Local News Frazier Life Sciences Raises $1.3 Billion for Latest Fund GeekWire | August 11, 2025 Frazier Life Sciences announced Thursday that it raised $1.3 billion for its 12th fund —…karnottAugust 11, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Decoding Post-Transcriptional Regulatory Networks by RNA-Linked CRISPR Screening in Human Cells Nugent, P., et al. | August 11, 2025 RNAs undergo a complex choreography of metabolic processes that are regulated by thousands of RNA-associated…karnottAugust 11, 2025 Read More
Local News RECOVER 2.0: New Insights and Next Steps in Long COVID Research Institute for Systems Biology | August 11, 2025 The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) recently hosted its second 2025 virtual Town Hall to…karnottAugust 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Gates Foundation Unveils Record-Setting $2.5 Billion Initiative Focused on Women’s Health GeekWire | August 8, 2025 The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion, five-year initiative focused on women’s health that…karnottAugust 8, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Nuclear Factor Kappa B-dependent Persistence of Salmonella typhi and Paratyphi in Human Macrophages Stepien, T., et al. | March 22, 2024 Salmonella serovars Typhi and Paratyphi cause a prolonged illness known as enteric fever, whereas other serovars…karnottMarch 22, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week A Distinct Fusobacterium nucleatum Clade Dominates the Colorectal Cancer Niche Zepeda-Rivera, M., et al. | March 21, 2024 Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), a bacterium present in the human oral cavity and rarely found in the…karnottMarch 21, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Dual Receptor-Sites Reveal the Structural Basis for Hyperactivation of Sodium Channels by Poison-Dart Toxin Batrachotoxin Tonggu, L., et al. | March 15, 2024 The poison dart toxin batrachotoxin is exceptional for its high potency and toxicity, and for…karnottMarch 15, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetically Encoded XTEN-Based Hydrogels with Tunable Viscoelasticity and Biodegradability for Injectable Cell Therapies Bennett, J., et al. | March 14, 2024 While direct cell transplantation holds great promise in treating many debilitating diseases, poor cell survival…karnottMarch 14, 2024 Read More
Local News Seattle-Area Company VerAvanti Lands $31.5M To Develop Scopes To Prevent Strokes, Heart Attacks GeekWire | June 3, 2025 Medical technology company VerAvanti announced $31.5 million in funding to advance its work on ultra-thin…karnottJune 3, 2025 Read More
Local News Serendipity and Synapses: How a Part-Time Job Unlocked a Passion for Brain-Mapping Allen Institute | June 3, 2025 For Sven Dorkenwald, Ph.D., mapping the brain’s connections was more than a job; it became…karnottJune 3, 2025 Read More
Local News Scientists Create Next Generation of Tools in Battle Against Brain Disease: The Armamentarium Allen Institute | June 2, 2025 In an exciting scientific first, researchers from around 29 universities and institutions across North America…karnottJune 2, 2025 Read More
Local News Allen Institute Opens Education Lab To Support and Inspire Next Generation of Scientists in Seattle and Beyond Allen Institute | May 30, 2025 The Allen Institute is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its state-of-the-art Education Lab.…karnottMay 30, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Ethical Concerns Surround Gene-Edited Babies UW Medicine | December 3, 2018 Earlier this week, He Jiankui, a scientist in China, announced he had genetically edited two human embryos,…sciencecityDecember 3, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles Chinese Scientist Says First Gene-Edited Babies Have Been Born in Effort to Fight HIV GeekWire | November 27, 2018 A Chinese researcher says his lab facilitated the first birth of gene-edited children — twin girls who…sciencecityNovember 27, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles To Catch Misconduct, Journals Are Hiring Research Integrity Czars STAT News | November 26, 2018 As a child, Jana Christopher would spend hours trying to discern patterns in the wallpaper…sciencecityNovember 26, 2018 Read More
Interesting Articles The Kilogram Will Now Be Defined by a Scientific Formula KING5 News | November 21, 2018 In a historic vote, nations unanimously approved Friday a ground-breaking overhaul to the international system…sciencecityNovember 21, 2018 Read More
Awards Washington Research Foundation Provides $600,000 to Support Research by Clinician-Scientists at the UW Washington Research Foundation | November 5, 2024 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has provided $600,000 in new program funding to the University of…karnottNovember 5, 2024 Read More
Awards Washington Research Foundation Awards $250,000 to Joshua Veatch of Fred Hutch to Generate and Test CD4 T-Cell Therapy for Range of Solid-Tumor Cancers Washington Research Foundation | November 4, 2024 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has approved a $250,000 technology commercialization grant to support groundbreaking research…karnottNovember 4, 2024 Read More
Awards The American Pediatric Society Honors Dr. Bonnie W. Ramsey with the 2025 APS John Howland Award The American Pediatric Society | October 31, 2024 The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce Bonnie W. Ramsey, MD, as the 2025 APS…karnottOctober 31, 2024 Read More
Awards Washington Research Foundation Awards $6 Million in Grants to Fred Hutch Cancer Center and Seattle Children’s Research Institute Washington Research Foundation | October 30, 2024 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded $6 million in grant funding through a new program…karnottOctober 30, 2024 Read More
Local News Looking Beyond Suspect Genes in Cancer Fred Hutch | September 1, 2025 Near the end of the classic 1942 movie Casablanca when Major Strasser is shot, Captain…karnottSeptember 1, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Register Now for the 2025-2026 Team Science Seminar Series Institute of Translational Health Sciences | August 29, 2025 Announcing the fourth year of the ITHS Team Science Seminar Series! The theme for 2025-26…karnottAugust 29, 2025 Read More
Local News Allen School Researchers Develop Machine Learning Technique to Capture the Chatter Between Brain Regions UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering | August 29, 2025 Researchers led by University of Washington’s Matt Golub developed Multi-Region Latent Factor Analysis via Dynamical…karnottAugust 29, 2025 Read More