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January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Two obstacles in #CancerImmunotherapy are tumor-infiltrating T cell exhaustion & mitochondrial dysfunction.
Drs. @yapeng-su.bsky.social & Philip Greenberg at @fredhutch.org & @uwdeptmedicine.bsky.social identified KLHL6 as a dual-negative regulator of both.
Abstract: https://go.nature.com/4qqLAsK
Drs. @yapeng-su.bsky.social & Philip Greenberg at @fredhutch.org & @uwdeptmedicine.bsky.social identified KLHL6 as a dual-negative regulator of both.
Abstract: https://go.nature.com/4qqLAsK
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Two obstacles in #CancerImmunotherapy are tumor-infiltrating T cell exhaustion & mitochondrial dysfunction.
Drs. @yapeng-su.bsky.social & Philip Greenberg at @fredhutch.org & @uwdeptmedicine.bsky.social identified KLHL6 as a dual-negative regulator of both.
Abstract: https://go.nature.com/4qqLAsK
Drs. @yapeng-su.bsky.social & Philip Greenberg at @fredhutch.org & @uwdeptmedicine.bsky.social identified KLHL6 as a dual-negative regulator of both.
Abstract: https://go.nature.com/4qqLAsK
Researchers have identified two #biomarkers that could distinguish between people with and without #schizophrenia, according to a study published by Drs. Robert Chen and Debby Tsuang at @uwmedicine.bsky.social.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/45lTxXI
Learn more: https://bit.ly/45lTxXI
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Researchers have identified two #biomarkers that could distinguish between people with and without #schizophrenia, according to a study published by Drs. Robert Chen and Debby Tsuang at @uwmedicine.bsky.social.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/45lTxXI
Learn more: https://bit.ly/45lTxXI
🎊 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
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
🎊 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
These awards honor their contributions to the scientific, educational, and patient care missions through their mentorship: https://bit.ly/4r0kskf
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
They found that two harmful variants can actually restore normal protein function: https://bit.ly/4qx3RVw
January 19, 2026 at 1:39 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
They found that two harmful variants can actually restore normal protein function: https://bit.ly/4qx3RVw
🫀 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
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
🫀 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
Her work examines whether inflammation in the hypothalamus can explain why people develop #HeartDisease or diabetes later: https://bit.ly/3NhboZT
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
“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
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
“I’m thrilled to see this partnership come to life,” said UWMDI Director Dr. Petter Bjornstad: https://bit.ly/4qW4kQP
🎇 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
Congratulations to all four winning teams, including the PEARLS project! https://bit.ly/3LN0P03
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 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
Congratulations to all four winning teams, including the PEARLS project! https://bit.ly/3LN0P03
"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
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
"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
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
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
🦠 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
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
🦠 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
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
@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
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
@isbscience.org: https://bit.ly/4su411j
BBI: https://bit.ly/49fJZ30
@fredhutch.org: https://bit.ly/4qJf5Wi
KPWHRI: https://bit.ly/4su5Fjv
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
🎉 Congratulations Dr. Gralow! https://bit.ly/4pxDnSu
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 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
🎉 Congratulations Dr. Gralow! https://bit.ly/4pxDnSu
🧠 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
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
🧠 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
Check out the molecular “glutamate indicator" created by researchers at the @alleninstitute.org and @hhmi-science.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/49bX4dF
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
📝 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
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
📝 See the full list including Drs. Winston Dredge, Nastacia Goodwin, Stefany Cruz, and Nathaniel Ritz: https://bit.ly/3L0DhEM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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!
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!
Ready for the science highlight reel of the year? 🤓 🧪
Welcome to the Science in Seattle Top 5 Post Countdown, showcasing the most community-loved posts of 2025. Get ready for jaw-dropping discoveries and the people who made it all possible!
Check back tomorrow for #5...
Welcome to the Science in Seattle Top 5 Post Countdown, showcasing the most community-loved posts of 2025. Get ready for jaw-dropping discoveries and the people who made it all possible!
Check back tomorrow for #5...
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ready for the science highlight reel of the year? 🤓 🧪
Welcome to the Science in Seattle Top 5 Post Countdown, showcasing the most community-loved posts of 2025. Get ready for jaw-dropping discoveries and the people who made it all possible!
Check back tomorrow for #5...
Welcome to the Science in Seattle Top 5 Post Countdown, showcasing the most community-loved posts of 2025. Get ready for jaw-dropping discoveries and the people who made it all possible!
Check back tomorrow for #5...
❄️☃️ Looking for something insightful to listen to over the holidays? Explore the @immunologypodcast.com!
Whether you're traveling or unwinding at home, it’s the ideal companion for curious minds.
🎧 https://bit.ly/47nGZAG
Whether you're traveling or unwinding at home, it’s the ideal companion for curious minds.
🎧 https://bit.ly/47nGZAG
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
❄️☃️ Looking for something insightful to listen to over the holidays? Explore the @immunologypodcast.com!
Whether you're traveling or unwinding at home, it’s the ideal companion for curious minds.
🎧 https://bit.ly/47nGZAG
Whether you're traveling or unwinding at home, it’s the ideal companion for curious minds.
🎧 https://bit.ly/47nGZAG
Our website is taking a short holiday break while we recharge for 2026. But don’t worry, the science doesn’t stop!
Keep an eye on our socials over the holidays for community highlights, Top 5 countdowns, and plenty of good science stories to carry you into the new year.
See you in January! ❄️🔬
Keep an eye on our socials over the holidays for community highlights, Top 5 countdowns, and plenty of good science stories to carry you into the new year.
See you in January! ❄️🔬
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our website is taking a short holiday break while we recharge for 2026. But don’t worry, the science doesn’t stop!
Keep an eye on our socials over the holidays for community highlights, Top 5 countdowns, and plenty of good science stories to carry you into the new year.
See you in January! ❄️🔬
Keep an eye on our socials over the holidays for community highlights, Top 5 countdowns, and plenty of good science stories to carry you into the new year.
See you in January! ❄️🔬
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Drs. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi in a ceremony on December 11!
👏 Let's give another round of applause for our Seattle researchers: https://bit.ly/48MHHYY
👏 Let's give another round of applause for our Seattle researchers: https://bit.ly/48MHHYY
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Drs. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi in a ceremony on December 11!
👏 Let's give another round of applause for our Seattle researchers: https://bit.ly/48MHHYY
👏 Let's give another round of applause for our Seattle researchers: https://bit.ly/48MHHYY
Dr. Peter Linsley from the @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social has been honored with the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. 🏅
Dr. Linsley has spent nearly three decades advancing biotechnology and pharmaceutical research. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4p4hTfD
Dr. Linsley has spent nearly three decades advancing biotechnology and pharmaceutical research. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4p4hTfD
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Dr. Peter Linsley from the @benaroyaresearch.bsky.social has been honored with the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. 🏅
Dr. Linsley has spent nearly three decades advancing biotechnology and pharmaceutical research. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4p4hTfD
Dr. Linsley has spent nearly three decades advancing biotechnology and pharmaceutical research. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/4p4hTfD
💡Dr. Elizabeth Wayne is using the enzyme that gives fireflies their glow to study the white blood cells that attack cancer in the human body.
With her team at @uwbioe.bsky.social, she has invented a new way of using bioluminescence to track the development of #macrophages: https://bit.ly/3L5R2Sm
With her team at @uwbioe.bsky.social, she has invented a new way of using bioluminescence to track the development of #macrophages: https://bit.ly/3L5R2Sm
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
💡Dr. Elizabeth Wayne is using the enzyme that gives fireflies their glow to study the white blood cells that attack cancer in the human body.
With her team at @uwbioe.bsky.social, she has invented a new way of using bioluminescence to track the development of #macrophages: https://bit.ly/3L5R2Sm
With her team at @uwbioe.bsky.social, she has invented a new way of using bioluminescence to track the development of #macrophages: https://bit.ly/3L5R2Sm
A recent study from Drs. Alexandra Willcox and Julie Overbaugh at @fredhutch.org reveals when the #Zika virus invades, interferon musters the usual militia, but the alarm is regulated by a gene with a previously unknown antiviral function!
📰 https://bit.ly/48UjJJY
🧪 https://bit.ly/4gEa65P
📰 https://bit.ly/48UjJJY
🧪 https://bit.ly/4gEa65P
December 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A recent study from Drs. Alexandra Willcox and Julie Overbaugh at @fredhutch.org reveals when the #Zika virus invades, interferon musters the usual militia, but the alarm is regulated by a gene with a previously unknown antiviral function!
📰 https://bit.ly/48UjJJY
🧪 https://bit.ly/4gEa65P
📰 https://bit.ly/48UjJJY
🧪 https://bit.ly/4gEa65P
Dr. Nora Disis from @uwbiology.bsky.social was honored with the Seahawks’ Delta Community Captain award for her groundbreaking work developing cancer vaccines that harness the body's immune system to fight disease. 🪶
Congratulations Dr. Disis! https://bit.ly/3MzX9ip
Congratulations Dr. Disis! https://bit.ly/3MzX9ip
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Dr. Nora Disis from @uwbiology.bsky.social was honored with the Seahawks’ Delta Community Captain award for her groundbreaking work developing cancer vaccines that harness the body's immune system to fight disease. 🪶
Congratulations Dr. Disis! https://bit.ly/3MzX9ip
Congratulations Dr. Disis! https://bit.ly/3MzX9ip