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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 09/10/2026

Dr. Heidi Crane at @uwmedicine.bsky.social has received funding from the National Institute on Aging to support researchers, particularly early-stage investigators, at the intersection of HIV and aging research. Congratulations! bit.ly/4z0SgS9

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 08/10/2026

Dr. Marco Mielcarek at @fredhutch.org has received a five-year, $3.5 million NIH U01 collaborative research grant to complete a clinical trial for graft-vs.-host-disease. 💊 They aim to optimize drug dosage for #GVHD prevention: bit.ly/4AE8anl

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 07/10/2026

Dr. Jung-Ho Chun at @uwproteindesign.bsky.social is combatting #PDAC remission. He used an AI-designed IL-21 mimic and induced long-term, durable remissions in mouse models with KRAS inhibitor relapse. Read the abstract in @cp-cell.bsky.social: bit.ly/4dLG27P

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 06/10/2026

📖 A new study is providing the most detailed look at the motor cortex, the brain region that controls movement and could help fight diseases like #ALS and #dementia, to date. Check out the work from @alleninstitute.org researchers: bit.ly/4yslYje

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 05/10/2026

🖨️ In the latest episode of In the Lab, learn how Dr. Matthew Ross uses a 3D printer to solve problems for @fredhutch.org researchers. From zebrafish protection to microscopy accessories to COVID-19 models, Dr. Ross is customizing up a storm: bit.ly/4dfAcvf

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 02/10/2026

🫣 Get a sneak peek of the upcoming Long-Read Sequencing Symposium! Dr. Harriet Dashnow, the keynote speaker, discusses the future of long-read sequencing in #PrecisionMedicine and what to expect at the symposium in this Q&A: bit.ly/4hjRr0W

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 02/10/2026

🤩 A HUGE thank you to everyone who joined our Early Career Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Networking Event! It was inspiring to see the symposium’s themes come to life in real time. Thanks to our attendees and the @alleninstitute.org for celebrating science with us. Stay tuned for future events!

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 01/10/2026

In a new study using mice, Dr. Raajaram Gowrishankar and the Bruchas lab at @uwmedicine.bsky.social identified a fast-acting brain-signaling system that helps animals learn from their actions. 🧠 Learn more about the neurotransmitter #dynorphin: bit.ly/4dblSUy

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 30/09/2026

🧲 Researchers at @uwnews.uw.edu are using magnetic microposts to investigate #platelet biomechanics. 🩸 This allows them to measure how platelet forces and stiffness evolve together during the first minutes of clot formation. Check it out: bit.ly/4xW0ASr

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 29/09/2026

🎙️ Dr. Stephanie Page from @uwmedicine.bsky.social joins Drs. Kaylee Byers & Premal Patel on the latest episode of the Nice Genes! Podcast by @genomebc.bsky.social. They discuss the history of contraceptives, male birth control, and reproductive equity. Listen to the episode: bit.ly/4htiSEf

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 28/09/2026

🍂 New semester. New season. Fresh science. Start your autumn off right by staying connected to Seattle’s life sciences community with the Science in Seattle newsletter. 📬 Sign up today: bit.ly/4kbhGoK

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 25/09/2026

💡 @seattlechildrens.org announced it will receive $10.75 million over five years to implement the work of the Pediatric Prevention Network throughout the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Danielle Zerr is the principal investigator of the project. Congratulations to the whole team! bit.ly/3TeSs19

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 24/09/2026

What is a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and how does it impact ongoing research? 💬 Dr. @harmitmalik.bsky.social from @fredhutch.org & @uwnews.uw.edu is on the Whitehead Institute's SAB. He sat down to discuss his role and how the position improves his own research approach: bit.ly/46EwVlC

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 23/09/2026

A new study published in Nature has established the foundational landscape of tumor evolution in #BladderCancer and differences in the cancer subtypes. Check out the work from Dr. Ming Lam at @uwnews.uw.edu and Dr. Omar Mian at @fredhutch.org: bit.ly/4rqtR5T

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 22/09/2026

🚨 LAST CALL, Seattle life scientists! 🚨 Ticket sales end TODAY for the Sept. 25 Early Career Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Networking Social. Come for the connections. Stay for the games, bites, drinks, and science prizes. 🎟️ Grab your ticket now: bit.ly/4wUbHuq

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 21/09/2026

Drs. Patrick Stayton, Eoin West, and Shawn Skerrett at @uwnews.uw.edu are developing a new inhaled drug to improve the treatment of #pneumonia. 🌬️ The work is backed by Wellcome Leap’s $50 million Focused Antibiotics program. Learn more: bit.ly/4gXKBhy

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 20/09/2026

⏰ 48 HOURS LEFT TO GET YOUR TICKET! Still thinking about joining us on September 25? Consider this your sign. 👀 Join us for an evening of game-based networking, appetizers, drinks, and science-themed prizes. 🎟️ Get your ticket before they’re gone: bit.ly/4wUbHuq

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 18/09/2026

Drs. David Marcus and Michael Bruchas at @uwmedicine.bsky.social identified how naturally occurring brain chemicals called #endocannabinoids help regulate the drive to pursue rewards. 🧠 The data could help clarify how brain systems involved in motivation become disrupted: bit.ly/4huZzLZ

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 17/09/2026

🎊 @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social postdoc Dr. LeAnn Nguyen was awarded the Institute for Translational Immunology Fellowship through @uwnews.uw.edu. Dr. Nguyen’s project will characterize the effects of #GeneticVariants that are linked to #AutoimmuneDiseases. Congratulations! bit.ly/3SPDheJ

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 16/09/2026

Seattle life scientists: your next great connection might be one conversation away. 🧬 Join us on Sept. 25 for the Early Career Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Networking Social. Enjoy games, bites, drinks + science prizes. Ticket sales close soon! 🎟️ bit.ly/4wUbHuq

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 14/09/2026

Dr. Martin Prlic from @fredhutch.org is the latest guest on the @immunologypodcast.com! 🎙️ Check out the episode now to hear how his lab uses advanced single-cell technologies to understand #TCell responses across healthy, inflamed, and tumor tissues: bit.ly/46jY7G8 #SciencePodcast

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 11/09/2026

Researchers from the @alleninstitute.org, @uwnews.uw.edu, and @fredhutch.org are coming together in a bold new collaborative accelerator: AI BioDesign. They will use AI, large-scale experiments, and #OpenScience to explore new biological solutions to improve human health: bit.ly/4dwBIJo

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 10/09/2026

📻 Tune in to @kuow.org's podcast Pocket Science to hear the discoveries happening all around Seattle. Check out these two recent episodes to hear from @fredhutch.org researchers... Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem: apple.co/4zYdKR0 Dr. Harmit Malik: apple.co/3UFP2ox

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 09/09/2026

This month, we're hosting the Early Career Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Networking Night alongside the Allen Institute. 🥳 Whether you’re attending the symposium or simply part of the greater Seattle life sciences community, you’re invited! Space is limited, RSVP today: bit.ly/4igB1r2

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 08/09/2026

🥳 @fredhutch.org and @seattlechildrens.org's Dr. Kavita Dhodapkar has received a five-year, $3.7 million R01 from the National Institute on Aging to study immune aging in survivors of pediatric cancer. Congratulations Dr. Dhodapkar! bit.ly/3UBExCF #Immunology

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 07/09/2026

Huge congratulations to the three bioengineering PhD students that earned a College of Engineering Dean’s Fellowship for 2026, honoring top doctoral applicants! 🎉 Join us in congratulating Annel Andrea Leon Tenorio, Muyun Hu, and Yuan-Zhen Yang from @uwbioe.bsky.social: bit.ly/4hbB5aw

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 04/09/2026

Drs. Andrew Hsieh and Rashmi Mishra at @fredhutch.org have identified a key step in the protein-making process that turns a treatable form of #ProstateCancer into a more lethal, drug-resistant subtype as well as a way to switch it back! 🤓 Learn more: bit.ly/4xHOsoS

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 03/09/2026

Dr. Lynn Symonds from @fredhutch.org has received a prestigious ASCO Career Development Award! This is in recognition of her incredible work on developing new biomarkers for triple-negative breast cancer (#TNBC). Congratulations Dr. Symonds! bit.ly/4gKdEUm

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 02/09/2026

The Washington Research Foundation has welcomed its ninth cohort of WRF Venture Analysts! This program brings in local grad students and postdocs and helps them gain expertise in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship. 💡Check out the five new analysts: bit.ly/4yilE6d

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 01/09/2026

Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis, @uwmedicine.bsky.social Professor and Director of the Cancer Vaccine Institute, has been selected by the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer as a 2026 Fellow of the Academy of Immuno-Oncology. Congratulations Dr. Disis: bit.ly/4qQC0R4

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 01/09/2026

📢 Calling all life scientists in Seattle! 🧬 Join us and the @alleninstitute.org on Sept. 25 for the Early Career Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Networking Social. 🎲 Game-based networking 🍴 Appetizers 🍺 Drinks 🏆 Prizes ⏰ LAST DAY for $18.50 Early Bird tickets: bit.ly/4wUbHuq

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 28/08/2026

🪑 Pull up a chair! Make it two! Drs. Heather Cheng and Andrew Hsieh from @fredhutch.org have been named as the Marty Lazarus Weiden Family Endowed Chair and the Larry and Virginia Gordon Endowed Chair respectively. Learn more... Dr. Cheng: bit.ly/4gvTXzr Dr. Hsieh: bit.ly/4zEOpvc

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 27/08/2026

A new study by Dr. @lucasbsullivan.bsky.social at @fredhutch.org finds that feeding NRF2-mutated tumors too much of a nutrient they crave makes them vulnerable to slower growth and #CellDeath. 🥼 Abstract: go.nature.com/4hY72Ec 📰 Press release: bit.ly/4xu4ceY

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 26/08/2026

Dr. Ryan Murphy at @uwmedicine.bsky.social has received a Career Development Award to identify new therapeutic targets for people with uncontrolled #asthma. 🎉 Congratulations Dr. Murphy! bit.ly/3UksA47

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 25/08/2026

And the winner is… 🥁 Julia Bonzanini from the Institute for Protein Design! 🎉 Congratulations on winning this year's Science in Seattle giveaway! A huge thank you to everyone who entered and subscribed. Stay tuned for more giveaways and more of Seattle's latest in all things life science.

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 25/08/2026

Jonas (Gus) Gustafson, a PhD candidate in the Miller Lab, is the first author on a new paper discussing filtering and prioritization of pathogenic structural variants using data from the 1,000 Genomes Project. Learn more about the work from the @brotmanbaty.bsky.social: bit.ly/45MzscV

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 21/08/2026

🧬 Come for the science. Stay for the connections (and snacks). 🍻 Join us & @AllenInstitute for the Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Networking Social on Sept. 25. This fun, low-pressure event will help you meet new people, swap ideas, and build your community. 🎟️ bit.ly/4imFcBA

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 20/08/2026

Drs. David MacPherson (@davidmacphersonlab.bsky.social) and Gavin Ha from @fredhutch.org have received $1.5M from Andy Hill CARE Fund to create much-needed liquid biopsy for #SmallCellLungCancer. 🎊 Congratulations to both researchers! Learn more about their project plan: bit.ly/45FwLdb

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 19/08/2026

A new study provides an exquisitely detailed map of the circuitry of the fovea, the minute structure in the eye’s retina essential for seeing fine detail and discerning colors. 👁️ See the work from Dr. Dennis Dacey's lab at @uwmedicine.bsky.social: bit.ly/4zrwk3A

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 18/08/2026

🧐 @uwbioe.bsky.social Professor Wendy Thomas and collaborators reveal that mechanical forces can shape how #antibodies interact with immune cells, opening new ways to think about cancer treatments. Learn more: bit.ly/3UphhYd

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 18/08/2026

Eleven faculty members at the University of Washington have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. This includes health and life scientists Drs. Judith Wasserheit, Dushyant Sahani, Michael Regnier, Ulrike Peters, and Ruth Etzioni. 👏 Congratulations to all! bit.ly/4cLafDo

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 14/08/2026

It's your last chance to join our yearly giveaway! 🎉 Subscribe to the Science in Seattle newsletter by August 16 for your chance to win tickets to Pacific Science Center’s Science After Dark and a $100 Majnoon gift card. ✍️ Enter now: bit.ly/4fbya0V

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 13/08/2026

Less than a year after emerging from stealth operations with $12.7 million, #SeattleBiotech startup Accipiter Biosciences has added $10.5 million to its funding total. The new cash will let the company move faster on promising drug candidates: bit.ly/4gtNk1O

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 12/08/2026

🙌 @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social has announced 18 research grants, totaling over 16.2 million dollars. Congratulations to Drs. Oliver Harrison, Alice Long, Estelle Bettelli, Eddie James, Daniel Campbell, and all awardees! bit.ly/3TTTqQn

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 11/08/2026

Drs. Shawn Skerrett and Eoin West at @uwmedicine.bsky.social have received funding from the Wellcome Leap program in Focused #Antibiotics, which aims to reformulate existing antibiotics to spare the #GutMicrobiome without loss of treatment efficacy. 🧫 Congratulations! bit.ly/4wmocii

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 10/08/2026

Researchers have developed #antibodies that may prevent the harmful effects of #xylazine. “We want to move the field forward in generating therapeutics toward xylazine. This is the first step,” said Dr. Jason Kang, a postdoc in the Pravetoni lab at @uwmedicine.bsky.social: bit.ly/4cfuCIJ

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 07/08/2026

🚨 New lab alert! 🚨 @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social has welcomed Dr. Edward Irvine as a new PI to the Center for Systems Immunology. The Irvine Lab will combine protein engineering, AI, and #immunology to study how antibodies communicate with immune cells: bit.ly/4hmz2kv

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 06/08/2026

🌍 #Schizophrenia affects approximately 23 million people worldwide. Researchers in the Forsyth lab at @uwnews.uw.edu are investigating how genetic changes impact the severity of schizophrenia symptoms: bit.ly/4c4eZno

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 05/08/2026

🧪 Science, illusions, and a night out in Seattle! No need for FOMO, our giveaway deadline has been extended! 🎉 Subscribe to our newsletter by August 16 for a chance to win tickets to Pacific Science Center’s Science After Dark, plus a $100 Majnoon gift card: bit.ly/4fbya0V

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 05/08/2026

A $1.5 million award will support the next phase of Nextstrain, an open-access, open-source and multi-pathogen platform. 🏥 Learn how the project, led by Dr. JT McCrone at @fredhutch.org, will support public health endeavors and pandemic responses through viral genetic data: bit.ly/3ROMtzm

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