Local News New OpenScope Projects Aim to Shed Light on How We Process Our Visual WorldAllen Institute | July 11, 2023A special “morse code” hidden in certain neurons. Brain cells that keep track of moving…pthomsonJuly 11, 2023 Read More
Local News How AI Is Changing the Way Scientists Engineer Drugs, Biosensors, Enzymes and MoreGeekWire | July 11, 2023Inside the headquarters of Outpace Bio in Seattle, senior scientist Bobby Langan shows a video of…pthomsonJuly 11, 2023 Read More
Local News Ananda Goldrath to Lead Allen Institute for ImmunologyAllen Institute | July 10, 2023The Allen Institute today announced the hiring of Dr. Ananda Goldrath as Executive Vice President…pthomsonJuly 10, 2023 Read More
Local News Fred Appelbaum’s “Living Medicine” Tells the Story of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Don Thomas’s DiscoveriesCancer History Project | July 10, 2023In 1970, in the journal Blood, a second-year medical student named Frederick Appelbaum read a paper…pthomsonJuly 10, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Resolving the Synaptic versus Developmental Dichotomy of Autism Risk GenesHeavner, W.H., & Smith, S.E.P. | April 10, 2020Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) risk genes are often described as either developmental or synaptic. However,…sciencecityApril 10, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Phenomics-Based Quantification of CRISPR-Induced Mosaicism in ZebrafishWatson, C.J., et al. | April 8, 2020This manuscript provides validation of an approach to rapidly screen zebrafish using first-generation CRISPR-edited mutants…sciencecityApril 8, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Dimensionality Reduction by UMAP to Visualize Physical and Genetic InteractionsDorrity, M.W., et al. | April 3, 2020Dimensionality reduction is often used to visualize complex expression profiling data. Here, we use the…sciencecityApril 3, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week RecV Recombinase System for In Vivo Targeted Optogenomic Modifications of Single Cells or Cell PopulationsYao, S., et al. | April 1, 2020Brain circuits comprise vast numbers of interconnected neurons with diverse molecular, anatomical and physiological properties.…sciencecityApril 1, 2020 Read More
Local News New Computational Tools Widen Horizons for Liquid BiopsiesFred Hutch | January 17, 2023Tumor DNA floating in our blood offers doctors a way to gain information about cancer…sciencecityJanuary 17, 2023 Read More
Local News New Study from Benaroya Research Institute and the University of Washington Identify Novel Mechanism of Regulatory T Cells’ Role in Maintaining Immune System HomeostasisBenaroya Research Institute | January 16, 2023Researchers at Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) and the University of Washington published findings today in…sciencecityJanuary 16, 2023 Read More
Local News Enrollees Sought for Study of Diets’ Effect on the BrainUW Medicine | January 13, 2023Want to eat for science? Recruiting starts this month for the first test in humans…sciencecityJanuary 13, 2023 Read More
Local News Miller Lab Offering Targeted, Whole Genome, and Single-Cell Long-Read Sequencing ServicesBrotman Baty Institute | January 13, 2023BBI’s Dr. Danny Miller and the UW’s Nanopore Sequencing Core are providing targeted and whole…sciencecityJanuary 13, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Yiting Lim Named AACR NextGen StarFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | April 2, 2019The American Association for Cancer Research has named Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center prostate cancer researcher Dr. Yiting…sciencecityApril 2, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Mackenzie Coston Wins 1st Prize at the NW Development Biology MeetingUW Department of Biology | April 1, 2019Congratulations to UW Biology senior Mackenzie Coston, who won 1st prize in the undergraduate poster…sciencecityApril 1, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Drs. Fred Appelbaum and Phil Greenberg Elected to AACR AcademyFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | March 28, 2019The American Association for Cancer Research, or AACR, today announced its 22 newly elected class of Fellows of…sciencecityMarch 28, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Holly Harris Receives 2 Grants to Research EndometriosisFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | March 26, 2019Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center epidemiologist Dr. Holly Harris was just awarded two grants to study endometriosis,…sciencecityMarch 26, 2019 Read More
Local News Researchers Are Developing an Implantable Device That Could Prevent Pregnancy and HIV for Two YearsUW Department of Bioengineering | September 12, 2023Many women around the world face the risk of unintended pregnancy and HIV infection –…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2023 Read More
Awards Nisha Bansal Receives K26 Mentoring AwardUW Medicine | September 11, 2023Dr. Nisha Bansal, professor (Nephrology) was awarded a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and…sciencecitySeptember 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Manipulation of Patescibacteria Provides Mechanistic Insights into Microbial Dark Matter and the Epibiotic LifestyleWang, Y., et al. | September 11, 2023Patescibacteria, also known as the candidate phyla radiation (CPR), are a diverse group of bacteria…sciencecitySeptember 11, 2023 Read More