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🎊 Congratulations to the 2025 William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Award recipients, Drs. William Altemeier and Ellen Schur at @uwmedicine.bsky.social!

These awards honor their contributions to the scientific, educational, and patient care missions through their mentorship: https://bit.ly/4r0kskf
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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.@fredhutch.org is seeking applications for the 8th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award which recognizes outstanding and diverse postdocs who are conducting cancer, infectious disease or basic science research. Apply by Feb. 1, 2026: https://apply.interfolio.com/176955 #MendezSymposium
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Coming up! with Yuriy Baglaenko @baglaenkolab.bsky.social and Stephan Riesenberg @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Details ℹ️ ➡️ www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Dr. @aimeedudley.bsky.social 's lab at @pnrigenetics.bsky.social has overturned a long-held belief in genetics: that inheriting two harmful variants in the same gene always worsens disease.

They found that two harmful variants can actually restore normal protein function: https://bit.ly/4qx3RVw
January 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
🫀 Dr. Dabin Yeum at @uwmedicine.bsky.social has been awarded an @americanheart.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship for early career scientists!

Her work examines whether inflammation in the hypothalamus can explain why people develop #HeartDisease or diabetes later: https://bit.ly/3NhboZT
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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"Calcium Shock Enables Efficient and Programmable Particle Delivery for Genome Editing Applications," presented by Nicole Vo, PhD
@uwmedicine.bsky.social #organoids #genome #renal #podocyte #cells #nephsky #research
Watch: youtu.be/YeAmH_kN2o8
N. Vo, PhD - Calcium Shock Enables Efficient & Programmable Particle Delivery for Genome Editing App
YouTube video by University of Washington Division of Nephrology
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January 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The UW Medicine Diabetes Institute (UWMDI) has established a research partnership with Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, one of the world’s leading diabetes research institutions.

“I’m thrilled to see this partnership come to life,” said UWMDI Director Dr. Petter Bjornstad: https://bit.ly/4qW4kQP
January 15, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Teach neuroscience to undergraduates? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!

🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy

#neuroskyence
Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience
Learn to analyze open neuroscience data and introduce dry lab modules into your existing classes at the Incorporating Open Connectomics data into...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
🎇 The @alleninstitute.org has announced the winners of its first-ever Innovation Awards, an internal grant mechanism designed to fund ambitious, high-impact projects that push the boundaries of science.

Congratulations to all four winning teams, including the PEARLS project! https://bit.ly/3LN0P03
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"Inflammaging" is unavoidable, but does nature have a way to slow it down?

In Dr. Lev Silberstein’s lab at @fredhutch.org, Dorsa Toghani and Sanika Gupte discovered what can protect #HSCs from the deleterious effects of #inflammaging.

Abstract in Nature Aging: https://go.nature.com/3YDag5a
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Once #EColi bacteria get a strong grip, they can be difficult to flush out.

🦠 The Sokurenko lab at @uwmedicine.bsky.social uncovered several new mechanisms by which antibodies block E. coli bacteria that cause urinary tract infections from attaching to bladder cells: https://bit.ly/4btkNr0
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Before we stop crossing out 2025 and remembering to write 2026 at the top of our lab notebooks, check out all that our Seattle institutes accomplished in 2025! 🎉

@isbscience.org: https://bit.ly/4su411j
BBI: https://bit.ly/49fJZ30
@fredhutch.org: https://bit.ly/4qJf5Wi
KPWHRI: https://bit.ly/4su5Fjv
January 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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Today is the last day to apply for our cell type summer workshop!

🗓️ April 6-8 in Seattle, WA
❌ No application fee.
✈️ Travel support available to accepted applicants.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/2026-cell-types-workshop/

#neuroskyence
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Dr. Julie Gralow (@jrgralow.bsky.social) from @uwmedicine.bsky.social has been named on the 100 Most Influential People in #Oncology in 2025 by @@oncodaily.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations Dr. Gralow! https://bit.ly/4pxDnSu
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
🧠 Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells as opposed to just their outgoing signals.

Check out the molecular “glutamate indicator" created by researchers at the @alleninstitute.org and @hhmi-science.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/49bX4dF
January 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The WRF has awarded three-year postdoctoral fellowships to a new cohort of 12 early-career researchers who will pursue innovative, high-impact projects.

📝 See the full list including Drs. Winston Dredge, Nastacia Goodwin, Stefany Cruz, and Nathaniel Ritz: https://bit.ly/3L0DhEM
January 7, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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In this interview with @ascopost.bsky.social, Dr. Filippo Milano talked about the progress being made in #cordbloodtransplantation, the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure, and the personal reward of seeing patients live a long, high-quality life in survivorship: https://bit.ly/49HCaDd
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
There's new work from the lab of Dr. Patrick Stayton at @uwbioe.bsky.social! 👇

It shows that an alveolar macrophage-targeted polymeric #prodrug serves as a reservoir for releasing #antibiotics to treat infections caused by a primarily extracellular bacterium.

🗒️: https://bit.ly/49lJWS1
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
New year, new experiments… and maybe some new habits too!

Kick off 2026 with Lab Coats and Life, the podcast that helps scientists navigate the human side of research.

If your resolutions include more balance, purpose, and curiosity, this is the perfect place to start.

🎧 https://bit.ly/4pTHNnx
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Happy New Year! 🎉

May your 2026 be statistically significant, your experiments run smoothly, and your p-values forever low.

Here’s to better data, brighter ideas, and brilliant minds working together across Seattle!
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The #1 spot in our Top 5 Countdown is... 🥁

Dr. Meghan Koch at @fredhutch.org, who uncovered a biological mechanism behind the gut's immune system!

Congratulations and we cannot wait to see what discoveries await in 2026.
https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3m25u57xxk62x
Dr. Meghan Koch from @fredhutch.org has discovered a biological mechanism sprung in the first week of life that trains a mouse pup’s #ImmuneSystem to tolerate harmless gut bugs and new foods.

⚗️ Abstract: https://bit.ly/4nt6qGh
📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/46N7vBY
December 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
At #2, we honor two leaders in biomedical research.

Dr. Karel Svoboda and Dr. Jay Shendure (@jshendure.bsky.social) were elected to the National Academy of Medicine this year! A well-deserved recognition of visionary work.
https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3m3xapuxncp2y
Dr. Karel Svoboda from the @alleninstitute.org and Dr. Jay Shendure ( @jshendure.bsky.social ) from @uwmedicine.bsky.social have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine ( @nam.edu )!

Congratulations to both researchers on this prestigious honor: https://bit.ly/3JqLBg3
December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🥉 Taking the #3 spot in our 2025 Post Countdown is the @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium!

Don't worry if you missed out, the full recap is online: https://bit.ly/4qeNDQ4
https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3m5wob373ce2k
🦠 The @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium is on December 12, 2025! This virtual symposium will dive into the influence of gut microbial metabolites on human #physiology.

This event is perfect for everyone in academia, industry, and the clinic. Register now: https://bit.ly/4oe67iw
December 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Our #4 story of the year maps the developing brain across species.

This year, @alleninstitute.org researchers helped create the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, a remarkable series of publications in Nature. 🤯
https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3m5cxgqdfse2f
Researchers in the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network have unveiled their next endeavor: comprehensive and multimodal cell-type atlases of the developing human, mouse, and non-human primate brains.

Check out the work from the @alleninstitute.org and their colleagues: https://go.nature.com/4hT3yRj
December 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We're starting off our Top 5 Post Countdown with a new path for treating schizophrenia.

WRF awarded a $275,000 commercialization grant to Dr. Nino Ramirez at @seattlechildrens.org to develop a therapy that could halt the disease.
https://bsky.app/profile/scienceinseattle.com/post/3lwhlmuakyc23
🤩 The Washington Research Foundation has awarded a $275,000 technology commercialization grant to Dr. Nino Ramirez of @seattlechildrens.org to enable the development of a treatment that could halt the progression of schizophrenia.

Congratulations Dr. Ramirez! bit.ly/4mLUfE0
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM