Frogs have made significant contributions to Fred Hutch science, sharing much of human biology, but were absent for about two decades.
Yasuhiro Arimura has reintroduced them for a new era of science, with 30 live African clawed frogs arriving in the summer of 2024.
The frogs were placed in the new frog room in the Basic Sciences Division, settling into long white-framed water tanks with plastic tubes and lily pads.
The amphibians were delivered to the new frog room and transferred into long white-framed water tanks stacked on blue racks like bunk beds.Author's summary: Frogs return to Fred Hutch.