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
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#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 ...
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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
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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...
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
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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...
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:
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...
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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...
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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
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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/
Incredible new paper from @schacherer.bsky.social et al rdcu.be/eLcTH
From genotype to phenotype with 1,086 near telomere-to-telomere yeast genomes
Nature - A newly compiled atlas of species-wide structural variants and gene-based and graph pangenomes derived from highly complete assemblies of genomes from 1,086 natural isolates enable...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Incredible new paper from @schacherer.bsky.social et al rdcu.be/eLcTH
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The #Yeast26 website is live—start planning your conference attendance now! 🧬
Browse abstract submission topics, key dates, speaker & venue info, details on travel funding, and more: buff.ly/HFIt31b
Bookmark the page to stay updated as new information becomes available!
Browse abstract submission topics, key dates, speaker & venue info, details on travel funding, and more: buff.ly/HFIt31b
Bookmark the page to stay updated as new information becomes available!
October 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The #Yeast26 website is live—start planning your conference attendance now! 🧬
Browse abstract submission topics, key dates, speaker & venue info, details on travel funding, and more: buff.ly/HFIt31b
Bookmark the page to stay updated as new information becomes available!
Browse abstract submission topics, key dates, speaker & venue info, details on travel funding, and more: buff.ly/HFIt31b
Bookmark the page to stay updated as new information becomes available!
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Registration is now open for the Mutational Scanning Symposium!! This is one not to miss. Invited speakers include @mehurles.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @maitreya.bsky.social @uwgenome.bsky.social
#VariantEffect26 Register soon for the early bird rate!
ℹ️➡️https://www.mss2026.org
#VariantEffect26 Register soon for the early bird rate!
ℹ️➡️https://www.mss2026.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Registration is now open for the Mutational Scanning Symposium!! This is one not to miss. Invited speakers include @mehurles.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @maitreya.bsky.social @uwgenome.bsky.social
#VariantEffect26 Register soon for the early bird rate!
ℹ️➡️https://www.mss2026.org
#VariantEffect26 Register soon for the early bird rate!
ℹ️➡️https://www.mss2026.org
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It's been a long time coming but, my postdoc work characterizing thousands of variants in G6PD is now available! Many thanks to @maitreya.bsky.social @dougfowler.bsky.social @afrubin.bsky.social and their labs! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Functional evidence for G6PD variant classification from mutational scanning
G6PD deficiency is the most common enzyme deficiency worldwide, and increases the likelihood of adverse reactions to certain drugs and foods. Identifying people at risk is challenging, since most are ...
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August 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's been a long time coming but, my postdoc work characterizing thousands of variants in G6PD is now available! Many thanks to @maitreya.bsky.social @dougfowler.bsky.social @afrubin.bsky.social and their labs! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So proud of my lab students Tiffany and Amanda for winning the Roman Scholarship from @uwgenome.bsky.social! I always love the story about how yeast genetics got its start at UW because corn wouldn’t grow in Seattle www.gs.washington.edu/about/histor...
50 Years of Genetics at the UW
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August 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
So proud of my lab students Tiffany and Amanda for winning the Roman Scholarship from @uwgenome.bsky.social! I always love the story about how yeast genetics got its start at UW because corn wouldn’t grow in Seattle www.gs.washington.edu/about/histor...
Announcing the yEvo Mutation Browser, a Shiny app for visualizing and exploring sequencing data from experimental evolution and genetic screens. This is the latest from our @yevolab.bsky.social high school teaching & research project and led by my grad student Leah. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The yEvo Mutation Browser: Enhancing student understanding of experimental evolution and genomics through interactive data visualization
Experimental evolution is a powerful method for studying the relationship between genotype and phenotype by observing how populations genetically adapt to controlled selective pressures. In educationa...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Announcing the yEvo Mutation Browser, a Shiny app for visualizing and exploring sequencing data from experimental evolution and genetic screens. This is the latest from our @yevolab.bsky.social high school teaching & research project and led by my grad student Leah. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Genome Sciences is looking for a Director of Departmental Computing. This is a rare opportunity for someone interested in leading our excellent IT team, building and maintaining computational infrastructure, and working closely with our faculty and labs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Genome Sciences is looking for a Director of Departmental Computing. This is a rare opportunity for someone interested in leading our excellent IT team, building and maintaining computational infrastructure, and working closely with our faculty and labs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...