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The Department of Genome Sciences at The University of Washington
Congratulations to Iris Jia on being awarded the Charlie Moore Award for outstanding contributions to cystic fibrosis microbiology research!
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Congratulations to Katy Loubet-Senear on being awarded a WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship!
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Check out UW Medicine's feature on the Eichler Lab
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What Happens in a Genomics Lab? How Research Today Improves Lives Tomorrow
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NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development
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NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development - Nature Neuroscience
NeMO Analytics is a compendium of public transcriptomic data focused on the neocortex, enabling biologists without coding expertise to explore hundreds of datasets. Joint decomposition of these data y...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02204-4
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Congratulations to Maitreya Dunham and David Baker on being named AAAS Fellows!
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Four UW researchers named AAAS Fellows
Four University of Washington researchers have been named AAAS Fellows, according to an announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 449 newly elected...
https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/03/26/four-uw-researchers-named-aaas-fellows/
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Congratulations to Lauren Fields on being selected as a Schmidt Science Fellow!
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Lauren Fields • Schmidt Science Fellows
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal progressive neurodegenerative disease with no known cure. As a Schmidt Science Fellow, Lauren will use advanced mass spectrometry and protein analysis of...
https://schmidtsciencefellows.org/fellow/lauren-fields
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How an MD-PhD Student With Hemophilia Made a Genetic Research Breakthrough
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An MD-PhD Student Had Hemophilia
How he made a research breakthrough.
https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/well/research/nick-popp-hemophilia-genetic-variant-MAVE
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Context dependency is essential for predicting intrahost evolution
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Context dependency is essential for predicting intrahost evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The ability to predict rapid evolutionary processes within our bodies would advance both medical science and evolutionary biology. We discuss technologies that move us towards intrahost evolutionary p...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02886-2
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Long-read sequencing of families reveals increased germline and postzygotic mutation rates in repetitive DNA
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Long-read sequencing of families reveals increased germline and postzygotic mutation rates in repetitive DNA - Nature Communications
Short‑read sequencing misses many early and repeat‑driven mutations. Here, the authors show that long‑read sequencing in autism families increases detection of germline and postzygotic mutations and r...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70342-1
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Using the linear references from the pangenome to discover missing autism variants
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Using the linear references from the pangenome to discover missing autism variants - Nature Communications
Large-effect variants in autism remain elusive. Here, the authors use long-read sequencing to assemble phased genomes for 189 individuals, identifying pathogenic variants in TBL1XR1, MECP2, and SYNGAP...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68378-4
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Congratulations to Mike MacCoss on receiving the Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award, Bill Noble on receiving the Computational Proteomics Award, and Nathan Basisty on receiving the New Investigator Award from US HUPO!
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US HUPO - Awards
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Using Experimental Evolution to Correct Mother-Daughter Separation Defects in Brewing Yeast
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Using Experimental Evolution to Correct Mother-Daughter Separation Defects in Brewing Yeast | microPublication
https://www.micropublication.org/journals/biology/micropub-biology-001962
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Congratulations to Riku Yasutomi on being awarded an NRSA Fellowship!
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Congratulations to Andrew Stergachis on being elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation!
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Congratulations to the Stergachis Lab on being awarded an AI for Science fund award from Google!
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We’re announcing the 12 recipients of our AI for Science fund
A look at the 12 recipients of the first AI for Science fund.
https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/google-org/announcing-ai-for-science-awardees/
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Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback
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Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A model of intrahost poliovirus replication shows that, after several rounds of replication, pocapavir, a poliovirus capsid inhibitor, collapses viral density, preventing intracellular interactions th...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02926-x
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Mapping single-cell diploid chromatin fiber architectures using DAF-seq
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Mapping single-cell diploid chromatin fiber architectures using DAF-seq - Nature Biotechnology
Single-molecule chromatin fiber sequencing exposes single-cell-level heterogeneity in the chromatin architecture of individual regulatory elements.
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Congratulations to David Baker, Riza Daza, Evan Eichler, Mike MacCoss, Brendan MacLean, Hannah Pliner, Jay Shendure, and Cole Trapnell on being named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List for 2025!
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Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal by the Genetics Society!
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Mendel Medal 2026 - Professor Joe Felsenstein | Genetics Society
The Mendel Medal 2026 has been awarded to Professor Joe Felsenstein. Professor Joe Felsenstein was born in 1942, grew up in Philadelphia and studied as an
https://genetics.org.uk/medals-and-prizes/genetics-society-medals-and-lectures/mendel-medal/mendel-medal-2026-professor-joe-felsenstein/
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Congratulations to Alison Feder on being named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar!
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The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars
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Congratulations to Bill Noble on receiving the 2026 Gil Omenn Computational Proteomics Award from US HUPO!
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US HUPO - Computational Proteomics Award
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Congratulations to Mike MacCoss on receiving the Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award from US HUPO!
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US HUPO - Distinguished Contribution Award
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Congratulations to Winston Dredge on being awarded a WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship!
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Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine
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Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine - UW Medicine | Newsroom
https://newsroom.uw.edu/blog/jay-shendure-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine
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CellCover Defines Marker Gene Panels Capturing Developmental Progression in Neocortical Neural Stem Cell Identity
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Mechanisms underlying thermally induced growth plasticity in juvenile Pacific halibut
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Epithelial competition determines gene therapy potential to suppress Fanconi Anemia oral cancer risk
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Epithelial competition determines gene therapy potential to suppress Fanconi Anemia oral cancer risk
Author summary We investigated factors influencing the success of oral mucosal gene therapy for Fanconi Anemia (FA), a genetic syndrome marked by DNA repair defects in conjunction with a heightened ri...
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012915
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Registration is now open for the Mutational Scanning Symposium!! 25-27 March 2026 Melbourne, Australia Matt Hurles (Wellcome Sanger) and Maitreya Dunham (University of Washington) Deadline for abstract submissions: 2 November 2025.
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MSS26
Mutational Scanning Symposium 2026, 25-27 March, Melbourne
https://www.mss2026.org
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🧬 How fast do humans mutate? Our groundbreaking study tracks DNA changes across 4 generations to reveal the pace of human evolution revealing insights into our genetic legacy. Watch now 👉
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How quickly do humans mutate? Four generations help answer the question
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Congratulations to Zukai Liu and Bria Metzger on being awarded Parker Travel Awards for best poster at the 2025 department retreat!
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Multiplex and multimodal mapping of variant effects in secreted proteins via MultiSTEP
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Multiplex and multimodal mapping of variant effects in secreted proteins via MultiSTEP - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Multiplexed assays of variant effect can resolve clinical variants but are incompatible with secreted proteins. Here Popp et al. develop MultiSTEP, a generalizable surface-tethering method to assess v...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41594-025-01582-w
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Congratulations to Olivia Waltner on being awarded the Bonita and David Brewer Fellowship!
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Lineage-resolved analysis of embryonic gene expression evolution in C. elegans and C. briggsae
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Lineage-resolved analysis of embryonic gene expression evolution in C. elegans and C. briggsae
The constraints that govern the evolution of gene expression patterns across development remain unclear. Single-cell RNA sequencing can detail these constraints by systematically profiling homologous ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu8249
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Accelerating Biomolecular Modeling with AtomWorks and RF3
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Accelerating Biomolecular Modeling with AtomWorks and RF3
Deep learning methods trained on protein structure databases have revolutionized biomolecular structure prediction, but developing and training new models remains a considerable challenge. To facilita...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.14.670328v2.abstract
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Congratulations to Jenny Nathans on being awarded an NRSA Fellowship!
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Congratulations to Caleb Carr on being awarded an NRSA Fellowship!
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Complex genetic variation in nearly complete human genomes
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Complex genetic variation in nearly complete human genomes - PubMed
Diverse sets of complete human genomes are required to construct a pangenome reference and to understand the extent of complex structural variation. Here we sequence 65 diverse human genomes and build...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40702183/
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Using >130 human & 12 primate haplotypes, we reconstruct the chromosome 22q11.2 evolution to identify haplotype structures linked to deletions or inversions, explaining the lower prevalence of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in individuals of African descent.
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Congratulations to Maggie Russell on receiving the UW Graduate School's Distinguished Dissertation Award!
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Congratulations to Leah Anderson on winning the best talk award at the Pacific Northwest Yeast Club meeting!
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PNWYC
PNWYC 2025 Meeting A day for yeast labs in the Pacific Northwest to get together and share research, outreach, teaching, and more! June 20th, 2025, in Vancouver, Canada Michael Smith Laboratories, Uni...
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Congratulations to Alison Feder on receiving the SMBE 2025 Early-Career Excellence Award!
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SMBE 2025 Faculty Award Winners
SMBE is delighted to announce our 2025 Faculty Award Winners! Early-Career Excellence Award winner:Â Alison Feder Alison Feder is an Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washingt...
https://members.smbe.org/news/Details/smbe-2025-faculty-award-winners-273805
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Congratulations to Leah Anderson and Elliott Swanson on receiving the Sonia Ting Travel Award!
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Gene clusters linked to insulin resistance identified in a genome-wide study of the Taiwan Biobank population
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Gene clusters linked to insulin resistance identified in a genome-wide study of the Taiwan Biobank population - Nature Communications
Understanding genetic drivers of insulin resistance is crucial for addressing metabolic disorders. Here, the authors show associations involving GCKR, MLXIPL, APOA5, and APOC1, highlighting adipose ti...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58506-x
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Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome
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Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome - Nature Communications
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose negative worldwide impacts that could be minimized through the development of a forecasting tool. Quantitative analysis of peptides produced by a coastal microbiome pr...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59250-y
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Population size interacts with reproductive longevity to shape the germline mutation rate
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2423311122
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Congratulations to Lara Muffley on being awarded the UW Distinguished Staff Award for Collaboration!
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UW Announces 2025 Awards of Excellence Recipients
The UW is delighted to announce the recipients of the 55th annual University of Washington Awards of Excellence! The awards honor outstanding alumni, faculty, staff, students and retirees who...
https://www.washington.edu/facultystaff/2025/05/01/uw-announces-2025-awards-of-excellence-recipients/
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GS grad Lizzie Plender is featured on the ASHG Trainee Excellence Spotlight Podcast!
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Trainee Excellence Spotlight: Elizabeth Plender, BS/BA
Podcast Episode · Trainee Excellence Podcast · 12/19/2024 · 27m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trainee-excellence-spotlight-elizabeth-plender-bs-ba/id1606246832?i=1000681006519
11 months ago
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11 months ago
2025 Public Welfare Medalist
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Mary-Claire King,
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cancer geneticist, gave her acceptance speech April 27 at an awards ceremony held during the 162nd annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences
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Congratulations to Hannah Jordt (faculty), Deanna Plubell (postdoc), Sandra Pennington (staff), and Leah Anderson (student) on receiving the UW Genome Sciences Department Outstanding Service Award!
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4 generations help science explore genome mutation rate
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4 generations help science explore genome mutation rate - UW Medicine | Newsroom
https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/4-generations-help-science-explore-genome-mutation-rate
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