Local News FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Drug Based on VIKTORIA-1 Study Results Fred Hutch | July 24, 2026 Watch out, metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. There’s a new targeted agent in town. On Tuesday,…karnottJuly 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Dr. Kate Markey Named Next Innovators Network Endowed Chair Fred Hutch | July 23, 2026 Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, an assistant professor at Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW…karnottJuly 23, 2026 Read More
Local News Seattle Ranks No. 3 Among Fierce Biotech’s 2026 Top Emerging Biotech Hubs Life Science Washington | July 23, 2026 Last week, Fierce Biotech released its annual list of the top emerging biotech hubs in…karnottJuly 23, 2026 Read More
Local News Karel Svoboda Elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences Allen Institute | July 22, 2026 authors Ed Muir Sr. Communications Specialist The Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) has recognized…karnottJuly 22, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Fusobacterium sphaericum Sp. Nov., Isolated From a Human Colon Tumor Adheres To Colonic Epithelial Cells and Induces IL-8 Secretion Zepeda-Riveraa, M., et al. | October 10, 2025 Cancerous tissue is a largely unexplored microbial niche that provides a unique environment for the…karnottOctober 10, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Breast Milk IgG Engages the Mouse Neonatal Immune System To Instruct Responses to Gut Antigens Shenoy, M., et al. | October 1, 2025 Mammals must initiate regulatory mechanisms to limit inflammatory responses to components of food and the…karnottOctober 1, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Progression To Rheumatoid Arthritis in At-Risk Individuals Is Defined by Systemic Inflammation and by T and B Cell Dysregulation Science Translational Medicine | September 29, 2025 Individuals who go on to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience a stage of disease development…karnottSeptember 29, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic and Epigenetic Screens in Primary Human T Cells Link Candidate Causal Autoimmune Variants to T Cell Networks Ho, C., et al. | September 25, 2025 Genetic variants associated with autoimmune diseases are highly enriched within putative cis-regulatory regions of CD4+…karnottSeptember 25, 2025 Read More
Local News Experts Convene to Advance Brain Aging Research Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | June 11, 2026 For more than 30 years, the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) Study has brought together…karnottJune 11, 2026 Read More
Local News From Solo Notes to a Full Symphony: Revealing Hidden Genetic Causes of Disease Pacific Northwest Research Institute | June 11, 2026 Imagine trying to understand a complex piece of music by listening to just one instrument…karnottJune 11, 2026 Read More
Local News Remembering Professor Stan Gartler UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine | June 10, 2026 Genetics and Genome Sciences Emeritus Professor Stanley Gartler passed away peacefully last week at the…karnottJune 10, 2026 Read More
Local News Long COVID Education and Resource Network UW Medicine | June 9, 2026 Dr. Anita Chopra, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and colleagues at Stanford (with support…karnottJune 9, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Research Evaluation Needs to Change with the Times Nature | January 14, 2022 Many researchers who are funded from public sources are required to participate in national evaluations…dcorriganJanuary 14, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Elizabeth Holmes Verdict: Researchers Share Lessons for Science Nature News | January 12, 2022 Elizabeth Holmes, the infamous biotech chief executive who promised to revolutionize blood testing, has been…dcorriganJanuary 12, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles It’s Time to Incorporate Diversity into Our Basic Science and Disease Models Nature Cell Biology | November 30, 2021 To address health disparities and facilitate increasingly personalized treatments, we need to develop new models…dcorriganNovember 30, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Should Schools Require COVID-19 Vaccinations? An Ethics Expert Weighs In Seattle Children's | November 22, 2021 Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been asking ethical questions about vaccinating children against…dcorriganNovember 22, 2021 Read More
Awards Recognizing BRI Researchers, Sheenam Verma and Sarah Kobernat, for Recent Fellowship Awards Benaroya Research Institute | May 14, 2026 Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) postdoctoral researchers, Sheenam Verma, PhD, and Sarah Kobernat, PhD, were recently…karnottMay 14, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Carmen Mikacenic Receives Mid-Career Award UW Medicine | May 13, 2026 Dr. Carmen Mikacenic, clinical associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the 2026…karnottMay 13, 2026 Read More
Awards Adrienne Shapiro Named Fellow of Infectious Diseases Society of America UW Medicine | May 13, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Adrienne Shapiro, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) who has been named…karnottMay 13, 2026 Read More
Awards Kalei Combs Named Fulbright Scholar UW Department of Bioengineering | May 8, 2026 UW Bioengineering’s Kalei Combs has earned the Mid-Career Professional Development Grant from the Fulbright Finland…karnottMay 8, 2026 Read More
Local News Nextstrain Virus-Tracking Platform Moves Into New Phase Fred Hutch | August 4, 2026 A $1.5 million award from the Gates Foundation will support the next phase of Nextstrain,…karnottAugust 4, 2026 Read More
Local News “The Science of Working Together” Featuring Dr. Chantelle Leveille and Peyton Lee Lab Coats & Life | August 4, 2026 In this episode, Dr. Nicole Quinn speaks with scientist Dr. Chantelle Leveille and software engineer…karnottAugust 4, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Capturing the Dynamics of STAT6 Macrophage Polarization Using Bioluminescence Temporal Signatures Zheng, S., et al. | August 3, 2026 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) signaling is activated by interleukin 4 (IL-4)…karnottAugust 3, 2026 Read More