Local News Watchdog Organization Calls for Investigation of UW’s Animal Testing The Daily | September 26, 2019 Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), a Cincinnati-based watchdog organization for animal welfare, sent a letter…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2019 Read More
Local News An Entrepreneur’s Quest to Make Seattle a Genome Sciences Hub Xconomy | September 26, 2019 Ivan Liachko turned postdoctoral research at the University of Washington into a company whose genomics…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2019 Read More
Local News New, Improved Human Genome Reference in the Works UW Medicine | September 25, 2019 A completely new, comprehensive human genome reference will be created in a National Institutes of…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Tissue Chips in Space — Challenges and Opportunities Yeung, C.K., et al. | September 25, 2019 The microgravity environment results in a multitude of physiological changes associated with aging and altered…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Trump’s Top Scientist Outlines Plan to Reduce Foreign Influence on US Research Nature News | September 25, 2019 After months of outcry over whether the United States government is unfairly targeting foreign-born researchers…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Cell-Specific Image-Guided Transcriptomics Identifies Complex Injuries Caused by Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury in Mice Miyazaki, T., et al. | September 24, 2019 The highly heterogeneous nature of the kidney’s tubular epithelium has made it challenging to identify…sciencecitySeptember 24, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Washington Research Foundation Provides Additional $1.5M Grant for Dr. Jim Olson’s Novel Immunotherapy Program at Fred Hutch Washington Research Foundation | September 24, 2019 Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has pledged over $1.5 million in additional support for a novel…sciencecitySeptember 24, 2019 Read More
Local News University of Washington Spinout Split Bio Raises Cash for RNA Sequencing Kits GeekWire | September 23, 2019 University of Washington spinout Split Bio raised $560,000 in bridge financing to fund the manufacturing of kits…sciencecitySeptember 23, 2019 Read More
Local News An Old HIV Vaccine Surprises Researchers Once Again Fred Hutch | September 23, 2019 Nearly 16 years ago, leading AIDS researchers were so skeptical about an experimental HIV vaccine…sciencecitySeptember 23, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Mechanisms of Interplay between Transcription Factors and the 3D Genome Kim, S. & Shendure, J. | September 20, 2019 Transcription factors (TFs) bind DNA in a sequence-specific manner and thereby serve as the protein…sciencecitySeptember 20, 2019 Read More