Local News BRI’s Bernard Khor, MD, PhD, Joins DSC Board of Directors Benaroya Research Institute | June 30, 2026 Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) is excited to share that BRI faculty member Bernard Khor, MD,…karnottJune 30, 2026 Read More
Awards Cary Paine Honored as Teacher of the Year UW Medicine | June 30, 2026 Dr. Cary Paine, associate professor of clinical practice (Nephrology) was selected as the 2026 Nephrology…karnottJune 30, 2026 Read More
Local News MSS 2027 Symposium is Returning to its Seattle Roots Brotman Baty Institute | June 29, 2026 The annual Mutational Scanning Symposium, hosted by the Atlas of Variant Effects (AVE) Alliance, is…karnottJune 29, 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
Publications of the Week A Common 19 BP APOE Enhancer Deletion Is Protective Against Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans Brutman, J., et al. | March 30, 2026 The APOE-ε4/ε4 genotype is the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer’s disease, though the…karnottMarch 30, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Divergent Effects of a Treg-Selective IL-2 Mutein on Influenza-Specific T Cell Responses Albe, J., et al. | March 25, 2026 Enhancing regulatory T cell (Treg) function offers a compelling therapeutic strategy for autoimmune disease. Engineered…karnottMarch 25, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Dynamics of Phage-Host Interactions in Bacteroides fragilis Resolved by Single-Cell Transcriptomics Gupta, A., et al. | March 23, 2026 The interactions between lytic phages and their hosts are typically studied in bulk culture, which…karnottMarch 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Subcellular Nanoparticle Trafficking Investigated With Label-Free, Live Cell Imaging Nelson, E., et al. | March 9, 2026 Nanoparticle drug delivery systems have significant potential to transform precision medicine due to their ability…karnottMarch 9, 2026 Read More
Local News Q&A: Three UW Biology Researchers Discuss What It’s Like to Study Mosquitoes ‘All Day and All the Time’ UW News | June 18, 2026 Summer is almost here, which means that people are starting to look up best practices…karnottJune 18, 2026 Read More
Local News A Bubble Tea Approach to Kidney Disease UW College of Engineering | June 17, 2026 A new treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) born out of CEE research might look…karnottJune 17, 2026 Read More
Local News Friendship Forged in Community Leads to Collaborative Cancer Research UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine | June 16, 2026 Exactly 20 years ago, on a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, a group of undergraduate…karnottJune 16, 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
Interesting Articles Apply Now for 2025-2026 ITHS Pilot Awards Institute of Translational Health Sciences | June 7, 2024 ITHS is happy to announce that the application period for the 2025–2026 ITHS Pilot Program…karnottJune 7, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Updated TL1 Offering: Unique Funding Opportunity for Pre-Doctoral Researchers Institute of Translational Health Sciences | May 21, 2024 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering a unique funding opportunity for students interested…karnottMay 21, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles HSSA Announces Matching Grant Recipients and Grant Writing Assistance Micro Awards Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County | May 9, 2024 Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County (HSSA) is proud to announce the recipients…karnottMay 9, 2024 Read More
Interesting Articles Washington Research Foundation Accepting Applications for Next Cohort of WRF Postdoctoral Fellows Washington Research Foundation | May 3, 2024 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) is accepting applications for WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships to begin in 2025.…karnottMay 3, 2024 Read More
Awards 2026 MolES Catalyst Awards Support Collaborative Microbial Research Initiatives Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute | June 3, 2026 Three University of Washington faculty-led teams received the Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute’s (MolES’s) 2026…karnottJune 3, 2026 Read More
Awards ASCO Young Investigator Award Winners Showcase the Breadth and Depth of Fred Hutch Research Fred Hutch | June 2, 2026 As researchers in the laboratories and clinics of Fred Hutch Cancer Center strive to develop…karnottJune 2, 2026 Read More
Featured Awards Pat Fleet Awards UW Medicine | May 29, 2026 Congratulations to Drs. Lindsay Gibbon, associate professor of clinical practice (General Internal Medicine), and Charlotte…karnottMay 29, 2026 Read More
Awards 2026 Equity Academic Scholarship Awards UW Medicine | May 28, 2026 A challenging career stage transition for trainees is advancing from post-doctoral and clinical fellowship to…karnottMay 28, 2026 Read More
Local News Dfam and Repbase Unite to Create a Fully Open Resource for Transposable Element Research Institute for Systems Biology | July 2, 2026 For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as…karnottJuly 2, 2026 Read More
Awards Philip Vutien Receives Research Mentorship Award UW Medicine | July 2, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Philip Vutien, assistant professor (Gastroenterology), who is the inaugural recipient of the…karnottJuly 2, 2026 Read More
Local News Contagious Cancer Likely Crossed an Ocean, Triggering Severe Outbreak in Pacific Northwest Clams Pacific Northwest Research Institute | July 1, 2026 Researchers have identified a severe outbreak of a rare contagious cancer in soft-shell clams in…karnottJuly 1, 2026 Read More