Science in Seattle

Dr. Marco Pravetoni and researchers at @uwnews.uw.edu from the Pravetoni Research Group are preparing an experimental fentanyl vaccine for an Investigational New Drug application. This is a regulatory step that could allow the vaccine to advance toward human clinical trials: https://bit.ly/4kq5fZw

🔔 The second episode has dropped! In partnership with the @isscr.org Early Career Advisory Committee, we're spotlighting rising leaders in stem cell research. Hear from Drs. @anupamahl.bsky.social and Verena Schwach on cell fate and #cardiac development! 🎧 Tune in: https://bit.ly/4zmw4T2

✂️ Researchers at @uwproteindesign.bsky.social have created new proteins that act like molecular scissors, chopping up targets associated with #Alzheimers and #ALS. Learn more about the two Nature publications from Anqi Chen and Hojae Choi: https://bit.ly/4yC0502

Dr. Carla Greenbaum from @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social has earned the George Eisenbarth Award for Type 1 Diabetes Prevention! 🥳 This award recognizes researchers who have made significant contributions to predicting and preventing type 1 diabetes (#T1D): https://bit.ly/4yFvJtQ

RFD4-Proteina, co-developed by @uwproteindesign.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social & NVIDIA Health, debuts today at GTC Berlin. The open-source generative model will use biomolecular reasoning to find new protein solutions for medicine, sustainability, materials & biotech.

At the latest @isbscience.org Research Roundtable, Dr. Jim Heath shared new findings connecting #LongCOVID to immune dysfunction and autoimmune diseases, and explained how AI could accelerate the search for answers. 🎥 See the recording and read the findings: https://bit.ly/4sfApVv

The National Academy of Medicine has announced their new appointments. Check out the amazing Seattle researchers who were elected this year! @seattlechildrens.org: https://bit.ly/4iv7Sbg @uwmedicine.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4z4qEw2 @alleninstitute.org: https://bit.ly/4hWlH2e

join us at the #SfN26 BIA toolmakers showcase/ The Showcase brings together BRAIN Initiative-funded toolmakers to share resources that can accelerate discovery, spark new ideas, and move neuroscience forward. register/ https://bit.ly/4yxTLqm

A study reveals that a single tRNA helps determine whether #ProstateCancer remains treatment-sensitive or becomes resistant, opening new avenues in #PrecisionOncology. 🥼 Abstract by Drs. Yeon Soo Kim & Andrew Hsieh at @fredhutch.org: https://go.nature.com/4sdNgY8 📰 News: https://bit.ly/4yY0N8P

Five UW Medicine-affiliated physicians were named to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. The academy announced 100 new members, including Drs. Susan Stern, Elizabeth Swisher, Leslie Walker, Dimitri Christakis and Christopher Longhurst. Read the full article to learn more. @nam.edu

My excellent colleague at @isbscience.org, @flash-point.bsky.social, is hiring a Research Associate to work on elucidating mechanisms by which gut microbial metabolites impact human physiology and health. Please share/apply! 👇 isbscience.bamboohr.com/careers/72

Imposter syndrome. Funding challenges. Career transitions. 🤔 What does it take to thrive as an early-career scientist? In this special live episode of the @stemcellpodcast.com at the @alleninstitute.org, Drs. Crystal Rogers and Ariel Waisman discuss navigating academia: https://bit.ly/4i1Tq9c

What's next for AI in biology? 🤖🧬 Find out at the @isbscience.org Frontiers in Computational Biology Symposium on December 9! This one-day event will bring together leading researchers to explore emerging approaches in computational biology. Register today: https://bit.ly/3WrAxFq

The Washington Research Foundation has awarded a $272,500 phase II technology commercialization grant to Aman Garg at UW. The grant supports the development of his FlexLock Guide Catheter for safer heart procedures. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4dH3ao9

🔔 Tune into this special live recording at the @alleninstitute.org with Drs. Crystal Rogers (@rogerslabucd.bsky.social) and Ariel Waisman (@waisman-ar.bsky.social) where they share their journey of navigating early-career hurdles and adapting to lab leadership. Listen now: https://bit.ly/47mVcwO

Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Chamberlain (Medical Genetics) - 2026 recipient of the UW Medicine Inventor of the Year Award! @uwmedicine.bsky.social Chamberlain and his group have been studying and making groundbreaking advances in the muscular dystrophies for 40+ years.

👏 Drs. T. Eoin West and Sina Gharib from @uwmedicine.bsky.social have been awarded a P01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. They will lead a five year project on host-pathogen interactions in #melioidosis: https://bit.ly/4hSMc7l

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! https://bit.ly/4z0SgS9

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: https://bit.ly/4AE8anl

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: https://bit.ly/4dLG27P

📖 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: https://bit.ly/4yslYje

🖨️ 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: https://bit.ly/4dfAcvf

🫣 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: https://bit.ly/4hjRr0W

🤩 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!

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: https://bit.ly/4dblSUy

🧲 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: https://bit.ly/4xW0ASr

🎙️ 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: https://bit.ly/4htiSEf

🍂 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: https://bit.ly/4kbhGoK

💡 @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! https://bit.ly/3TeSs19

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: https://bit.ly/46EwVlC

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: https://bit.ly/4rqtR5T

Congrats, @rupaimmanuel.bsky.social!

Join us on October 6 for another edition of our early career seminar series. The seminar will feature @marianomartin.bsky.social (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia) and Seulki Kwon (Broad Institute). More information and joining instructions: www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...

🚨 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: https://bit.ly/4wUbHuq

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: https://bit.ly/4gXKBhy

⏰ 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: https://bit.ly/4wUbHuq

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: https://bit.ly/4huZzLZ

🎊 @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! https://bit.ly/3SPDheJ

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! 🎟️ https://bit.ly/4wUbHuq

It's #OpenScienceWeek! Research can be expensive, competitive, and surprisingly hard to share. Paywalls, data barriers, and the race to publish have historically kept discoveries locked away. Open science is the movement to change that.

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: https://bit.ly/46jY7G8 #SciencePodcast

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: https://bit.ly/4dwBIJo

📻 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: https://apple.co/4zYdKR0 Dr. Harmit Malik: https://apple.co/3UFP2ox

Exciting new updates to the Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas (SEA-AD)! Two new data sets are now available: SEA-AD Multiregion and SEA-AD CaH.

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: https://bit.ly/4igB1r2

🥳 @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! https://bit.ly/3UBExCF #Immunology

We are excited to announce this year's Stream for Fred Hutch Ambassadors! Each ambassador shows a commitment to growing the program and believe in the mission of Fred Hutch. They are all creators, fundraisers, and community builders.

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: https://bit.ly/4hbB5aw

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: https://bit.ly/4xHOsoS

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! https://bit.ly/4gKdEUm