Local News Innovation Fund Spotlight: State-of-the-Art Genome Editing To Understand Disease and Develop New Therapies Benaroya Research Institute | June 5, 2025 For more than 20 years, Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) President Jane Buckner, MD, has had…karnottJune 5, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Decoding Post-Transcriptional Regulatory Networks by RNA-Linked CRISPR Screening in Human Cells Nugent, P., et al. | June 4, 2025 RNAs undergo a complex choreography of metabolic processes that are regulated by thousands of RNA-associated…karnottJune 4, 2025 Read More
Awards Seattle Children’s Cancer Study Awarded Top Clinical Trial Seattle Children’s | June 4, 2025 A groundbreaking pediatric cancer drug trial co-led by a Seattle Children’s physician-researcher received the prestigious…karnottJune 4, 2025 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
Publications of the Week Defining Molecular Glues with a Dual-Nanobody Cannabidiol Sensor Cao, S., et al. | February 22, 2022 “Molecular glue” (MG) is a term coined to describe the mechanism of action of the…dcorriganFebruary 22, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Assessing and Restoring Adaptive Immunity to HSV, VZV and HHV-6 in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients Heldman, M. R., Aagaard, K. M., and Hill, J. A. | February 21, 2022 While antivirals are often effective at preventing and treating HSV and VZV following transplant, there…dcorriganFebruary 21, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Novel Classes and Evolutionary Turnover of Histone H2B Variants in the Mammalian Germline Raman, P. et al. | February 18, 2022 The authors discovered unexpected novelty and innovation during the evolution of essential DNA-packing proteins, called…dcorriganFebruary 18, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Loss of Aly/ALYREF Suppresses Toxicity in Both Tau and TDP-43 Models of Neurodegeneration Kow, R. L., et al. | February 16, 2022 The authors found an additional family of RNA binding proteins/processing factors in the alyref homologs…dcorriganFebruary 16, 2022 Read More
Local News CryoSCAPE: Allen Institute Scientists Develop ‘Suspended Animation’ Technique for Blood Draws That Will Aid Research for Underserved Populations Allen Institute | January 7, 2025 Your blood is a delicate mixture. Researchers and clinicians often use blood to learn what’s…karnottJanuary 7, 2025 Read More
Local News Why Former Merck VP left Big Biotech for Seattle Startup InduPro Puget Sound Business Journal | January 6, 2025 Scott Lesley, the president and chief scientific officer of InduPro, reflects on his decision to…karnottJanuary 6, 2025 Read More
Local News Phenome Health and the Buck Institute Awarded Up to $52M from ARPA-H Phenome Health | January 6, 2025 Phenome Health and strategic partner The Buck Institute for Research on Aging today announced a…karnottJanuary 6, 2025 Read More
Local News Sound Pharma Announces Positive Phase 3 Results for the Treatment of Meniere’s Disease with SPI-1005 Sound Pharmaceuticals | December 20, 2024 Sound Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce that the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial involving SPI-1005,…karnottDecember 20, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards CARE Fund Awards Three Distinguished Researchers Grants Andy Hill CARE Fund | February 28, 2023 Cancer research breakthroughs occur through the work of talented and well-resourced scientists. The CARE Fund…pthomsonFebruary 28, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dr. Fred Appelbaum Receives Lifetime Achievement Award UW Medicine | February 23, 2023 A key member of the team that developed bone marrow transplantation as a successful treatment…pthomsonFebruary 23, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Sheila Lukehart Elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology UW Medicine | February 22, 2023 Dr. Sheila A. Lukehart, professor emeritus (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) has been elected to Fellowship in the American…sciencecityFebruary 22, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Joshua Schiffer Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation UW Medicine | February 10, 2023 Dr. Joshua Schiffer, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) has been elected to membership in the American…sciencecityFebruary 10, 2023 Read More
Local News Brain Might Become Target of Type 1 Diabetes Treatments UW Medicine | August 7, 2025 More than a decade ago, researchers found that an acute complication of type 1 diabetes,…karnottAugust 7, 2025 Read More
Awards ‘Manufacturing Scientist’ Believes in the Machinery That Powers Fred Hutch’s Cell Therapies Fred Hutch | August 7, 2025 When most people think of cancer care, they rarely associate it with what goes on…karnottAugust 7, 2025 Read More
Local News First-Ever Open Science Quest Supports Next Generation of Scientists Allen Institute | August 6, 2025 For two weeks in July, students from 11 high schools across Seattle made the Allen…karnottAugust 6, 2025 Read More