Local News A Mentor’s Support Turns Curiosity Into Courage, Doubt Into Discovery University of Washington | March 27, 2026 When Carrie Lin, ’24, joined Dr. Ayokunle (Ayo) Olanrewaju’s lab during its earliest days, she…karnottMarch 27, 2026 Read More
Local News Drs. Nora Disis and Kiran Dhillon Join XPRIZE Brain Trust for Global Visioneering UW Medicine | March 27, 2026 Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis, professor (Hematology and Oncology) and director of the UW Cancer Vaccine…karnottMarch 27, 2026 Read More
Awards Washington Research Foundation Awards $7 Million to UW Institute for Protein Design for Ambitious Initiative to Advance AI-Enabled Enzyme Design Washington Research Foundation | March 26, 2026 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded a $7 million grant to the University of Washington…karnottMarch 26, 2026 Read More
Local News Findings May Inform New Approach to Huntington’s Disease UW Medicine | March 26, 2026 Treatments that target a fragment of the mutant protein that causes Huntington's disease might be…karnottMarch 26, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Lisa Tachiki Named Kuni Foundation 2025 Cancer Research Fellow Fred Hutch | March 25, 2026 Fred Hutch Cancer Center medical oncologist Lisa Tachiki, MD, has been named a 2025 Cancer…karnottMarch 25, 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
Local News Mind Trip: How Psilocybin Changes the Brain Allen Institute | March 24, 2026 “The rewiring in the mouse brain from psilocybin is not haphazard; there’s a definite pattern…karnottMarch 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Fred Hutch Collaboration Reveals Molecular Vulnerability in Rare Childhood Brain Cancer Allen Institute | March 24, 2026 When broken strands of DNA get repaired improperly, they can stitch together in new “Frankengene”…karnottMarch 24, 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
Local News Giving CAR T Cells a Portable Pit Crew Fred Hutch | March 23, 2026 Over the last decade, the cellular cancer immunotherapy known as CAR T-cell therapy has roared…karnottMarch 23, 2026 Read More