Local News 2025 ITHS EXPO and Symposium Lightning Talks: People Behind the Innovations Institute of Translational Health Sciences | August 18, 2025 At the 2025 ITHS EXPO and Symposium, alongside keynote speakers and an in-depth panel discussion…karnottAugust 18, 2025 Read More
Local News UW Researchers Test Common Disinfectants’ Abilities to Fight Antibiotic Resistance at the Genetic Level UW News | August 18, 2025 Antimicrobial resistance is a lurking threat in hospitals around the world. As more strains of…karnottAugust 18, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Call for Applications: 2026–2027 Pilot Awards Institute of Translational Health Sciences | August 15, 2025 Applications are now open for the next round of ITHS Pilot Awards. The awards are…karnottAugust 15, 2025 Read More
Local News Going In for a Close Look at Lung Infections UW Medicine | August 15, 2025 A new study meticulously sampled different lung regions in people with cystic fibrosis to understand…karnottAugust 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Parabrachial Calca Neurons Drive Nociplasticity Condon, L., et al. | April 30, 2024 Pain that persists beyond the time required for tissue healing and pain that arises in…karnottApril 30, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Disentangling the Relationships of Body Mass Index and Circulating Sex Hormone Concentrations in Mammographic Density Using Mendelian Randomization Haas, C., et al. | April 24, 2024 Mammographic density phenotypes, adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI), are strong predictors of…karnottApril 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Tools for Cell Lineage Tracing and Profiling Developmental Trajectories in the Skin | April 23, 2024 The epidermis is the body’s first line of protection against dehydration and pathogens, continually regenerating…karnottApril 23, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Molecular Phenotyping of Small Cell Lung Cancer Using Targeted cfDNA Profiling of Transcriptional Regulatory Regions Hiatt, J., et al. | April 17, 2024 We report an approach for cancer phenotyping based on targeted sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA)…karnottApril 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Empowering the Next Generation Through Open Science Allen Institute | June 20, 2025 Science is not just for scientists, it’s for everyone. The Allen Institute’s Education and Engagement…karnottJune 20, 2025 Read More
Local News ACT Research Symposium Meets Virtually to Discuss Brain Aging Science Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | June 19, 2025 This year’s symposium was a virtual event drawing over 130 attendees In May, the Adult…karnottJune 19, 2025 Read More
Local News From Data to Diagnosis: BBI Survey Reveals Roadblocks and Opportunities for Using Functional Evidence in Variant Classification Brotman Baty Institute | June 18, 2025 A new survey of nearly 200 genetics professionals indicates there is a strong demand for…karnottJune 18, 2025 Read More
Local News What Constitutes Appropriate Scientific Justification in Stem Cell Research? UW Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | June 17, 2025 Scientists today have access to increasingly sophisticated research tools, including capabilities that allow them to…karnottJune 17, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Why Do Only Eight Percent Of Cancer Patients In The U.S. Participate In Clinical Trials? Forbes | February 21, 2019 Most cancer clinical trials don't meet their enrollment targets and it has been previously thought…sciencecityFebruary 21, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles US Science Agencies Set for Budget Boost in Deal to Avert Government Shutdown Nature News | February 18, 2019 With less than two days to go before the US government runs out of money,…sciencecityFebruary 18, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Thousands of Scientists Run Up against Elsevier’s Paywall Nature News | February 14, 2019 Researchers at German institutions that have let their Elsevier subscriptions lapse while negotiating a new…sciencecityFebruary 14, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles After Shutdown, NSF Catching Up on Review Panels, Funding Requests The Scientist | February 7, 2019 When the US government was partially shut down for 35 days starting December 22, work…sciencecityFebruary 7, 2019 Read More
Awards UW Biology Undergraduate, Lily Nguyen, Named 2024–25 Levinson Scholar UW Department of Biology | December 3, 2024 UW Biology undergraduate student, Lily Nguyen (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Biochemistry), was recently…karnottDecember 3, 2024 Read More
Awards Dr. Nora Disis Receives Wayne Kuni Award for Innovation in Cancer Research UW Medicine | November 27, 2024 Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is the inaugural recipient of the Wayne…karnottNovember 27, 2024 Read More
Awards Laying the Groundwork for a New Cancer-Preventive Vaccine Fred Hutch | November 26, 2024 Behind one fifth of cancer cases around the world lurks a pathogen. The connective-tissue cancer…karnottNovember 26, 2024 Read More
Awards MolES Launches Pilot Awards to Fuel Groundbreaking Interdisciplinary Research UW Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute (MolES) | November 20, 2024 Four UW faculty teams received the Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute’s (MolES) new Pilot Awards.…karnottNovember 20, 2024 Read More
Local News A Summer of Discovery: PNRI’s 2025 SURI Interns Take the Stage Pacific Northwest Research Institute | September 5, 2025 The room was buzzing. Slides clicked forward. A yeast cell diagram here, a clam DNA…karnottSeptember 5, 2025 Read More
Local News AVE Alliance Working Group Developing International Guidelines for Genetic Variant Classification Brotman Baty Institute | September 5, 2025 A working group of the Atlas of Variant Effects (AVE) Alliance has undertaken a task…karnottSeptember 5, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week PhoCoil: A Photodegradable and Injectable Single-Component Recombinant Protein Hydrogel for Minimally Invasive Delivery and Degradation Gregorio, N., et al. | September 4, 2025 Hydrogel biomaterials offer great promise for three-dimensional cell culture and therapeutic delivery. Despite many successes,…karnottSeptember 4, 2025 Read More