Local News Promising Young Scientist: Gabrielle Ferra Likes to ‘Parse Out Problems and Understand Them’ Brotman Baty Institute | April 24, 2026 Mister Rogers likely was directing those words at young children, not a then-17-year-old high school…karnottApril 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, and GentiBio Highlight Long Standing Scientific Collaboration Advancing GNTI 122 Into the Clinic Benaroya Research Institute | April 24, 2026 Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI), Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and…karnottApril 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Is There a Way to Boost Immunotherapy Response? Fred Hutch | April 24, 2026 Immunotherapy has joined surgery, radiation and chemotherapy as one of the major pillars of cancer…karnottApril 24, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Namrata Singh Receives Excellence in Mentoring Women Faculty Award UW Medicine | April 23, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Namrata Singh, associate professor (Rheumatology) who is a recipient of the 2025…karnottApril 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Drosophila Epidermal Cells Are Intrinsically Mechanosensitive and Modulate Nociceptive Behavioral Outputs Yoshino, J., et al. | May 20, 2025 Somatosensory neurons (SSNs) that detect and transduce mechanical, thermal, and chemical stimuli densely innervate an…sciencecityMay 20, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week In Vivo Functional Screens Reveal KEAP1 Loss as a Driver of Chemoresistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer Brumage, L., et al. | May 15, 2025 Exquisitely chemosensitive initially, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) exhibits dismal outcomes owing to rapid transition…karnottMay 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Enteric Tuft Cell Inflammasome Activation Drives NKp46+ILC3 IL22 via PGD2 and Inhibits Salmonella Churchill, M., et al. | May 14, 2025 To distinguish pathogens from commensals, the intestinal epithelium employs cytosolic innate immune sensors. Activation of…karnottMay 14, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Functional and Antigenic Landscape of the Nipah Virus Receptor-Binding Protein Larsen, B., et al. | May 7, 2025 Nipah virus recurrently spills over to humans, causing fatal infections. The viral receptor-binding protein (RBP…karnottMay 7, 2025 Read More
Local News Boyle Named UW Bioengineering Vice Chair of Operations UW Department of Bioengineering | March 19, 2026 Professor Patrick Boyle has been promoted to Vice Chair of Operations in the University of…karnottMarch 19, 2026 Read More
Local News Dr. Luke Wander PI for Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study UW Medicine | March 18, 2026 Dr. Luke Wander, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is the new PI of the Diabetes…karnottMarch 18, 2026 Read More
Local News Fred Hutch Biochemist Eavesdrops on Cellular Debate About Where to Start Translating Genetic Messages Fred Hutch | March 17, 2026 Fans of reality television shows about real estate such as House Hunters will recognize a…karnottMarch 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Modulating AP-1 Enables CAR T Cells to Establish an Intratumoral Stemlike Reservoir and Overcomes Resistance to PD-1 Blockade Snyder, A., et al. | March 16, 2026 Mechanisms underlying therapeutic resistance to combined chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell and immune checkpoint…karnottMarch 16, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Biden, Congress Roll Out Big Plans to Expand National Science Foundation Science | April 9, 2021 The idea of massively expanding the budget and mission of the National Science Foundation (NSF)…kchenApril 9, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles What’s in the Huge Pandemic Relief Bill for Science? Science | March 19, 2021 A massive $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill now on its way to President Joe Biden’s…kchenMarch 19, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles The Most Worrying Mutations in Five Emerging Coronavirus Variants Scientific American | February 2, 2021 When the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 burst upon the world last winter, scientists knew it was bad.…emcguinnFebruary 2, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Seven Biopharma Trends to Watch in 2021 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 22, 2021 Last year, when GEN prepared an editorial titled Eight Biopharma Trends to Watch in 2020, who could have…emcguinnJanuary 22, 2021 Read More
Awards Allen Institute Announces 2025 Next Generation Leaders Allen Institute | November 6, 2025 The Allen Institute’s 2025 Next Generation Leaders (NGL) cohort features eight talented researchers exploring the…karnottNovember 6, 2025 Read More
Awards 2025 Alan Chait Awards for Excellence in Mentorship UW Medicine | November 4, 2025 Dr. Radhika Narla, associate professor, is the clinical recipient, and Dr. Joshua Thaler, associate professor…karnottNovember 4, 2025 Read More
Awards Washington Research Foundation Awards $5.2M To Develop Therapeutics for First-In-Human Studies at Fred Hutch and Seattle Children’s Washington Research Foundation | November 3, 2025 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded a $5.2 million grant to Fred Hutch Cancer Center…karnottNovember 3, 2025 Read More
Awards Ratner Earns NIH Tech Transfer Grant To Improve Dialysis for Patients UW Department of Bioengineering | October 29, 2025 Professor Buddy Ratner and his colleagues at the medtech startup Kuleana, a spin-out from UW…karnottOctober 29, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Washington Research Foundation Seeks Graduate Students and Postdocs for Ninth Cohort of WRF Venture Analysts Washington Research Foundation | May 7, 2026 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) will accept applications between April 30 and May 17, 2026, for…karnottMay 7, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem Receives ASGCT Mentorship Award Fred Hutch | May 6, 2026 Hans-Peter Kiem, MD, PhD, who holds the Stephanus Family Endowed Chair for Cell and Gene…karnottMay 6, 2026 Read More
Local News Is a Well-Behaved Immune System Key to Successful Transplant Outcomes? Fred Hutch | May 6, 2026 Eager for some “me time”? Think again. Even when you believe you’re all alone, there…karnottMay 6, 2026 Read More