Local News Lee Hood & Nathan Price On the Future of MedicineArmchair Expert | June 15, 2023Lee Hood (world-renowned biologist) and Nathan Price (professor) are the authors of The Age of…pthomsonJune 15, 2023 Read More
Awards UW Bioengineering Awards 2023University of Washington Department of Bioengineering | June 15, 2023The UW Department of Bioengineering recognizes the commendable contributions of the following faculty, staff and…pthomsonJune 15, 2023 Read More
Local News Allen Institute Teams Up with AWS to Build First-Ever Map of the BrainCNBC | June 15, 2023Just as the periodic table is foundational to chemistry and the Human Genome Project revolutionized…pthomsonJune 15, 2023 Read More
Local News A-Alpha Bio Announces Collaboration With Gilead to Advance Next-Generation HIV Therapeutic OptionsA-Alpha Bio (Cision) | June 15, 2023A-Alpha Bio, a synthetic biology and machine learning company that measures and engineers protein-protein interactions,…pthomsonJune 15, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Two Indoleamines Are Secreted from Rat Pineal Gland at Night and Act on Melatonin Receptors but Are Not Night HormonesLee, B.H., et al. | November 25, 2019The pineal gland is one of the key output organs of your biological clock, and…sciencecityNovember 25, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week A Burst of Genetic Innovation in Drosophila Actin-Related Proteins for Testis-Specific FunctionSchroeder, C.M., et al. | November 20, 2019Many cytoskeletal proteins perform fundamental biological processes and are evolutionarily ancient. For example, the superfamily…sciencecityNovember 20, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Improved Assembly and Variant Detection of a Haploid Human Genome Using Single‐Molecule, High‐Fidelity Long ReadsVollger, M.R., et al. | November 19, 2019The sequence and assembly of human genomes using long‐read sequencing technologies has revolutionized our understanding…sciencecityNovember 19, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Interleukin-10 Mediated Immune Regulation after Stem Cell Transplantation: Mechanisms and Implications for Therapeutic InterventionZhang, P., and Hill, G.R. | November 11, 2019Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a multi-faceted anti-inflammatory cytokine which plays an essential role in immune tolerance.…sciencecityNovember 11, 2019 Read More
Local News AmeriCorps Member Sara Calder Joins ISB as Systems Health and STEM CoordinatorInstitute for Systems Biology | November 30, 2022Sara Calder is a life-long Washington state resident, and her education journey has been focused…sciencecityNovember 30, 2022 Read More
Local News Evolution of Herbivore Peptide Recognition by a Plant Immune ReceptorUW Department of Biology | November 25, 2022New research from the Steinbrenner lab on the evolution of herbivore peptide recognition by a plant…sciencecityNovember 25, 2022 Read More
Local News How Bacteria Give Cancer a Helping HandFred Hutch | November 23, 2022Tumors often get a lot of help in their efforts to survive and grow. Non-cancerous…sciencecityNovember 23, 2022 Read More
Local News In Vivo Approach to Treat Sickle Cell Disease and BeyondUW Medicine | November 23, 2022Drs. Chang Li, research assistant professor, and André Lieber, professor (Medical Genetics) recently met with former NIH Director…sciencecityNovember 23, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Two UW Cardiologists Honored at Northwestern UniversityInstitute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | October 31, 2018Dr. Daniel Yang was presented with the grand prize in the Junior Faculty Basic Science category…sciencecityOctober 31, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Benaroya Research Institute Awarded Funding for Autoimmune Disease Research in Down Syndrome PopulationBenaroya Research Institute | October 29, 2018Scientists at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) were recently awarded a one-year…sciencecityOctober 29, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Stephanie Lee Honored as New Giuliani/Press Endowed Chair RecipientFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | October 26, 2018Fred Hutch physician-scientist Dr. Stephanie Leewas honored at an Oct. 12 ceremony as the second recipient…sciencecityOctober 26, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Joachim Deeg Named Miklos and Natalia Zimonyi Kohary Endowed Chair for Cancer ResearchFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | October 24, 2018Miklos Kohary had only met with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center physician-scientist Dr. Joachim Deeg a few…sciencecityOctober 24, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Science’s Carbon Footprint: How Health Research Can Cut EmissionsNature | August 23, 2023Wellcome report identifies more than 140 initiatives to make health research more environmentally sustainable. Implementing…sciencecityAugust 23, 2023 Read More
Local News Talus Bioscience Lands $4.3M in Grant Funding for Drug Discovery PlatformGeekWire | August 23, 2023Seattle-based biotech startup Talus Bioscience landed $4.3 million in non-dilutive grants to boost development of…sciencecityAugust 23, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week DNA Repair Function Scores for 2172 Variants in the BRCA1 Amino-TerminusDiabate, M., et al. | August 22, 2023Single nucleotide variants are the most frequent type of sequence changes detected in the genome…sciencecityAugust 22, 2023 Read More