Awards Dr. Nancy Davidson Receives National Cancer Award Fred Hutch | June 15, 2026 Nancy E. Davidson, MD, executive vice president and chief academic officer at Fred Hutch Cancer…karnottJune 15, 2026 Read More
Awards Neuroscientist Astra Bryant Named 2026 McKnight Scholar UW Medicine | June 12, 2026 Soil-transmitted parasitic roundworms that find potential hosts by sensing body heat are the topic of…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Nature Publishes Commentary by Sudarshan Pinglay: ‘Why a Synthetic Human Genome is Still Worth Building’ Brotman Baty Institute | June 12, 2026 Ten years ago, when I was a first-year graduate student, my PhD adviser smuggled me…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Experts Convene to Advance Brain Aging Research Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | June 11, 2026 For more than 30 years, the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) Study has brought together…karnottJune 11, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Anti-HSP90α IgG May Protect Against Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Reducing Platelet Activation Barguil Macêdo, M., et al. | May 26, 2025 Natural autoantibodies (NAAbs) are immunoglobulins generated in the absence of antigen provocation, with no inherent…sciencecityMay 26, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week KAT5 Regulates Neurodevelopmental States Associated with G0-like Populations in Glioblastoma Mihalas, A.B., et al. | May 21, 2025 Quiescence cancer stem-like cells may play key roles in promoting tumor cell heterogeneity and recurrence…sciencecityMay 21, 2025 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
Local News Protecting What Matters Most: Proton Therapy for Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Fred Hutch | April 23, 2026 Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors exist in a wide range of types, from…karnottApril 23, 2026 Read More
Local News Nobel Prize Winner David Baker Vows to Stay in Seattle, Says Best Work is Still Ahead Puget Sound Business Journal | April 22, 2026 Nobel Prize-winning biochemist David Baker is staying in Seattle to focus on advancing computational protein…karnottApril 22, 2026 Read More
Local News The Drug That Stops Cancer Also Teaches It How to Escape Institute for Systems Biology | April 21, 2026 Targeted therapy is often described as a battle against mutations. A drug hits its target,…karnottApril 21, 2026 Read More
Local News Answering WHO’s Call with a New Way to Track How Well We’re Fighting the Flu Fred Hutch | April 20, 2026 Last fall, a Fred Hutch Cancer Center graduate student hopped on a 4 a.m. videoconference…karnottApril 20, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles What Black Scientists Want from Colleagues and Their Institutions Nature | July 23, 2020 Black academics are calling out racism in science, recounting behaviours ranging from overt acts to micro-aggressions,…eabramovichJuly 23, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles US Officially Withdraws from World Health Organization KOMO News | July 8, 2020 President Donald Trump has officially withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization. Sen.…emcguinnJuly 8, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Will the Pandemic Permanently Alter Scientific Publishing? Nature | June 4, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has underlined just how fast and open science publishing can be —…emcguinnJune 4, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Will Trump White House Tear Down Journal Paywalls? Many Anxiously Await a Decision American Association for the Advancement of Science | May 26, 2020 Scientific publishers, universities, librarians, and open-access (OA) advocates are waiting anxiously to see whether the…emcguinnMay 26, 2020 Read More
Awards 2025 William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards UW Medicine | January 19, 2026 Congratulations to the 2025 William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Award recipients, Drs. William Altemeier, professor…karnottJanuary 19, 2026 Read More
Awards Hypothalamic Gliosis and Genetic Risk as Early Indicators of Cardiometabolic Risk UW Medicine | January 14, 2026 Dr. Dabin Yeum, postdoctoral scholar (General Internal Medicine) has been awarded an American Heart Association…karnottJanuary 14, 2026 Read More
Awards Allen Institute Announces Inaugural Innovation Awards Winners Allen Institute | January 12, 2026 The Allen Institute is proud to announce the winners of its first-ever Innovation Awards, an…karnottJanuary 12, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Julie Gralow Named One of the 100 Most Influential People in Oncology UW Medicine | January 9, 2026 Dr. Julie Gralow, professor emeritus (Hematology and Oncology) has been named on the 100 most…karnottJanuary 9, 2026 Read More
Awards Fred Hutch Senior Staff Scientist Honored by Genetics Society of America Fred Hutch | June 29, 2026 A senior staff scientist at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Irini Topalidou, PhD, is the first…karnottJune 29, 2026 Read More
Local News Carrie Brockway is Shepherding SeaBridge Post-Docs, While Helping Build Seattle as the ‘Epicenter of Synthetic Biology’ Brotman Baty Institute | June 26, 2026 For Carrie Brockway, Ph.D., doing what’s right is mainly centered around the shepherding of post-doctoral…karnottJune 26, 2026 Read More
Local News New Faculty, Beiyu Lin, to Focus on AI in Bioengineering UW Department of Bioengineering | June 26, 2026 Professor Beiyu Lin joined UW Bioengineering in June as an assistant teaching professor, after a…karnottJune 26, 2026 Read More