Awards 2026 Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards UW Medicine | July 8, 2026 The Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards were created to assist highly qualified and meritorious trainees…karnottJuly 8, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Generation of WTC11 CLYBL-CAG_GCaMP8f Cell Line for Fast and Sensitive Calcium Tracking Bowers, N., et al. | July 8, 2026 Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs), such as GFP-based GCaMP sensors, are powerful tools for monitoring…karnottJuly 8, 2026 Read More
Awards 2026 Alan Chait Awards for Excellence in Mentorship UW Medicine | July 7, 2026 Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, professor, is the research recipient, and Dr. Tracy Tylee, associate professor (Metabolism,…karnottJuly 7, 2026 Read More
Local News ‘Incredible Collaboration:’ Q&A with Drs. Lea Starita and Doug Fowler on Resolving Variants of Uncertain Significance Brotman Baty Institute | July 7, 2026 This paper is the culmination of all those efforts. Researchers have been testing the effects…karnottJuly 7, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Elicitation of Liver-Stage Immunity by Nanoparticle Immunogens Displaying P. falciparum CSP-Derived Antigens Langowski, M., et al. | July 2, 2025 A vaccine that provides robust, durable protection against malaria remains a global health priority. Although…karnottJuly 2, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Anti-Sporozoite Monoclonal Antibody for Malaria Prevention: Secondary Efficacy Outcome of a Phase 2 Randomized Trial Skinner, J., et al. | June 24, 2025 CIS43LS is a long-acting monoclonal antibody specific for the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein expressed on…karnottJune 24, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Emergence and Disruption of Cooperativity in a Denitrifying Microbial Community Carr, A., et al. | June 23, 2025 Anthropogenic perturbations to the nitrogen cycle, primarily through use of synthetic fertilizers, is driving an…karnottJune 23, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Enhancer AAVs for Targeting Spinal Motor Neurons and Descending Motor Pathways in Rodents and Macaque Kussick, E., et al. | June 20, 2025 Experimental access to cell types within the mammalian spinal cord is severely limited by the…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Local News Sci Shots: A Burst of Color Shows Where Cells Live and What They Do Allen Institute | May 15, 2026 This vibrant, rainbow-like mosaic of colors arranged in irregular patterns shows millions of cells in…karnottMay 15, 2026 Read More
Local News A New Window Into the Immune System: ISB Researchers Develop Powerful Platform to Decode CD4+ T Cells Institute for Systems Biology | May 14, 2026 In this video, ISB President Dr. Jim Heath and Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Rongyu Zhang discuss…karnottMay 14, 2026 Read More
Local News Developing AI Models That Learn Like a Real Brain Allen Institute | May 11, 2026 Growing up in the Eastern European country of Romania, Denis Turcu knew early on what…karnottMay 11, 2026 Read More
Local News Poor Sense of Smell Is Sometimes a ‘Superpower,’ Teen Says UW Medicine | May 11, 2026 Meet Oliver Cho, 16. He’s an upbeat 10th grader in Bellevue, Washington. He also happens…karnottMay 11, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Seven Biopharma Trends to Watch in 2021 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 22, 2021 Last year, when GEN prepared an editorial titled Eight Biopharma Trends to Watch in 2020, who could have…emcguinnJanuary 22, 2021 Read More
Interesting Articles Four Reasons for Encouragement Based on Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Results STAT News | November 12, 2020 The world has been waiting for good news on Covid-19 vaccines. Monday it got a…emcguinnNovember 12, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Commission Charts Narrow Path for Editing Human Embryos Science | September 4, 2020 No recent biomedical experiment has caused more consternation than He Jiankui’s creation of the first…emcguinnSeptember 4, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles The Career Cost of COVID-19 to Female Researchers, and How Science Should Respond nature | July 24, 2020 Early data on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on scientific-publishing output suggest that female…emcguinnJuly 24, 2020 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
Awards Washington Research Foundation Awards $250,000 to Seattle Children’s Researchers Developing Next-Generation Brain Tumor Therapy Washington Research Foundation | March 23, 2026 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded $250,000 to Jim Olson, M.D., Ph.D., and Andrew (Drew)…karnottMarch 23, 2026 Read More
Awards 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge Awards Give Life to Innovative Solutions Medium | March 18, 2026 The phrase “breathing new life into something” describes not only the grand prize-winning team of…karnottMarch 18, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Hugo Carmona Receives Emerging Educator Award UW Medicine | March 17, 2026 Dr. Hugo Carmona, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the 2026 recipient…karnottMarch 17, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Germline CDK12 Variants in Aggressive Prostate Cancer Tolmeijer, S., et al. | July 22, 2026 CDK12 mutations occur in 2-7% of metastatic prostate cancers (mPCa) and are considered to be…karnottJuly 22, 2026 Read More
Awards BRI Visiting Scientist Receives Distinguished UW Medicine Award Benaroya Research Institute | July 21, 2026 Each year, UW Medicine recognizes up to four dedicated University of Washington (UW) Department of…karnottJuly 21, 2026 Read More
Local News Pioneering a New Approach to Cervical Cancer Screening Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | July 21, 2026 More than half of cervical cancers in the U.S. are diagnosed in people who are…karnottJuly 21, 2026 Read More