Meet Janelia Group Leader Ann Hermundstad, now Head of Theory@HHMI. Our newest HHMI Janelia Initiative joins Biology, Tools@HHMI, & AI@HHMI in advancing Janelia’s mission to understand how the brain generates behavior, & in strengthening scientific capability across HHMI: bit.ly/3Stxg73.
August 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Meet Janelia Group Leader Ann Hermundstad, now Head of Theory@HHMI. Our newest HHMI Janelia Initiative joins Biology, Tools@HHMI, & AI@HHMI in advancing Janelia’s mission to understand how the brain generates behavior, & in strengthening scientific capability across HHMI: bit.ly/3Stxg73.
We are looking for exceptional #AIScientist|s to join our #AI@HHMI initiative at #HHMIJanelia. We want to uncover fundamental principles underlying complex biological systems that are inaccessible without new innovations that combine #AI with experimental design.
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November 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
We are looking for exceptional #AIScientist|s to join our #AI@HHMI initiative at #HHMIJanelia. We want to uncover fundamental principles underlying complex biological systems that are inaccessible without new innovations that combine #AI with experimental design.
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Janelia is recruiting AI scientists and theory fellows to collaborate with experimental scientists on hard biological problems - these positions have a considerable level of independence and very competitive salaries. Join our great community! Ai.hhmi.org janelia.org/theoryfellow #neuroscience #AI
November 14, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Janelia is recruiting AI scientists and theory fellows to collaborate with experimental scientists on hard biological problems - these positions have a considerable level of independence and very competitive salaries. Join our great community! Ai.hhmi.org janelia.org/theoryfellow #neuroscience #AI
📢 Applications are open! This meeting brings together scientists using data-driven #AI to analyze + model neural circuits and uncover how the brain performs complex computations. 🧠
Apply by May 28 ➡️ janelia.news/NAI26
@computingnature.bsky.social @sinzlab.bsky.social @srinituraga.bsky.social
Apply by May 28 ➡️ janelia.news/NAI26
@computingnature.bsky.social @sinzlab.bsky.social @srinituraga.bsky.social
Data-Driven AI for Neuroscience
Organizers Carsen Stringer, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Srini Turaga, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Atika Syeda, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Fabian Sinz, University of Göttingen Alice Wang,
janelia.news
February 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
📢 Applications are open! This meeting brings together scientists using data-driven #AI to analyze + model neural circuits and uncover how the brain performs complex computations. 🧠
Apply by May 28 ➡️ janelia.news/NAI26
@computingnature.bsky.social @sinzlab.bsky.social @srinituraga.bsky.social
Apply by May 28 ➡️ janelia.news/NAI26
@computingnature.bsky.social @sinzlab.bsky.social @srinituraga.bsky.social
We are looking for an #AIEngineer to help build protein language models that capture evolutionary constraints with @matsen.bsky.social and @jbloomlab.bsky.social at #AI@HHMI @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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AI Engineer - Evolutionary Protein Language Models
Primary Work Address: 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA, 20147 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. Intro: AI@HHMI: HHMI is investing $500 million over the next 10 years ...
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We are looking for an #AIEngineer to help build protein language models that capture evolutionary constraints with @matsen.bsky.social and @jbloomlab.bsky.social at #AI@HHMI @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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AI@HHMI builds on a strong foundation of AI-driven #science at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Over the next decade, HHMI will invest $500 million in tech & talent to transform scientific discovery & embed #AI systems throughout every stage of the scientific process. More/find opportunities: ai.hhmi.org
AI@HHMI: Accelerating Innovation in Biology
YouTube video by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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December 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
AI@HHMI builds on a strong foundation of AI-driven #science at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Over the next decade, HHMI will invest $500 million in tech & talent to transform scientific discovery & embed #AI systems throughout every stage of the scientific process. More/find opportunities: ai.hhmi.org
💥 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Hear from faculty whose work explores AI and computational approaches in #Neuroskyence.
🔹 James Cotton, Ph.D., Northwestern
🔹 Kristin Branson, Ph.D., HHMI Janelia Research Campus
@peabody124.bsky.social @kristinmbranson.bsky.social
⏰ Register soon at jax.org/autobehavior!
🔹 James Cotton, Ph.D., Northwestern
🔹 Kristin Branson, Ph.D., HHMI Janelia Research Campus
@peabody124.bsky.social @kristinmbranson.bsky.social
⏰ Register soon at jax.org/autobehavior!
September 22, 2026 at 2:46 PM
💥 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Hear from faculty whose work explores AI and computational approaches in #Neuroskyence.
🔹 James Cotton, Ph.D., Northwestern
🔹 Kristin Branson, Ph.D., HHMI Janelia Research Campus
@peabody124.bsky.social @kristinmbranson.bsky.social
⏰ Register soon at jax.org/autobehavior!
🔹 James Cotton, Ph.D., Northwestern
🔹 Kristin Branson, Ph.D., HHMI Janelia Research Campus
@peabody124.bsky.social @kristinmbranson.bsky.social
⏰ Register soon at jax.org/autobehavior!
AI-guided redesign of laboratory-evolved reverse transcriptases enhances prime editing - @broadinstitute.org @hhmi-science.bsky.social go.nature.com/49yUr5t
AI-guided redesign of laboratory-evolved reverse transcriptases enhances prime editing - Nature Biotechnology
A computational redesign strategy improves evolved prime editors.
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May 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
AI-guided redesign of laboratory-evolved reverse transcriptases enhances prime editing - @broadinstitute.org @hhmi-science.bsky.social go.nature.com/49yUr5t
Join us in building foundational datasets and models for microscopy with @jakobtroidl.bsky.social and many others
AI Engineer Pre-Training: lnkd.in/eyEEV5nm
AI Engineer Post-Training: lnkd.in/eShVQ3y9
Data Engineer Data: lnkd.in/eCvm58xH
Data Engineer Pipelines: lnkd.in/ec6qGJkX
ai.hhmi.org
AI Engineer Pre-Training: lnkd.in/eyEEV5nm
AI Engineer Post-Training: lnkd.in/eShVQ3y9
Data Engineer Data: lnkd.in/eCvm58xH
Data Engineer Pipelines: lnkd.in/ec6qGJkX
ai.hhmi.org
Accelerating Innovation in Biology
HHMI’s $500 million over the next 10 years will support AI-driven projects and embed AI systems throughout the scientific process in labs across HHMI.
ai.hhmi.org
February 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Join us in building foundational datasets and models for microscopy with @jakobtroidl.bsky.social and many others
AI Engineer Pre-Training: lnkd.in/eyEEV5nm
AI Engineer Post-Training: lnkd.in/eShVQ3y9
Data Engineer Data: lnkd.in/eCvm58xH
Data Engineer Pipelines: lnkd.in/ec6qGJkX
ai.hhmi.org
AI Engineer Pre-Training: lnkd.in/eyEEV5nm
AI Engineer Post-Training: lnkd.in/eShVQ3y9
Data Engineer Data: lnkd.in/eCvm58xH
Data Engineer Pipelines: lnkd.in/ec6qGJkX
ai.hhmi.org
We are recruiting for a project extending our current work using machine learning for fluorescent biosensors at Janelia! We have both experimental and computational positions posted: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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AI Engineer - Metabolic Sensor Design
Primary Work Address: 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA, 20147 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. Intro: AI@HHMI: HHMI is investing $500 million over the next 10 years ...
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We are recruiting for a project extending our current work using machine learning for fluorescent biosensors at Janelia! We have both experimental and computational positions posted: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Link from a friend at HHMI/Janelia:
AI Lab Achieves Perfect Automation Of Experiments No One Does Anymore
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Researchers at DeepMind announced Tuesday a major breakthrough in laboratory automation, unveiling an AI system capable of performing, with 99.7% accuracy and zero human interventi...
inpreparation.substack.com
May 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Link from a friend at HHMI/Janelia:
Working alongside HHMI Janelia Research Campus and the scientific community, researchers used AI to combine millions of 2D images into 3D neural shapes, reconstructing a record-breaking 166,000+ neurons.
Learn more about how this research is advancing neuroscience. goo.gle/4gAUdyB
Learn more about how this research is advancing neuroscience. goo.gle/4gAUdyB
5 amazing visuals show how the male fruit fly’s brain map is advancing neuroscience
HHMI Janelia, Google and partners mapped the brain and central nervous system of a male fruit fly, a key model organism in science.
goo.gle
September 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Working alongside HHMI Janelia Research Campus and the scientific community, researchers used AI to combine millions of 2D images into 3D neural shapes, reconstructing a record-breaking 166,000+ neurons.
Learn more about how this research is advancing neuroscience. goo.gle/4gAUdyB
Learn more about how this research is advancing neuroscience. goo.gle/4gAUdyB
We're at #CellBio2024!
Come visit us in the exhibit hall to learn more about Beautiful Biology, AI@HHMI, our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins, our Theory Fellow program, a fun CellMap challenge, and many open positions across all of @hhmi.bsky.social.
Come visit us in the exhibit hall to learn more about Beautiful Biology, AI@HHMI, our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins, our Theory Fellow program, a fun CellMap challenge, and many open positions across all of @hhmi.bsky.social.
December 17, 2024 at 3:38 PM
We're at #CellBio2024!
Come visit us in the exhibit hall to learn more about Beautiful Biology, AI@HHMI, our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins, our Theory Fellow program, a fun CellMap challenge, and many open positions across all of @hhmi.bsky.social.
Come visit us in the exhibit hall to learn more about Beautiful Biology, AI@HHMI, our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins, our Theory Fellow program, a fun CellMap challenge, and many open positions across all of @hhmi.bsky.social.
Medical breakthroughs often begin with basic science.
@nspruston.bsky.social, Vice President and Executive Director of @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, shares how foundational research—and AI@HHMI—are accelerating basic science discovery.
🎧 youtu.be/9dB2qz18c0M #AI
@nspruston.bsky.social, Vice President and Executive Director of @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, shares how foundational research—and AI@HHMI—are accelerating basic science discovery.
🎧 youtu.be/9dB2qz18c0M #AI
April 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Medical breakthroughs often begin with basic science.
@nspruston.bsky.social, Vice President and Executive Director of @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, shares how foundational research—and AI@HHMI—are accelerating basic science discovery.
🎧 youtu.be/9dB2qz18c0M #AI
@nspruston.bsky.social, Vice President and Executive Director of @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, shares how foundational research—and AI@HHMI—are accelerating basic science discovery.
🎧 youtu.be/9dB2qz18c0M #AI
We moved the AI@MBL course "Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis" to HHMI Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social).
Join us for two weeks of intense lectures, exercise, and hands-on project work!
Course dates: June 4-18 2026
Application by: January 15 2026
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Join us for two weeks of intense lectures, exercise, and hands-on project work!
Course dates: June 4-18 2026
Application by: January 15 2026
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We moved the AI@MBL course "Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis" to HHMI Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social).
Join us for two weeks of intense lectures, exercise, and hands-on project work!
Course dates: June 4-18 2026
Application by: January 15 2026
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Join us for two weeks of intense lectures, exercise, and hands-on project work!
Course dates: June 4-18 2026
Application by: January 15 2026
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
#HHMIInvestigators Eric Gouaux & Michael Rosen are using AI to turn a powerful cellular imaging tool into a molecular detective, revealing hidden molecular details in cryo-ET images to better understand how cellular structures work, & how they may malfunction: bit.ly/47Q5u9v.
April 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
#HHMIInvestigators Eric Gouaux & Michael Rosen are using AI to turn a powerful cellular imaging tool into a molecular detective, revealing hidden molecular details in cryo-ET images to better understand how cellular structures work, & how they may malfunction: bit.ly/47Q5u9v.
📢 We're recruiting AI Scientists at HHMI Janelia. I'm biased, but these are exceptional opportunities. You'd join as an independent scientist with access to excellent computational infrastructure, some of the best biological data in the world, and a vibrant collaborative environment.
May 27, 2026 at 9:53 PM
📢 We're recruiting AI Scientists at HHMI Janelia. I'm biased, but these are exceptional opportunities. You'd join as an independent scientist with access to excellent computational infrastructure, some of the best biological data in the world, and a vibrant collaborative environment.
Biosensors help scientists understand the brain & body like never before, but building one can take years. Researchers Alison Tebo & Srinivas Turaga at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus are using AI to build a tool that will vastly speed biosensor development for all scientists: hhmi.news/4rdhvNt
January 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Biosensors help scientists understand the brain & body like never before, but building one can take years. Researchers Alison Tebo & Srinivas Turaga at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus are using AI to build a tool that will vastly speed biosensor development for all scientists: hhmi.news/4rdhvNt
We are looking for a Scientific Computing Associate to develop AI/ML methods to identify the ancestors of genes of unknown origin, an exciting project with the Stern lab @ HHMI Janelia.
We are looking someone with AI/ML experience.
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@hhmi.bsky.social
We are looking someone with AI/ML experience.
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
@hhmi.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 11:37 PM
We are looking for a Scientific Computing Associate to develop AI/ML methods to identify the ancestors of genes of unknown origin, an exciting project with the Stern lab @ HHMI Janelia.
We are looking someone with AI/ML experience.
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
@hhmi.bsky.social
We are looking someone with AI/ML experience.
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
@hhmi.bsky.social
The best two years you can spend before graduate school! Get the hands of a 4th-year grad student contributing to Open Science: bit.ly/47mU5xx Or join an interdisciplinary AI/biology team (don't worry, the AI still needs you to do the actual experiments): bit.ly/4taqzni Both at Janelia!
Research Technician - Tool Translation Team
Primary Work Address: 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA, 20147 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. Summary: We are seeking a chemist to join the Tool Translation Team, "...
bit.ly
March 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The best two years you can spend before graduate school! Get the hands of a 4th-year grad student contributing to Open Science: bit.ly/47mU5xx Or join an interdisciplinary AI/biology team (don't worry, the AI still needs you to do the actual experiments): bit.ly/4taqzni Both at Janelia!
1️⃣ @hhmi.bsky.social announced AI@HHMI, a $500 million investment over 10 years to support artificial intelligence-driven projects in the life sciences. 📣
https://ai.hhmi.org/
https://ai.hhmi.org/
December 30, 2024 at 3:00 PM
1️⃣ @hhmi.bsky.social announced AI@HHMI, a $500 million investment over 10 years to support artificial intelligence-driven projects in the life sciences. 📣
https://ai.hhmi.org/
https://ai.hhmi.org/
EXO Chat w/ Prof. Norbert Perrimon (Harvard/HHMI) and 1st author Dr. Myeonghoon Han, from his lab, about their EXO review on deorphanizing the secretome: where biochemistry, genetics, and AI meet. www.sciexplor.com/exo/podcast/3
EXO - Beyond the Cell | Science Exploration Press
www.sciexplor.com
July 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
EXO Chat w/ Prof. Norbert Perrimon (Harvard/HHMI) and 1st author Dr. Myeonghoon Han, from his lab, about their EXO review on deorphanizing the secretome: where biochemistry, genetics, and AI meet. www.sciexplor.com/exo/podcast/3
To advance neuroscience and uncover the mechanics behind brain function, researchers at Google used #AI to help create the first complete neural map of a male fruit fly brain.
blog.google/innovation-a...
#TechForGood
blog.google/innovation-a...
#TechForGood
5 amazing visuals show how the male fruit fly’s brain map is advancing neuroscience
HHMI Janelia, Google and partners mapped the brain and central nervous system of a male fruit fly, a key model organism in science.
blog.google
September 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
To advance neuroscience and uncover the mechanics behind brain function, researchers at Google used #AI to help create the first complete neural map of a male fruit fly brain.
blog.google/innovation-a...
#TechForGood
blog.google/innovation-a...
#TechForGood
In early testing, AI agents used MHS to:
Run a drug-discovery experiment with real-time error handling at Genentech
Compress an imaging experiment from weeks to a day at HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Improve laser stabilization on QuEra's quantum computers from 58% to 99.3%
Run a drug-discovery experiment with real-time error handling at Genentech
Compress an imaging experiment from weeks to a day at HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Improve laser stabilization on QuEra's quantum computers from 58% to 99.3%
August 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
In early testing, AI agents used MHS to:
Run a drug-discovery experiment with real-time error handling at Genentech
Compress an imaging experiment from weeks to a day at HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Improve laser stabilization on QuEra's quantum computers from 58% to 99.3%
Run a drug-discovery experiment with real-time error handling at Genentech
Compress an imaging experiment from weeks to a day at HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Improve laser stabilization on QuEra's quantum computers from 58% to 99.3%
Last, abolishing the NIH and NSF would in fact create “a funding vacuum”.
I hesitate to even engage with this utterly naive view of economics and science, but I’ll note CZI and HHMI’s dramatic course changes, Bell Labs support by govt contracts, and the much smaller Wellcome/CZI/HHMI budgets.
I hesitate to even engage with this utterly naive view of economics and science, but I’ll note CZI and HHMI’s dramatic course changes, Bell Labs support by govt contracts, and the much smaller Wellcome/CZI/HHMI budgets.
July 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Last, abolishing the NIH and NSF would in fact create “a funding vacuum”.
I hesitate to even engage with this utterly naive view of economics and science, but I’ll note CZI and HHMI’s dramatic course changes, Bell Labs support by govt contracts, and the much smaller Wellcome/CZI/HHMI budgets.
I hesitate to even engage with this utterly naive view of economics and science, but I’ll note CZI and HHMI’s dramatic course changes, Bell Labs support by govt contracts, and the much smaller Wellcome/CZI/HHMI budgets.