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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 10h

Dr. Ian de Boer from @uwmedicine.bsky.social is leading a grant to study state-of-the-art continuous #GlucoseMonitoring on dialysis patients.

This new grant from NIDDK will extend the original BLOSSOM (BLOod Sugar Sensing On Maintenance dialysis) study: https://bit.ly/48EefET

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ISB @isbscience.org · 1d

Dr. Mary Brunkow is a 2025 Nobel laureate. In today’s @isbscience.org press conference, she shares the FOXP3 story, from a puzzling mouse to a discovery that reshaped immunology.
🎥 Watch the full video: youtu.be/vg61fbycGEk

Mary Brunkow Wins 2025 Nobel Prize | ISB Press Conference (Full)

YouTube video by Institute for Systems Biology

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 1d

🧫 @brotmanbaty.bsky.social’s Single Cell Genomics Team is helping empower transformative discoveries across #PrecisionMedicine through two projects.

The projects use AI to drive the future of how scientists and clinicians diagnose and treat illnesses: https://bit.ly/4mU7eDc

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scientifyRESEARCH @scientifyresearch.org · May 21

The #scientifyRESEARCH #SciComm Award returns, this year highlighting rare disease research! Researchers: Translate your peer-reviewed work for the public. Sign up for updates: www.scientifyresearch.org/rare-disease...
Partner or sponsor? Contact us: [email protected]
#RareDisease

scientifyRESEARCH Rare disease advances science communication award inspiring hope through science storytelling

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 2d

Drs. Eoin West and Sina Gharib from @uwmedicine.bsky.social were awarded an R21 from @niaidnews.bsky.social to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a novel plasma proteomic signature for #melioidosis.

Congratulations to both researchers! https://bit.ly/46RbddB

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ISB @isbscience.org · 2d

This morning, @isbscience.org's Dr. Mary Brunkow was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Dr. Brunkow shares the award with Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi. Read the press release here: www.nobelprize.org/.../medicine....

What a tremendous honor! Congratulations!

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 5d

Congratulations to Dr. Yeon Soo Kim at @fredhutch.org for receiving a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Cancer Institute! 🥼

Dr. Yeon Soo Kim studies how advanced #ProstateCancer evades therapy by altering the way RNA builds proteins. Check out her work: https://bit.ly/4nFFPGq

Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 6d

The Andy Hill CARE Fund has awarded a $1M, 2-year grant to @seattlechildrens.org Ben Towne Center for Genomics & Epigenomics.

👏 This will support Drs. Rachel Rau, Jay Sarthy, and Scott Furlan in advancing precision genomics to improve leukemia care for kids: https://bit.ly/4gYAS9a

Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 7d

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

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 8d

Scientists from the @alleninstitute.org and @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social discovered that #RheumatoidArthritis (RA) doesn’t start when the pain begins.

They found that people at risk for RA see dramatic immune system changes long before symptoms.

🗞️: https://bit.ly/4gJOcxO
🔬: https://bit.ly/4nU1oT9

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 9d

Dr. Ayokunle Olanrewaju ( @olan.bsky.social ) from @uwnews.uw.edu has earned a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The $2.1 million grant is for five years.

🤩 Congratulations! https://bit.ly/46rWV4i

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 12d

🧬 @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social scientists, led by Dr. John Ray, have unveiled how genetic variants associated with autoimmune diseases directly alter #Tcell gene regulation and function.

Press release: https://bit.ly/4nQGT9S
Abstract in @natgenet.nature.com: https://go.nature.com/4guL8FE

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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 12d

@uwcse.bsky.social researchers @suinlee.bsky.social, @chanwoo-kim.bsky.social & @sohamgadgil.bsky.social argue that a key standard for deploying medical #AI is transparency — that is, using various methods to clarify how a medical AI system arrives at its diagnoses and outputs.

Q&A: Transparency in medical AI systems is vital, UW researchers say

In a recent paper, University of Washington researchers argue that a key standard for deploying medical AI is transparency — that is, using various methods to clarify how a medical AI system arrives...

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 13d

🧫 A new study by @fredhutch.org's Dr. Taran Gujral compares the effectiveness of drugs tested on two different kinds of samples: the conventional cancer cells grown in a Petri dish and on “microtumors".

The model predicts 3X as many drugs would be effective on #microtumors: https://bit.ly/3W8So0A

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 14d

Synthesize Bio, a Seattle-based startup founded by Drs. Jeff Leek and Robert Bradley from @fredhutch.org, announced $10 million in funding.

💊 The biotech aims to make new drug discovery faster and cheaper by simulating the results from hypothetical lab experiments with AI: https://bit.ly/4nlp2s3

Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 14d

Explore this article to see the featured work from Dr. Jay Shendure at @uwgenome.bsky.social!

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 14d

A technology feature in Nature describes how scientists are outfitting cells with the molecular equivalent of flight records, which allows them to log, in real time, the signals that cells receive, the paths they travel and the decisions they make. 🧬 🧪

Real-time molecular recorders expose the inner lives of cells

Gene-editing tools transform cells into record-keepers, capturing hidden timelines of health and disease.

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 15d

Dr. Lee Hood has been named one of the inaugural recipients of the Michael Sela Prize in Biomedical Sciences, awarded by the Weizmann Institute of Science.

He shares the honor with Drs. Francis Collins and Eric Lander for pioneering work that has reshaped modern medicine. https://bit.ly/46sK1lf

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 16d

Congrats to Dr. Joshua Hill on being the recipient of a 5-year K24 Midcareer Investigator Award from @niaidnews.bsky.social! 👏

The proposed studies will evaluate best approaches for the use of antibody infusions and vaccination to reduce infections after #CARTTherapy. https://bit.ly/46i9zmr

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 19d

🧠 Scientists shot lasers into brain cells to uncover how illusions work.

This study, published in @natneuro.nature.com, was supported by the @alleninstitute.org’s OpenScope program and could help us better understand neuropsychiatric disorders.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Kb0Ute

#Neuroscience

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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 21d

new pape from our lab, led by the indefatigable @chrisjdallmann.bsky.social. i am very proud of this one.

Chris J Dallmann @chrisjdallmann.bsky.social · 21d

Now out in @nature.com: Our study discovering a neural circuit in Drosophila that predictively inhibits proprioceptor axons during voluntary leg movements, such as walking and grooming. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 21d

The Washington Research Foundation has awarded $1 million to @fredhutch.org to accelerate the development of technologies with significant potential to improve patient health.

Congratulations to Drs. Sujatha Srinivasan, David Fredricks, Dan Raftery, and Kristin Lastwika! https://bit.ly/3Vn6xHk

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 22d

My awesome Drosophila colleague Akhila Rajan at Fred Hutch (Seattle) is recruiting both a staff scientist and a postdoc to study fat–brain communication, innate immunity, mitochondrial signaling, and brain senescence. Great team, great environment. Apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

careers-fhcrc.icims.com

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 22d

Dr. Elizabeth Swisher, who leads #GynecologicOncology at @fredhutch.bsky.social, was recently named the inaugural recipient of the Torkelson Family Endowed Chair.

🍻 Congratulations Dr. Swisher! https://bit.ly/42iHBoj

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 23d

From epigenetics to optogenetics, scientists are uncovering how environment and brain chemistry shape addiction.

In a new #LabNotes episode, @amityaddrisi.bsky.social and @lizdueweke.bsky.social blend neuroscience with lived experience to reframe the crisis.

alleninstitute.org/news/lab-not...

Lab Notes | The neuroscience of addiction and possible paths to a cure

Unraveling the mysteries of substance abuse

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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 23d

In a new paper in @science.org, a @uwgenome.bsky.social research team led by Dr. Jen Davis shows that #fibroblasts, often thought of as helpers, may weaken the heart by causing a harmful cycle of stiffening and scarring.

📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/3ViR7Uo
📝 Abstract: https://bit.ly/4mbwvbv