Local News A Successful Partnership Leads to Early Alzheimer’s Detection and Treatment UW Department of Bioengineering | October 17, 2024 Valerie Daggett, David and Nancy Auth Endowed Professor in Bioengineering, has been interested in the…karnottOctober 17, 2024 Read More
Awards Dr. Jan Abkowitz Receives Minority Faculty Mentoring Award UW Medicine | October 17, 2024 Dr. 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 Scientists Fred Hutch | October 16, 2024 Tired 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 Grant UW Department of Biology | October 16, 2024 Jeffrey Riffell, Professor in the UW Department of Biology, and Joel Thornton, Professor in the…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Human 5′ UTR Design and Variant Effect Prediction from a Massively Parallel Translation Assay Sample, P.J., et al. | July 19, 2019 There are two main applications for this work. First, the scientists can use their models…sciencecityJuly 19, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Variation, Comparative Genomics, and the Diagnosis of Disease Evan Eichler | July 17, 2019 The genome is not akin to a string of fixed length. Many large segments of…sciencecityJuly 17, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Pandemic Fluoroquinolone Resistant Escherichia coli Clone ST1193 Emerged via Simultaneous Homologous Recombinations in 11 Gene Loci Tchesnokova, V., et al. | July 15, 2019 This research shows that pandemic multi-drug resistant (‘superbug’) strains can emerge virtually instantly, without a…sciencecityJuly 15, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Fasting Prevents Hypoxia-Induced Defects of Proteostasis in C. Elegans Iranon, N.N., et al. | July 10, 2019 Low oxygen conditions (hypoxia) can impair essential physiological processes and cause cellular damage and death.…sciencecityJuly 10, 2019 Read More
Local News Seattle Children’s Spins Out BrainChild Bio, a Startup Developing Therapies for Incurable Brain Cancers GeekWire | December 7, 2023 Seattle Children’s is spinning out BrainChild Bio, a biotech startup tackling cancer in the central…karnottDecember 7, 2023 Read More
Local News PNRI’s Hagopian Lab: A 25-Year Legacy Pacific Northwest Research Institute | December 7, 2023 PNRI says farewell to William Hagopian, MD, PhD, who, as PNRI’s Director of Diabetes Programs,…karnottDecember 7, 2023 Read More
Local News The Hidden Heroes in Your DNA: Retrocopies and Their Role in Fighting Viruses | December 7, 2023 In the world of genetics, there’s a fierce battle that’s been raging for millions of…karnottDecember 7, 2023 Read More
Local News Clarivate Announces Highly Cited Researchers 2023 UW Medicine | December 5, 2023 Forty-one scientists affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine are on the 2023…sciencecityDecember 5, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Sharlene Santana and Verónica Di Stilio Awarded Fulbright Scholarships UW Department of Biology | April 24, 2019 Congratulations to Sharlene Santana and Verónica di Stilio on winning Fulbright Scholarships! The Fulbright Program, which…sciencecityApril 24, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Drs. Davidson and Galloway Named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | April 22, 2019 Drs. Nancy E. Davidson and Denise Galloway, two of the nation’s leading lights in women’s…sciencecityApril 22, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Major NIH Grant Funds a Closer Look at Understudied Sensory Hair Cells Crucial for Balance Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | April 19, 2019 Deep in the inner ear, at the base of the semicircular canals, sit tiny vestibular…sciencecityApril 19, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards $12M NIH Grant to Study Rare, Aggressive Skin Cancer Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | April 17, 2019 A multidisciplinary team from University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has received…sciencecityApril 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Carole Ellison’s Bold Bet on Science and the Researchers of Tomorrow Institute for Systems Biology | February 14, 2025 Poet, philanthropist, and ISB Foundation Board member Carole Ellison has been an advocate and supporter…karnottFebruary 14, 2025 Read More
Awards Computational Skills Grant Fuels Collaboration and Discovery Benaroya Research Institute | February 14, 2025 Susana Orozco, PhD, used to stay up until 4 a.m., using free online classes to…karnottFebruary 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Catching Autoimmune Diseases Before They Start Benaroya Research Institute | February 13, 2025 Mammograms save lives by detecting breast cancer early. Blood pressure checks help identify people at…karnottFebruary 13, 2025 Read More