Local News From Biotech to 3D Printing, Here Are Seven Startups That Recently Spun Out of UW GeekWire | February 21, 2024 The startup spinout machine at the University of Washington keeps on humming. According to CoMotion,…karnottFebruary 21, 2024 Read More
Awards Farid Moussavi-Harami Receives Paul F. Cranefield Award UW Medicine | February 20, 2024 The Society of General Physiologists has selected Dr. Farid Moussavi-Harami, assistant professor (Cardiology) as the…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Local News Birth Coincides with Rapid Changes in Gene Activities UW Medicine | February 20, 2024 During its gestation, the house mouse starts out as a single fertilized cell and three…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Circulating Cancer-Specific CD8 T Cell Frequency Is Associated with Response to PD-1 Blockade in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Pulliam, T., et al. | February 20, 2024 Understanding cancer immunobiology has been hampered by difficulty identifying cancer-specific T cells. Merkel cell polyomavirus…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Awards $7.3 Million NIH Grant Funds Effort to Advance Kidney Microphysiological Testing Platforms Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | February 19, 2024 Kidney disease researchers at the University of Washington, including ISCRM faculty members Beno Freedman, PhD…karnottFebruary 19, 2024 Read More
Local News From AI to Anti-Venom: Celebrating Our Women in Science The Institute for Protein Design | February 16, 2024 The Institute for Protein Design exists to create scientific breakthroughs and transform them into practical…karnottFebruary 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Boosting the Effectiveness of Car T-cell Therapies Against AML Fred Hutch | February 16, 2024 As a physician-scientist, Erik Kimble, MD, works on understanding how immunotherapy can be trained to…karnottFebruary 16, 2024 Read More
Local News International Women and Girls in Science 2024 AAHI | February 16, 2024 The United Nations General Assembly declared February 11th the day to emphasize that gender equality…karnottFebruary 16, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Merkel Cell Polyomavirus-Specific and CD39+CLA+ CD8 T Cells As Blood-Based Predictive Biomarkers for PD-1 Blockade in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Ryu, H., et al. | February 15, 2024 Merkel cell carcinoma is a skin cancer often driven by Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) with…karnottFebruary 15, 2024 Read More
Local News ProfoundBio Raises $112M to Support Clinical-Stage Oncology Pipeline GeekWire | February 15, 2024 ProfoundBio raised $112 million to support development of its pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), agents…karnottFebruary 15, 2024 Read More