Maitreya Dunham
@maitreya.bsky.social
My lab works on genome evolution, using yeast genetics and genomics. Chair, Department of Genome Sciences at University of Washington.
Lab website: https://depts.washington.edu/dunhamlab/
Lab website: https://depts.washington.edu/dunhamlab/
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Abstract submissions for the 2026 ASBC & CIBD Meeting close Jan 30. Share research that advances beverage science and connect with brewers, distillers, and scientists shaping what’s next.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Abstract submissions for the 2026 ASBC & CIBD Meeting close Jan 30. Share research that advances beverage science and connect with brewers, distillers, and scientists shaping what’s next.
https://bit.ly/44F6DyW
#abstractsubmission #ASBCCIBD
https://bit.ly/44F6DyW
#abstractsubmission #ASBCCIBD
Fun new paper with @drpaulrowley.bsky.social Novel killer yeasts and toxins from the gardens of fungus-growing ants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Novel killer yeasts and toxins from the gardens of fungus-growing ants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Attine ants perform essential ecosystem services through the harvesting of substrates
for fungiculture. The cultured fungi are a food source for attine ants. Characterizing
antifungal toxin-producing ...
journals.asm.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Fun new paper with @drpaulrowley.bsky.social Novel killer yeasts and toxins from the gardens of fungus-growing ants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Deadline Extended! This funding opportunity offers support that will integrate specialized resources across the NSCs of Oklahoma, the University of Washington, and the Jackson Laboratory. Learn more in the updated RFA here: bit.ly/4a1TN0B
January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Deadline Extended! This funding opportunity offers support that will integrate specialized resources across the NSCs of Oklahoma, the University of Washington, and the Jackson Laboratory. Learn more in the updated RFA here: bit.ly/4a1TN0B
Reposted by Maitreya Dunham
Abstract submission for #Yeast26 is now open! 🍞🍺
Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.
Topics include disease models & aging, evolution & population genetics, gene regulation, genomics & systems biology, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/qotaLne
Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.
Topics include disease models & aging, evolution & population genetics, gene regulation, genomics & systems biology, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/qotaLne
January 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Abstract submission for #Yeast26 is now open! 🍞🍺
Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.
Topics include disease models & aging, evolution & population genetics, gene regulation, genomics & systems biology, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/qotaLne
Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.
Topics include disease models & aging, evolution & population genetics, gene regulation, genomics & systems biology, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/qotaLne
The lab is looking to hire 2 new undergraduate researchers! You'll get to work on yeast experimental evolution & genomics. UW students only (and this link won't work for others, sorry). Work study students very welcome to apply! Pays the prevailing minimum wage. app.joinhandshake.com/emp/jobs/106...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The lab is looking to hire 2 new undergraduate researchers! You'll get to work on yeast experimental evolution & genomics. UW students only (and this link won't work for others, sorry). Work study students very welcome to apply! Pays the prevailing minimum wage. app.joinhandshake.com/emp/jobs/106...
Coordination was via the daily meetings plus a shared lab notebook, dedicated slack channel, shared server space, and Google Drive with folders for stuff like relevant papers, protocols, etc.
January 12, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Coordination was via the daily meetings plus a shared lab notebook, dedicated slack channel, shared server space, and Google Drive with folders for stuff like relevant papers, protocols, etc.
People who already know a particular method might lead that part and let everyone know when they’ll be working on it so whoever wants to learn can join in. Methods new to everyone are a group effort. We ended the week with a big lab meeting to talk about the results and decide what to follow up.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
People who already know a particular method might lead that part and let everyone know when they’ll be working on it so whoever wants to learn can join in. Methods new to everyone are a group effort. We ended the week with a big lab meeting to talk about the results and decide what to follow up.
We had a pitch meeting in December to decide on a project, then people volunteer to help get things ready like ordering supplies, making media, streaking strains, compiling datasets, and collecting any new data we want. Week of, we had a group meeting every morning to talk about plans/results.
January 12, 2026 at 5:50 AM
We had a pitch meeting in December to decide on a project, then people volunteer to help get things ready like ordering supplies, making media, streaking strains, compiling datasets, and collecting any new data we want. Week of, we had a group meeting every morning to talk about plans/results.
Most importantly, people seemed to be having a good time trying new things and working together! (And we'll see if the project itself goes anywhere. I am still optimistic!)
January 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Most importantly, people seemed to be having a good time trying new things and working together! (And we'll see if the project itself goes anywhere. I am still optimistic!)
Labathon week skill-building report: tetrad dissection (lots!), long read genome assembly, DNA copy number analysis, pinning, bulk segregant mapping, FACS ploidy estimation, mating type testing, AI for coding, lit review, learning about weird stuff like mating type switching and tetraploid meiosis
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Labathon week skill-building report: tetrad dissection (lots!), long read genome assembly, DNA copy number analysis, pinning, bulk segregant mapping, FACS ploidy estimation, mating type testing, AI for coding, lit review, learning about weird stuff like mating type switching and tetraploid meiosis
Reposted by Maitreya Dunham
Reposted by Maitreya Dunham
Interested in the Aging Gene Discovery (AGeD) Collaborative NSC Pilot Awards which integrates resources offered by the Nathan Shock Centers of Oklahoma, the University of Washington, and the Jackson Laboratory? Register now for the informational webinar to learn more: bit.ly/4jvyAPQ
January 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Interested in the Aging Gene Discovery (AGeD) Collaborative NSC Pilot Awards which integrates resources offered by the Nathan Shock Centers of Oklahoma, the University of Washington, and the Jackson Laboratory? Register now for the informational webinar to learn more: bit.ly/4jvyAPQ
Reposted by Maitreya Dunham
Join us tomorrow! with @mehurles.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and @maitreya.bsky.social @uwgenome.bsky.social
Info and Link to join:
www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...
Info and Link to join:
www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Join us tomorrow! with @mehurles.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and @maitreya.bsky.social @uwgenome.bsky.social
Info and Link to join:
www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...
Info and Link to join:
www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...
You may notice a pattern: here's the paper that resulted from a prior labathon project, on brewing yeast proteomics! Systematic profiling of ale yeast protein dynamics across fermentation and repitching academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...
Systematic profiling of ale yeast protein dynamics across fermentation and repitching
Abstract. Studying the genetic and molecular characteristics of brewing yeast strains is crucial for understanding their domestication history and adaptati
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January 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
You may notice a pattern: here's the paper that resulted from a prior labathon project, on brewing yeast proteomics! Systematic profiling of ale yeast protein dynamics across fermentation and repitching academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...
Great kickoff for 2026 with a sabbatical visit from @gsherloc.bsky.social who is conveniently here just in time to participate in our "labathon" (think hackathon, but for a project that has some computational and wetlab components). This year's project is an attempt at genetics with brewing yeast.
January 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Great kickoff for 2026 with a sabbatical visit from @gsherloc.bsky.social who is conveniently here just in time to participate in our "labathon" (think hackathon, but for a project that has some computational and wetlab components). This year's project is an attempt at genetics with brewing yeast.
Lab freezer defrost day
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Lab freezer defrost day
Hit a new lab record of 89 yeast genomes sequenced in one run!
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hit a new lab record of 89 yeast genomes sequenced in one run!
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The Nathan Shock Center at UW has a unique opportunity to utilize multiple cores for a single pilot project at our center. Please see the RFA below:
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Nathan Shock Center at UW has a unique opportunity to utilize multiple cores for a single pilot project at our center. Please see the RFA below:
This paper has all my favorite things: experimental evolution, an interesting trait, aneuploidy, and brewing yeast!
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This paper has all my favorite things: experimental evolution, an interesting trait, aneuploidy, and brewing yeast!
Fun new preprint from the lab, headed up by two incredible undergraduate researchers: Using Experimental Evolution to Correct Mother-Daughter Separation Defects in Brewing Yeast. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Using Experimental Evolution to Correct Mother-Daughter Separation Defects in Brewing Yeast
The budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is the workhorse of the brewing industry. Brewers have domesticated a vast array of different strains with traits that complement the beers they wish to br...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fun new preprint from the lab, headed up by two incredible undergraduate researchers: Using Experimental Evolution to Correct Mother-Daughter Separation Defects in Brewing Yeast. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New preprint with @pyjiang.bsky.social and @kelleyharris.bsky.social! The discovery and patterns of the underlying long-standing mild-effect mutator alleles in S. cerevisiae populations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The discovery and patterns of the underlying long-standing mild-effect mutator alleles in S. cerevisiae populations
Most mutations are neutral or deleterious, and mutator alleles that increase the mutation rate of an organism are considered rare and short-lived. Here, we report a genomic signature consistent with t...
www.biorxiv.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New preprint with @pyjiang.bsky.social and @kelleyharris.bsky.social! The discovery and patterns of the underlying long-standing mild-effect mutator alleles in S. cerevisiae populations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
New aging pilot grant opportunity to collaborate with us! The idea is to do CRISPR screens in mammalian cells with the Oklahoma team, then do mechanistic follow up of some of the results using appropriate model organisms (worms, mice, and, of course, yeast, with my lab!) Applications due in February
The UW Nathan Shock Center is enthusiastic to announce a request for applications for a multi-center collaboration with the NSCs of the Jackson Laboratory and the University of Oklahoma. Please see the call below!
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
New aging pilot grant opportunity to collaborate with us! The idea is to do CRISPR screens in mammalian cells with the Oklahoma team, then do mechanistic follow up of some of the results using appropriate model organisms (worms, mice, and, of course, yeast, with my lab!) Applications due in February
So cool to see how this turned out!
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So cool to see how this turned out!
Reposted by Maitreya Dunham
2026 #Yeast #Genetics Meeting is 13–17 June 2026 in Pacific Grove CA. Conference website has invited speakers, abstract submission topics, preliminary schedule, etc. Bookmark the site as additional updates will be published as they become available. #YEAST26
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
2026 #Yeast #Genetics Meeting is 13–17 June 2026 in Pacific Grove CA. Conference website has invited speakers, abstract submission topics, preliminary schedule, etc. Bookmark the site as additional updates will be published as they become available. #YEAST26
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/