Publications of the Week Single-Cell Activity Tracking Reveals that Orbitofrontal Neurons Acquire and Maintain a Long-Term Memory to Guide Behavioral Adaptation Namboodiri, V.M.K., et al. | June 20, 2019 Learning to predict rewards based on environmental cues is essential for survival. The orbitofrontal cortex…sciencecityJune 20, 2019 Read More
Local News Adaptive Biotechnologies Co-Founder Leaves Fred Hutch; IPO Filing Warned of IP Risks from Dual Roles GeekWire | June 19, 2019 Dr. Harlan Robins, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies, stepped down from his…sciencecityJune 19, 2019 Read More
Local News Seattle and Los Angeles Lead STEM Job Growth in the U.S. GeekWire | June 19, 2019 The West Coast’s tech hubs are leading the nation in the race to grow employment in…sciencecityJune 19, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Structural Basis for Human Coronavirus Attachment to Sialic Acid Receptors Tortorici, M.A., et al. | June 19, 2019 Coronaviruses have caused outbreaks of deadly pneumonia in humans since the beginning of the 21st…sciencecityJune 19, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UW Researchers Selected to Join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences The Pew Charitable Trusts | June 18, 2019 The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced 22 early-career researchers who have been selected to join…sciencecityJune 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Research from Doulatov Lab in the Journal Blood Offers Stem Cell-Aided Insights on MDS Onset Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | June 18, 2019 Imagine two teams of detectives investigating two crime scenes. In one case, still photographs detail…sciencecityJune 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Two-Step Expansion and VR Technique Enlarges Tiny Microbes, Illuminating New Ways to Prevent and Treat Disease Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | June 17, 2019 A combined research team from Carnegie Mellon University and Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason…sciencecityJune 17, 2019 Read More
Local News New Faculty Profile: Aakanksha Singhvi Genetics Society of America | June 17, 2019 Aakanksha Singhvi Assistant Member Division of Basic Sciences Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Lab website…sciencecityJune 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Kidneys-On-A-Chip Return from Space UW Medicine | June 14, 2019 Kidneys-on-a-chip that rocketed to the International Space Station in May returned via a Pacific Ocean splashdown June 3…sciencecityJune 14, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week The C. elegans Embryonic Transcriptome with Tissue, Time, and Alternative Splicing Resolution Warner, A.D., et al. | June 14, 2019 We have used RNA-seq in Caenorhabditis elegans to produce transcription profiles for seven specific embryonic cell populations…sciencecityJune 14, 2019 Read More