“By building something new, we can have a deeper understanding of how that new creation functions.” Nobuhiko Hamazaki
Nobuhiko Hamazaki and his lab are playing a significant role in building and understanding an extraordinary new creation. They are part of a biotechnology initiative often referred to as “science without limits:” The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology (Sea-Hub).
It is a five-year collaboration among the Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the University of Washington, and the Brotman Baty Institute. Its mission is as complex as it is challenging – reengineer cells in humans to record their histories. Hamazaki, a UW Medicine Assistant Professor, joined Sea-Hub shortly after the project was launched last December.
“(Sea-Hub is) intended to help researchers crack the code to understand not just end-point measurements of cells and genes in health and disease, but also the dynamics of their trajectories over time,” according to the organizations’ joint press release. “(It) brings together the best of large-scale science and philanthropy with proven academic power to develop, refine, and share this single-cell technology.”
