Local News Washington Research Foundation Appoints Dr. Orin S. Levine as New President and CEO Washington Research Foundation | August 22, 2025 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has appointed Dr. Orin S. Levine as its new President and…karnottAugust 22, 2025 Read More
Awards Immunobiology and Immune Therapy for Merkel Cell Carcinoma UW Medicine | August 22, 2025 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has officially renewed the Program Project Grant, “Immunobiology and Immune…karnottAugust 22, 2025 Read More
Local News Pilot Test of Novel Opioid-Use Therapy Shows Success UW Medicine | August 21, 2025 A novel treatment protocol for opioid-use disorder significantly improves patient outcomes, according to research published…karnottAugust 21, 2025 Read More
Local News Two Lifetimes’ Worth of Bone Marrow Transplant Breakthroughs Fred Hutch | August 21, 2025 A blackboard hangs in the office of bone marrow transplant pioneer Rainer Storb, MD, in…karnottAugust 21, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Inverted Triplications Formed by Iterative Template Switches Generate Structural Variant Diversity at Genomic Disorder Loci Grochowski, C., et al. | June 24, 2024 The duplication-triplication/inverted-duplication (DUP-TRP/INV-DUP) structure is a complex genomic rearrangement (CGR). Although it has been identified…karnottJune 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Germline-like TCR-α Chains Shared between Autoreactive T Cells in Blood and Pancreas Linsley, P.S., et al. | June 20, 2024 Human type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by autoimmune attack on the insulin-producing pancreatic beta…sciencecityJune 20, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Modulation of FGF Pathway Signaling and Vascular Differentiation Using Designed Oligomeric Assemblies Edman, N.I., et al. | June 18, 2024 Many growth factors and cytokines signal by binding to the extracellular domains of their receptors…sciencecityJune 18, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Rho-Associated Kinase Regulates Langerhans Cell Morphology and Responsiveness to Tissue Damage Peterman, E., et al. | June 14, 2024 Skin damage requires efficient immune cell responses to restore organ function. Epidermal-resident immune cells known…karnottJune 14, 2024 Read More
Local News How Generative AI Is Helping Decode the Human Immune System Institute for Systems Biology | July 8, 2025 In a recent ISB Research Roundtable, ISB President and Professor Dr. Jim Heath introduced a…karnottJuly 8, 2025 Read More
Local News Science-Art Encounter Enables Artists to ‘Experience Scientific Spaces Otherwise Inaccessible’ Brotman Baty Institute | July 4, 2025 Artist Ranger Liu, right, shoots video of Zachary Amador of rhe Seattle Hub for Synthetic…karnottJuly 4, 2025 Read More
Local News PNRI Announces Leadership Transition and Welcomes New COO Pacific Northwest Research Institute | July 3, 2025 At PNRI, strong leadership has always played a key role in advancing our mission and…karnottJuly 3, 2025 Read More
Local News Bothell Biotech Firm Plans $45 Million Public Offering to Advance Smoking Cessation Drug Puget Sound Business Journal | July 2, 2025 Bothell-based biotech company Achieve Life Sciences Inc. announced plans to raise $45M through an underwritten…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Trump’s Top Scientist Outlines Plan to Reduce Foreign Influence on US Research Nature News | September 25, 2019 After months of outcry over whether the United States government is unfairly targeting foreign-born researchers…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles U.S. EPA to Eliminate All Mammal Testing by 2035 Science Insider | September 18, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., announced today that it will stop conducting…sciencecitySeptember 18, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles New Memo Offers First Glimpse of How Trump’s Science Adviser Would Like to Shape Spending Priorities Science Insider | September 11, 2019 A new White House directive laying out next year’s spending priorities for federal research agencies…sciencecitySeptember 11, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Department of Justice Moves to Add More Marijuana Growers for Research PA Homepage | August 29, 2019 The Justice Department said Monday it would move forward to expand the number of marijuana…sciencecityAugust 29, 2019 Read More
Awards Washington Research Foundation Awards $275K Grant to Baiyun Wang of the University of Washington for Small Molecule Discovery Pipeline Washington Research Foundation | February 12, 2025 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded a $275,000 technology commercialization grant to a team led…karnottFebruary 12, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Reena Mehra Receives Excellence in Research Award UW Medicine | February 11, 2025 Dr. Reena Mehra, professor and head (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) has been selected…karnottFebruary 11, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Gabriel P. Lopez Honored With the 2025 UW College of Engineering Diamond Award UW Department of Bioengineering | February 10, 2025 Gabriel P. López, Ph.D., a graduate of the UW’s Chemical Engineering program and member of…karnottFebruary 10, 2025 Read More
Awards Evolutionary Cell Biologist Dr. Grant King Named a Hanna Gray Fellow Fred Hutch | February 10, 2025 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has named Grant King, PhD, a Hanna H. Gray Fellow…karnottFebruary 10, 2025 Read More
Awards Scientific Discoveries Research Grants UW Medicine | September 9, 2025 The Andy Hill CARE Fund has awarded over $10 million in the first cycle of…karnottSeptember 9, 2025 Read More
Local News Meet the New ITHS Co-Principal Investigators: Drs. Denise Dillard and Sarah Shannon Institute of Translational Health Sciences | September 8, 2025 The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) is proud to introduce Drs. Denise Dillard and…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More
Local News Lab Notes: the Neuroscience of Addiction and Possible Paths to a Cure Allen Institute | September 8, 2025 Science is supporting the battle against addiction and drug abuse. Neuroscientists around the world are…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More