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Lea Starita

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Genome Scientist at UW

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Jonathan Frazer @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social · May 22

Welcome back from the break! Next up @juliadiumenge.bsky.social from @alloxbio.bsky.social Mapping allosteric sites at scale to develop better drugs

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Jonathan Frazer @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social · May 22

Next up at #VariantEffect25: Translating computational genomics into clinical clarity we have
@shawnfayer.bsky.social from @uwgenome.bsky.social presenting "A cluster-based method for guiding the use of variant effect predictors in clinical variant classification clinical clarity"

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Doug Fowler @dougfowler.bsky.social · May 15

Our "Atlas of Variant Effects 2030 Roadmap" is live: zenodo.org/records/1542...

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Atlas of Variant Effects 2030 Roadmap: resolving human variants of uncertain significance

At the Clinical Atlas of Variant Effects meeting (CLAVE meeting, July 2024, Pittsburgh USA), we developed recommendations for a draft atlas that can be realized by 2030, with a focus on empowering gen...

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Duncan MacCannell @drm.bsky.social · Feb 16

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Lara Muffley @muffley.bsky.social · Dec 16

📣 We are #Hiring: Program Operation Specialist
@brotmanbaty.bsky.social and UW Dept of Genome Science
Full-Time | Seattle, WA
Apply Now! 🌟 Details ⬇️ tinyurl.com/UWProgramOpe...

The image is an advertisement for a job position, featuring bold text and minimalist design elements. At the top left, the words “We Are HIRING” are emphasized in large, bold font, with “Program Operations Specialist” in smaller text below. In the top right corner, the phrase "Join our team!" is written in a smaller font. Below the main title, a paragraph describes the role and institution: the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine at the University of Washington. Two logos are displayed near the bottom: one for the Brotman Baty Institute and another for the Genome Sciences University of Washington. Below the logos, bullet points indicate the job is full-time and hybrid based in Seattle, WA. A diagonal banner in the bottom right corner reads “MORE INFO UWHIRES” in capital letters.

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Lea Starita @leastarita.bsky.social · Dec 14

The one benefit of the US Senate's average age being approximately 103...they predate routine vaccinations! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/u...

McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.

“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.

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Lara Muffley @muffley.bsky.social · Nov 19

Opportunity Alert! Open Call for New Members of the AVE Executive Committee.
ℹ️ 📝 www.varianteffect.org/leadership-o...
Deadline to submit an application and indicate your interest in joining is December 20th, 2024.

AVE EC Open Call — Atlas of Variant Effects Alliance

www.varianteffect.org

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Nov 9

"Each had their pros and cons. For example, Trump took away abortion rights, built an $8.4 trillion debt, and incited an insurrection when he lost to Joe Biden. Still, Kamala Harris’s economic plan needed a little more detail. It really was a toss-up."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-d...

I Don’t Hate Women Candidates. I Just Thought an Erratic and Vindictive Criminal Was Worthier of My Vote Than a Woman Candidate

I admit, it was tricky for me, a white male swing-state voter, to decide who deserved my vote in this election. But in the end, I cast my ballot fo...

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Alison Feder @alisonfeder.bsky.social · Nov 8

I made a starter pack of folks affiliated with UW Genome Sciences (past and present)

go.bsky.app/L8RAbiJ

It's fairly sparse for now, so please let me know if you'd like to be added!

UW Genome Sciences

Join the conversation

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Lara Muffley @muffley.bsky.social · Nov 19

The Atlas of Variant Effects (AVE) Alliance is an international community of researchers, analysts, clinicians, patients and funders working with and alongside major genomics and genetics initiatives and consortia... t.co/GlAMeAKVQI

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Carol Fenton @cfpdx.bsky.social · Jun 29

Biden's asylum ban leads to three more deaths in the desert, where two men, ages 44 and 18, and a 17-year-old girl were found. abc17news.com/news/ap-nati...

Scorching heat in the US Southwest kills three migrants in the desert near the Arizona-Mexico border - ABC17NEWS

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Three Mexican migrants have died in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border. The deaths come as temperatures hit the triple digits across parts of the...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Mar 12

I don't think biomedical researchers realize how much is at stake with the upcoming election. Take a look at some snippets from Project2025, the blueprint for the next Trump Administration and then be afraid. Then get organized. Ignoring it and putting our heads in the sand is not an option.

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