Publications of the Week Association of Oral Health Determinants with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Never-Smoking Adults Zhou, P., et al. | July 28, 2025 The incidence of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) is increasing among non-smokers. This study…karnottJuly 28, 2025 Read More
Local News PATH Launches Landmark AI Study in Africa Exploring LLMs’ Potential in Health Diagnoses GeekWire | July 25, 2025 PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to…karnottJuly 25, 2025 Read More
Local News UW Scientists Use AI to Crack ‘Undruggable’ Proteins, Opening Door to New Treatments GeekWire | July 25, 2025 The wiggly targets known to scientists as “intrinsically disordered proteins” have for decades eluded capture…sciencecityJuly 25, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Fionnuala Cormack Selected Teacher of the Year UW Medicine | July 24, 2025 Dr. Fionnuala Cormack , clinical associate professor (Nephrology) was selected as the Nephrology Teacher of…karnottJuly 24, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week A Standard Workflow for Community-Driven Manual Curation of Strongyloides Genome Annotations Bryant, A., et al. | December 8, 2023 Advances in the functional genomics and bioinformatics toolkits for Strongyloides species have positioned these species as genetically…karnottDecember 8, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Expression of the Vesicular GABA Transporter within Neuromedin S+ Neurons Sustains Behavioral Circadian Rhythms Bussi, I.L., et al. | December 5, 2023 The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is the site of a central circadian clock…sciencecityDecember 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Flipped C-Terminal Ends of ApoA1 Promote ABCA1-Dependent Cholesterol Efflux by Small HDLs He, Y., et al. | December 1, 2023 Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) predicts cardiovascular disease independently of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels. Isolated…sciencecityDecember 1, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Multi-Omic Analysis of Human Kidney Tissue Identified Medulla-Specific Gene Expression Patterns Haug, S., et al. | November 29, 2023 The kidney medulla is a specialized region with important homeostatic functions. It has been implicated…sciencecityNovember 29, 2023 Read More
Local News Study Turns Up New Clues, New Questions in the Search for the Roots of Consciousness GeekWire | May 12, 2025 Seven years after they started, neuroscientists have published the results of a landmark study that…karnottMay 12, 2025 Read More
Local News New Mutational Scanning Method Advances Genetic Understanding of Hemophilia B Brotman Baty Institute | May 9, 2025 Nearly 40,000 people globally suffer from Hemophilia B, according to the World Federation of Hemophilia.…karnottMay 9, 2025 Read More
Local News A New Approach to Autoimmune Disease Treatment Takes a Big Step Forward Benaroya Research Institute | May 9, 2025 Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare and little-understood autoimmune disease that affects the liver.…karnottMay 9, 2025 Read More
Local News Rare Cancer Researchers Find Promising Target in Fibrolamellar Cancer Fred Hutch | May 8, 2025 The data on fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is daunting, to say the least. Symptoms of this…karnottMay 8, 2025 Read More
Awards Dr. Tim Dellit Named CEO to Know The Huddle | September 3, 2024 Tim Dellit, MD, CEO of UW Medicine, is one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s Academic Medical…karnottSeptember 3, 2024 Read More
Awards Simons Foundation Announces 13 Recipients of 2024 Independence Awards Simons Foundation | August 29, 2024 The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the latest recipients of its prestigious independence awards.…karnottAugust 29, 2024 Read More
Awards Hyundai Hope Scholar Award to Seattle Children’s Research Institute for Pediatric Leukemia Research Hyundai Hope On Wheels | August 29, 2024 Hyundai Hope On Wheels creates awareness for pediatric cancers and awards large grants to doctors…karnottAugust 29, 2024 Read More
Awards SciShots: Lighting Up Neurons to Combat ALS Allen Institute | August 26, 2024 Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science are developing a new weapon against neurological…karnottAugust 26, 2024 Read More
Awards New Grants Awarded to the Biology Community UW Department of Biology | August 19, 2025 Alejandro Rico-Guevara, Biology Assistant Professor, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award of $1,200,000…karnottAugust 19, 2025 Read More
Awards Horacio de la Iglesia Elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences UW Department of Biology | August 19, 2025 Biology Professor Horacio de la Iglesia was elected as a new member of the Washington…karnottAugust 19, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Metagenomic Estimation of Absolute Bacterial Biomass in the Mammalian Gut Through Host-Derived Read Normalization Tang, G., et al. | August 18, 2025 Absolute bacterial biomass estimation in the human gut is crucial for understanding microbiome dynamics and…karnottAugust 18, 2025 Read More