Professor Cech's name is pronounced like "check." Cech was born to parents of Czech origin (his grandfather was Czech, his other grandparents were first-generation Americans) in Chicago, he grew up in ...

Gray, chairman of HHMI’s Board of Trustees, and HHMI President Thomas R. Cech in turning the ceremonial first shovel of earth on the $500 million project. When completed in early 2006, the ...

Dr. Thomas Cech is a distinguished professor in biochemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the author of The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets. In his new book, ...

But changes are afoot. HHMI president Tom Cech talked to Nature Medicine about his vision for the organization's future. We began our discussion with the news that the Howard Hughes Medical ...