveals that distinct areas in the brain’s visual cortex are responsible for different types of learning: unstructured, exploration-based unsupervised learning and instructed, goal-oriented supervised learning. #worldbrainday
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/zoning-...
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/zoning-...
A new model developed by Janelia researchers to predict the visual responses of individual neurons in the primary visual cortex is an important first step in understanding visual processing & how other brain areas carry out more complicated computations ➡️ www.janelia.org/news/new-com...
July 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A new model developed by Janelia researchers to predict the visual responses of individual neurons in the primary visual cortex is an important first step in understanding visual processing & how other brain areas carry out more complicated computations ➡️ www.janelia.org/news/new-com...
📢 Students & postdocs in #TheoreticalNeuroscience 👉 Join us this November for a "by the students, for the students" workshop featuring whiteboard-style tutorials, in-depth discussions, and research talks.
✈️ Travel, lodging & registration covered
Apply by Aug. 5 @ janelia.news/THE25
✈️ Travel, lodging & registration covered
Apply by Aug. 5 @ janelia.news/THE25
July 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📢 Students & postdocs in #TheoreticalNeuroscience 👉 Join us this November for a "by the students, for the students" workshop featuring whiteboard-style tutorials, in-depth discussions, and research talks.
✈️ Travel, lodging & registration covered
Apply by Aug. 5 @ janelia.news/THE25
✈️ Travel, lodging & registration covered
Apply by Aug. 5 @ janelia.news/THE25
🏊 Serotonin controls how hard a zebrafish swims as changes in its body or environment effect its effort. Now, researchers are uncovering how neurons figure out when & how much serotonin to secrete – providing new insights into neuromodulation ➡️ www.janelia.org/news/new-res...
July 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🏊 Serotonin controls how hard a zebrafish swims as changes in its body or environment effect its effort. Now, researchers are uncovering how neurons figure out when & how much serotonin to secrete – providing new insights into neuromodulation ➡️ www.janelia.org/news/new-res...