Local News DNA Accessibility, Gene Expression Jointly Profiled in 1,000s of CellsUW Medicine | September 4, 2018Scientists have now developed an assay that concurrently profiles both the epigenome and the transcriptome…sciencecitySeptember 4, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Anat Zimmer and Tomasz Wilmanski Receive Inaugural K. Carole Ellison FellowshipInstitute for Systems Biology | September 4, 2018The recently unveiled fellows program funds two young scientists researching bioinformatics. The inaugural fellows are…sciencecitySeptember 4, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Early Cellular Innate Immune Responses Drive Zika Viral Persistence and Tissue Tropism in Pigtail MacaquesO'Connor, M.A., et al. | September 3, 2018The immunological and virological events that contribute to the establishment of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection…sciencecitySeptember 3, 2018 Read More
Local News University of Washington Spin-Out Raising Cash for More Accurate DNA Sequencing TechnologyGeekWire | September 3, 2018TwinStrand Biosciences, a spin-out of the University of Washington, is raising cash to commercialize DNA…sciencecitySeptember 3, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week An Assay for De Novo Kinetochore Assembly Reveals a Key Role for the CENP-T Pathway in Budding YeastLang, J., et al. | August 31, 2018Chromosome segregation depends on the kinetochore, the machine that establishes force-bearing attachments between DNA and…sciencecityAugust 31, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. James Dai Receives $2.1M NCI Grant for Cancer Biomarker ResearchFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | August 30, 2018Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center biostatistician Dr. James Dairecently was awarded a $2.1 million grant from…sciencecityAugust 30, 2018 Read More
Local News Gene Testing of Nigerian Women Could Help Prevent Breast CancerUW Medicine | August 30, 2018The first study of its kind applying modern genomics technology to DNA contributed by Sub-Saharan…sciencecityAugust 30, 2018 Read More
Local News Impel Neuropharma Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 3 Trial Evaluating INP104 for the Treatment of Acute Migraine HeadacheBioSpace | August 29, 2018Impel NeuroPharma, a Seattle-based, privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies for the treatment of central…sciencecityAugust 29, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Viral Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine in Two Phase 3 TrialsJuraska, M., et al. | August 29, 2018Two phase 3 placebo-controlled trials of the CYD-TDV vaccine, evaluated in children aged 2-14 y…sciencecityAugust 29, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Does CAR-T Therapy Have a Payment Problem?BioSpace | August 28, 2018By many standards, and certainly by the way the media covers it and industry promotes…sciencecityAugust 28, 2018 Read More