Awards Dr. Jan Abkowitz Receives Minority Faculty Mentoring AwardUW Medicine | October 17, 2024Dr. Janis Abkowitz, professor (Hematology and Oncology), is the 2024 recipient of the Committee on…karnottOctober 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Fred Hutch Hosts New Online Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/ Latinx ScientistsFred Hutch | October 16, 2024Tired of wondering why conference speaker panels are not more diverse, Christina Termini, PhD, MM,…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Jeffrey Riffell & Joel Thornton Receive First Kavli-NSF GrantUW Department of Biology | October 16, 2024Jeffrey Riffell, Professor in the UW Department of Biology, and Joel Thornton, Professor in the…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Local News Which Health Centers Got the Most COVID Relief Funds?UW Medicine | October 16, 2024During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, about $23 billion flowed into U.S. federally qualified…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week A Subpopulation of Microglia Generated in the Adult Mouse Brain Originate from Prominin-1 Expressing ProgenitorsPrater, K., et. al | August 19, 2021Microglia maintain brain health and play important roles in disease and injury. Despite their known…dcorriganAugust 19, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Antibody Interference by a Non-Neutralizing Antibody Abrogates Humoral Protection against Plasmodium yoelii Liver StageVijayan, K., et al. | August 13, 2021Most work on the development of malaria vaccines happens in laboratory or clinical trials, where…dcorriganAugust 13, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Integrative Oncogene-Dependency Mapping Identifies RIT1 Vulnerabilities and Synergies in Lung CancerVichas, A. et al. | August 12, 2021CRISPR-based cancer dependency maps are accelerating advances in cancer precision medicine, but adequate functional maps…dcorriganAugust 12, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week A Rationally Designed C-Di-AMP FRET Biosensor to Monitor Nucleotide DynamicsPollock, A. J., et al. | August 10, 20213’3’-cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is an important nucleotide second messenger found throughout the bacterial domain…dcorriganAugust 10, 2021 Read More
Local News Science Firsthand: Translating the Promise of Cell Therapy with Bristol Myers SquibbBristol Myers Squibb | April 17, 2024The story of how chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy went from hypothesis to…karnottApril 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Scientists Discover Potential Treatment Approaches for Polycystic Kidney DiseaseNational Institutes of Health | April 17, 2024Researchers have shown that dangerous cysts, which form over time in polycystic kidney disease (PKD),…karnottApril 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Unraveling the Complexity of the Mammalian BrainAllen Institute | April 15, 2024To understand the brain in health and disease, we must first understand its parts: the…karnottApril 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Endocrinologists Outline Treatment for Type 1 DiabetesUW Medicine | April 12, 2024With almost no rigorous scientific study of type 1 diabetes, there has been no clear…karnottApril 12, 2024 Read More
Awards Kelly Stevens Elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological EngineeringInstitute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | February 25, 2022ISCRM faculty member Kelly Stevens has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and…dcorriganFebruary 25, 2022 Read More
Awards Dr. Steven Hahn Elected to American Academy of MicrobiologyFred Hutch | February 23, 2022Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center investigator Dr. Steven Hahn has been elected a fellow of the American…dcorriganFebruary 23, 2022 Read More
Awards Briana Abrahms Named 2022 Sloan Research FellowUW Department of Biology | February 17, 2022Briana Abrahms, UW Biology Assistant Professor, has been named a 2022 Sloan Research Fellow by the…dcorriganFebruary 17, 2022 Read More
Awards Dr. Christopher Li Receives the Helen G. Edson Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer ResearchFred Hutch | February 15, 2022Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center epidemiologist Dr. Christopher Li was recently selected as the inaugural recipient of…dcorriganFebruary 15, 2022 Read More
Local News Allen Institute Names Dr. Julie Harris As New Vice President of the Paul G. Allen Frontiers GroupAllen Institute | December 18, 2024The Allen Institute today announced the appointment of Julie Harris as the new Vice President…karnottDecember 18, 2024 Read More
Local News Accelerating Qualitative Research with Rap-GAPKaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | December 18, 2024Qualitative research — such as conducting focus groups and interviews with patients and providers —…karnottDecember 18, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Type I IFN Induces Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase 1 to Generate a Phosphatidic Acid Reservoir for Lipotoxic Saturated Fatty AcidsBarnhart, S., et al. | December 18, 2024Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 1 (ACSL1) catalyzes the conversion of long-chain fatty acids to acyl-CoAs. ACSL1…karnottDecember 18, 2024 Read More