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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: https://bit.ly/3ROMtzm

Baklava, #ALL advancements, #clinicaltrials, community outreach and more: Catch the latest episode of the Oncology Insights podcast with Drs. Petros Grivas and #leukemia physician-researcher @ryancassaday.bsky.social 🔗 https://bit.ly/4hesXqn

Oncology Insights with Dr. Petros Grivas - Episode 19

Fred Hutch's Petros Grivas, MD, PhD, FASCO, sits down with Ryan Cassaday, MD, for an in-depth discussion on recent advances in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment, and the importance of clini...

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Dr. Ayokunle Olanrewaju (@olan.bsky.social) at @uwnews.uw.edu is designing a new generation of tests to improve drug adherence, starting with measuring anti-HIV medications used for #PrEP. The work is backed by a five-year grant from the @niaidnews.bsky.social. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4h3itdk

#MacrophagePolarization is crucial to the body’s response to wounds, cancer, and autoimmune conditions. 📏 A team led by Dr. Elizabeth Wayne at @uwnews.uw.edu has introduced a new way to measure #macrophage polarization by tracking the STAT6 signaling protein: https://bit.ly/4yKXm5F

Dr. Sita Kugel is translating her research into new tailored treatments for patients with #PancreaticCancer at @fredhutch.org. 🪑 To accelerate her research, Dr. Kugel has been awarded with the Leung Roy Family Endowed Chair. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4hAP622

Researchers in the Singh lab at @uwmedicine.bsky.social have new evidence on how pathogens gain #AntibioticResistance. In their new Nature Microbiology publication, they demonstrate how environmental bacteria ferry resistance genes into pathogens in humans through plasmids: https://bit.ly/4yI0dwt

🎧 Put this podcast into your queue! In this episode of Lab Coats & Life, Dr. Chantelle Leveille and software engineer Peyton Lee from the @alleninstitute.org talk about the power of interdisciplinary collaboration in modern research: https://bit.ly/3RFoylR #SciencePodcast

Dr. Karel Svoboda, Executive VP and Director of Neural Dynamics at the @alleninstitute.org, has been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for his outstanding record of scientific and technical achievements in the field of #neuroscience. 👏 Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4pEgu15

We created an atlas of the aging immune system and found something surprising. The primary driver of aging in healthy immune systems is not systemic inflammation, but a reprograming of T cells. Dive deeper at The Scientist: https://bit.ly/4xjvLHB

Peptide injections are the hottest trend in wellness. Researchers say enthusiasm for these unregulated drugs has got ahead of the science go.nature.com/4wUKtV2

Is the peptide craze backed by science? The promise behind the hype

Peptide injections are the hottest trend in wellness. Researchers say enthusiasm for these unregulated drugs has got ahead of the science.

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The FDA has approved the drug gedatolisib, a multi-targeted kinase inhibitor capable of shutting down key signaling pathway often co-opted by cancer to drive tumor growth. 💊 Dr. Sara Hurvitz at @fredhutch.org led the multicenter VIKTORIA-1 trial for the drug: https://bit.ly/4bG2mib

Dr. Sarah Holton at the Benaroya Research Institute has been awarded a Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards from UW Medicine to support her transition to the role of physician-scientist or principal investigator. 🎉 Congratulations Dr. Holton! https://bit.ly/4vGA8Lg

Researchers at @uwmedicine.bsky.social have reported a new gene variant that can be passed down through families might increase a man’s risk of developing early, aggressive #ProstateCancer. 🥼 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4ywago2 🗞️ Press release: https://bit.ly/4gQtPBk

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Eight researchers at @fredhutch.org will receive a total of $975,000 for research projects as part of Fred Hutch’s Evergreen Fund, an internal grant program designed to advance translational discoveries to a commercially viable stage. 👏 Congratulations to all researchers! https://bit.ly/4fmTkHZ

🥼 The @uwnews.uw.edu CoMotion program announced 10 startups that secured UW-licensed intellectual property over the past year. Eight are in healthcare, spanning diagnostic tools, medical devices and new therapeutics! https://bit.ly/4hcrIYA #SeattleBiotech

#ChronicKidneyDisease is a common complication of diabetes. In this study, researchers from the Tuttle lab at @uwmedicine.bsky.social tested whether there were differences in kidney outcomes when comparing individual GLP-1 receptor agonist medications: https://bit.ly/4wG29nh

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has awarded two @fredhutch.org postdoctoral fellows grants to support investigations of #leukemia and #LungInfections in cancer patients. Congratulations Drs. Vivian Liu and Sahana Kuthyar! https://bit.ly/4fyGHuz

The CARE Fund has announced nearly $3.3M in new funding to support local companies and researchers as part of their annual Implementation and Outcomes Research Grants funding cycle. 🙌 Congratulations to Aptevo Therapeutics, @fredhutch.org, and @seattlechildrens.org! https://bit.ly/4fbBtDJ

Kate Helle and Lidiia Gagarina are undergraduate students participating in PNRI’s Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI) program in the Carvalho lab. Learn about the SURI program's approach to #ScienceMentorship and how it led to two publications: https://bit.ly/4fvpm5G

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Over the course of eight weeks, Fred Hutch faculty and staff met with high school students as part of the Hutch Career Access Network (HutchCAN) Student Program to share the details of their work, tour their space or work through a case example. Read: https://bit.ly/3T6X7l7

The 2026 #StemCellfie contest finalists are officially live, and it's your turn to vote! Check out these stunning cell images and vote once per day for your favorite images until July 16. https://bit.ly/4weDrKs

Dr. Ljubica Mihaljevic and @uwproteindesign.bsky.social researchers report that membrane #ProteinStructures can be distinguished by using computationally designed protein coverings. 💻 Learn more about WRAPs (Water-soluble Rosetta Fold-diffused Amphipathic Proteins): https://bit.ly/3RnO2nC

🪅🎊 Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards: Drs. Sally Baker, Megan Capozzi, Michael Granda, and Sarah Holton (@drylungs.bsky.social)! Learn more about their work at @uwmedicine.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3R73lki

Researchers from the UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine have produced a #CellLine capable of measuring electrical activity in the heart and brain with greater speed and accuracy. 🔬 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4wl1reQ 📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/4br8kmQ

Registration is open for the 2026 PNW Yeast Club meeting, July 31 at WWU in Bellingham. Researchers in any yeast/fungal systems welcome. Register by July 10 for talks, or July 24 for posters & other attendees. Thanks @dan-pollard.bsky.social and @kinasequeen.bsky.social for hosting! www.pnwyc.net

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PNWYC 2026 Meeting A day for yeast labs in the Pacific Northwest to get together and share research, outreach, teaching, and more! July 31, 2026, in Bellingham, WA, USA Western Washington University ...

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The Yeast Club meeting is called to order. All rise

Join us in welcoming our newest faculty members! ~ Dr. Trygve Bakken, Investigator, Associate, Allen Institute, Brain Health ~ Dr. Shefin George, Assistant Professor, UW, Neurobiology & Biophysics ~ Dr. Marito Hayashi, Assistant Professor, UW, Neurobiology & Biophysics

Guess who's back! 🧪 The annual Mutational Scanning Symposium, hosted by the @varianteffect.bsky.social, is returning to Seattle on June 23 – 25, 2027 for its 10th anniversary. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3QXiGEb