Local News A WRAP for Biology’s Greasiest Problem UW Medicine | July 10, 2026 Embedded in the boundary between the inside and outside of each cell are membrane proteins.…karnottJuly 10, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Submit Your Letter of Intent for the Commercialization Gap Fund Awards WSU Insider | July 10, 2026 The Office of Research at WSU in partnership with the Washington Research Foundation (WRF) is…karnottJuly 10, 2026 Read More
Local News Absci Announces Pricing of $100 Million Underwritten Offering with Leading Strategic and Financial Investors Absci | July 9, 2026 Absci Corporation (Nasdaq: ABSI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing breakthrough therapeutics designed with generative AI,…karnottJuly 9, 2026 Read More
Awards James Town Receives Outstanding Achievement in Quality and Safety Award UW Medicine | July 9, 2026 Dr. James Town, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the 2026 recipient…karnottJuly 9, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Intranasal Replicon SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Produces Protective Respiratory and Systemic Immunity and Prevents Viral Transmission Jennewein, M., et al. | July 15, 2025 While mRNA vaccines have been effective in combating SARS-CoV-2, the waning of vaccine-induced antibody responses…karnottJuly 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Drp1 Knockdown Aggravates Obesity-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction and Remodeling Wu, D., et al. | July 14, 2025 Obesity is an independent risk factor for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Dynamin…karnottJuly 14, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week The Alzheimer’s Disease Gene SORL1 Regulates Lysosome Function in Human Microglia Mishra, S., et al. | July 11, 2025 The SORL1 gene encodes the sortilin-related receptor protein SORLA, a sorting receptor that regulates endo-lysosomal…karnottJuly 11, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Molecular Profiling of Adult C. elegans Glia Across Sexes by Single-Nuclear RNA-Seq Purice, M., et al. | July 7, 2025 A comprehensive understanding of nervous system function requires molecular insight into the diversity and sex…karnottJuly 7, 2025 Read More
Local News Behind BRI’s Biorepositories: How They Started and Continue to Fuel Discoveries Benaroya Research Institute | May 21, 2026 It’s 2003. “Finding Nemo” hits theaters. iTunes launches. The human genome is sequenced for the…karnottMay 21, 2026 Read More
Local News Washington Research Foundation Renews Support for Cross-State UW–WSU Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Collaboration UW CoMotion | May 20, 2026 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has committed $1.7M over the next three years to continue the…karnottMay 20, 2026 Read More
Local News Global Multiomics Study Reveals How Geography and Ethnicity Shape Human Biology Institute for Systems Biology | May 18, 2026 An international team of researchers has completed one of the most comprehensive longitudinal molecular studies…karnottMay 18, 2026 Read More
Local News AI Models Comb Patient Data to Predict Cardiac-Arrest Risk UW Medicine | May 15, 2026 Researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that can scrutinize electronic health records (EHR) and…karnottMay 15, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles In Shock Move, US Backs Waiving Patents on COVID Vaccines Nature News | May 7, 2021 In a historic move, the US government has announced that it supports waiving patent protections…kchenMay 7, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Biden, Congress Roll Out Big Plans to Expand National Science Foundation Science | April 9, 2021 The idea of massively expanding the budget and mission of the National Science Foundation (NSF)…kchenApril 9, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles What’s in the Huge Pandemic Relief Bill for Science? Science | March 19, 2021 A massive $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill now on its way to President Joe Biden’s…kchenMarch 19, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles The Most Worrying Mutations in Five Emerging Coronavirus Variants Scientific American | February 2, 2021 When the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 burst upon the world last winter, scientists knew it was bad.…emcguinnFebruary 2, 2021 Read More
Awards Meinhold Receives SFB Student Research Award UW Department of Bioengineering | April 2, 2026 Katherine Meinhold, who completed her UW Bioengineering PhD just last week, received the Student Award…karnottApril 2, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Jonathan Bricker Receives the Endowed Chair in Cancer Prevention Fred Hutch | April 1, 2026 When Jonathan Bricker, PhD, graduated from the University of Washington’s clinical psychology program in 2003,…karnottApril 1, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Karin Bornfeldt Receives Outstanding Investigator Award UW Medicine | March 30, 2026 Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) has been awarded an Outstanding Investigator Award…karnottMarch 30, 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 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