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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
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
Congratulations Dr. Ramirez! bit.ly/4mLUfE0
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 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
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
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
🎧 As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to recharge your curiosity.
Explore the @stemcellpodcast.com, where experts share insights on stem cell biology, new technologies, and the future of regenerative medicine.
🎄 Add it to your holiday playlist: https://bit.ly/4pJa6VA
Explore the @stemcellpodcast.com, where experts share insights on stem cell biology, new technologies, and the future of regenerative medicine.
🎄 Add it to your holiday playlist: https://bit.ly/4pJa6VA
The Stem Cell Podcast
Join Drs. Daylon James and Arun Sharma as they discuss the latest stem cell research.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🎧 As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to recharge your curiosity.
Explore the @stemcellpodcast.com, where experts share insights on stem cell biology, new technologies, and the future of regenerative medicine.
🎄 Add it to your holiday playlist: https://bit.ly/4pJa6VA
Explore the @stemcellpodcast.com, where experts share insights on stem cell biology, new technologies, and the future of regenerative medicine.
🎄 Add it to your holiday playlist: https://bit.ly/4pJa6VA
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
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If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:
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Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
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Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium - YouTube
The 2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium was a virtual scientific event hosted by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) on December 12, 2025. The symposium brough...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
💡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
Dr. Min (Mia) Yang at @uwiscrm.bsky.social has received an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award that will enable her lab to recreate key aspects of early embryonic development.
🎇 Congratulations! https://bit.ly/44Jvzpd
🎇 Congratulations! https://bit.ly/44Jvzpd
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dr. Min (Mia) Yang at @uwiscrm.bsky.social has received an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award that will enable her lab to recreate key aspects of early embryonic development.
🎇 Congratulations! https://bit.ly/44Jvzpd
🎇 Congratulations! https://bit.ly/44Jvzpd
🏅 Elana Thieme and Mark Mendoza from @fredhutch.org were the recipients of the @ash.hematology.org Graduate Awards!
The two-year, $40,000 annual awards support emerging researchers studying myelodysplastic syndromes and pediatric #leukemia: https://bit.ly/3MwN2uM
The two-year, $40,000 annual awards support emerging researchers studying myelodysplastic syndromes and pediatric #leukemia: https://bit.ly/3MwN2uM
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
🏅 Elana Thieme and Mark Mendoza from @fredhutch.org were the recipients of the @ash.hematology.org Graduate Awards!
The two-year, $40,000 annual awards support emerging researchers studying myelodysplastic syndromes and pediatric #leukemia: https://bit.ly/3MwN2uM
The two-year, $40,000 annual awards support emerging researchers studying myelodysplastic syndromes and pediatric #leukemia: https://bit.ly/3MwN2uM
Dr. Paul Yager at @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social developed inexpensive, paper-based tests that will allow individuals to frequently monitor multiple #biomarkers in blood or other biofluids in their homes.
Dr. Yager is now pushing his innovation forward into a new startup, UbiDX: https://bit.ly/4oIu6q3
Dr. Yager is now pushing his innovation forward into a new startup, UbiDX: https://bit.ly/4oIu6q3
December 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Dr. Paul Yager at @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social developed inexpensive, paper-based tests that will allow individuals to frequently monitor multiple #biomarkers in blood or other biofluids in their homes.
Dr. Yager is now pushing his innovation forward into a new startup, UbiDX: https://bit.ly/4oIu6q3
Dr. Yager is now pushing his innovation forward into a new startup, UbiDX: https://bit.ly/4oIu6q3
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#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25!
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25!
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy
Two new studies published in Nature bring the world closer to potential long-term treatments for #HIV.
The studies bring together formidable teams of more than 40 scientists, including Dr. Lillian Cohn at @fredhutch.org : https://bit.ly/4q2mu2U
The studies bring together formidable teams of more than 40 scientists, including Dr. Lillian Cohn at @fredhutch.org : https://bit.ly/4q2mu2U
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Two new studies published in Nature bring the world closer to potential long-term treatments for #HIV.
The studies bring together formidable teams of more than 40 scientists, including Dr. Lillian Cohn at @fredhutch.org : https://bit.ly/4q2mu2U
The studies bring together formidable teams of more than 40 scientists, including Dr. Lillian Cohn at @fredhutch.org : https://bit.ly/4q2mu2U
📢 Check out this new study from the lab of Dr. Alison Paquette (@alisonpaquette.bsky.social) at Seattle Children’s Research Institute!
It shows that the placental transcriptome serves as a mechanistic link between prenatal #phthalate exposure and #placental efficiency.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rFwgcV
It shows that the placental transcriptome serves as a mechanistic link between prenatal #phthalate exposure and #placental efficiency.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rFwgcV
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
📢 Check out this new study from the lab of Dr. Alison Paquette (@alisonpaquette.bsky.social) at Seattle Children’s Research Institute!
It shows that the placental transcriptome serves as a mechanistic link between prenatal #phthalate exposure and #placental efficiency.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rFwgcV
It shows that the placental transcriptome serves as a mechanistic link between prenatal #phthalate exposure and #placental efficiency.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4rFwgcV
📣 @uwproteindesign.bsky.social is releasing RFdiffusion3 as #OpenSource software. This state-of-the-art AI model for #biodesign is capable of generating new proteins that interact with any type of molecule commonly found inside living cells.
🤓 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4iDokVn
🤓 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4iDokVn
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📣 @uwproteindesign.bsky.social is releasing RFdiffusion3 as #OpenSource software. This state-of-the-art AI model for #biodesign is capable of generating new proteins that interact with any type of molecule commonly found inside living cells.
🤓 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4iDokVn
🤓 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4iDokVn
From $100 a gram to 10 cents, #antibody production is having a revolution!
Seattle-based @lumenbio.bsky.social , led by CEO Brian Finrow, is developing a method to produce antibodies in edible spirulina, drastically lowering costs and enabling oral administration: https://bit.ly/4oyZqYe
Seattle-based @lumenbio.bsky.social , led by CEO Brian Finrow, is developing a method to produce antibodies in edible spirulina, drastically lowering costs and enabling oral administration: https://bit.ly/4oyZqYe
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
From $100 a gram to 10 cents, #antibody production is having a revolution!
Seattle-based @lumenbio.bsky.social , led by CEO Brian Finrow, is developing a method to produce antibodies in edible spirulina, drastically lowering costs and enabling oral administration: https://bit.ly/4oyZqYe
Seattle-based @lumenbio.bsky.social , led by CEO Brian Finrow, is developing a method to produce antibodies in edible spirulina, drastically lowering costs and enabling oral administration: https://bit.ly/4oyZqYe
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Teach neuroscience to undergrads? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2. https://alleninstitute.org/events/incorporating-open-connectomics-data-into-teaching-neuroscience/
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2. https://alleninstitute.org/events/incorporating-open-connectomics-data-into-teaching-neuroscience/
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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December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Teach neuroscience to undergrads? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2. https://alleninstitute.org/events/incorporating-open-connectomics-data-into-teaching-neuroscience/
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2. https://alleninstitute.org/events/incorporating-open-connectomics-data-into-teaching-neuroscience/
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Fred Hutch at #ASH25: Catch our latest findings in blood cancer treatments, efforts to improve access to innovative new therapies and the biological underpinnings of disease. 🩸👇 https://bit.ly/4iRN2BH
Fred Hutch at ASH: Expanding CAR-T access, AML treatment strategies, climate and cancer — and ASH lifetime achievement award
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December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Fred Hutch at #ASH25: Catch our latest findings in blood cancer treatments, efforts to improve access to innovative new therapies and the biological underpinnings of disease. 🩸👇 https://bit.ly/4iRN2BH
🧐 University of Washington's Shubham Bansal, a senior undergrad in neuroscience, has been named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar, one of the most prestigious academic awards for U.S. students.
He is UW's 38th Rhodes Scholar. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48M494c
He is UW's 38th Rhodes Scholar. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48M494c
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
🧐 University of Washington's Shubham Bansal, a senior undergrad in neuroscience, has been named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar, one of the most prestigious academic awards for U.S. students.
He is UW's 38th Rhodes Scholar. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48M494c
He is UW's 38th Rhodes Scholar. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/48M494c
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Hear, hear!
@isbscience.org's Dr. Mary Brunkow gave a "practice talk" for her Nobel Lecture, and it was riveting! Mapping the Foxp3 locus was an arduous task in the late 90s, and this recognition is a fitting tribute. Thrilled for you, Mary! Your humility and grace are a wonderful example for all of us.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hear, hear!
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Great article from @UWBiostats on the SCORCHER Project and its effort to make AI and statistical tools easier for cancer researchers.
Led by PI @jtleek.bsky.social and co-PI Steve Salerno, the project is doing important work to open up these methods.
www.biostat.washington.edu/news/stories...
Led by PI @jtleek.bsky.social and co-PI Steve Salerno, the project is doing important work to open up these methods.
www.biostat.washington.edu/news/stories...
Democratizing AI: Scorcher project brings statistical tools to cancer researchers
Awan Afiaz, a biostatistics PhD student in the University of Washington School of Public Health, is part of a research team developing software to help clinicians working in cancer research close this...
www.biostat.washington.edu
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Great article from @UWBiostats on the SCORCHER Project and its effort to make AI and statistical tools easier for cancer researchers.
Led by PI @jtleek.bsky.social and co-PI Steve Salerno, the project is doing important work to open up these methods.
www.biostat.washington.edu/news/stories...
Led by PI @jtleek.bsky.social and co-PI Steve Salerno, the project is doing important work to open up these methods.
www.biostat.washington.edu/news/stories...
A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that #eDNA can move between air and water, which was a possibility scientists hadn’t accounted for before!
Learn more about this breakthrough sampling method from Aden Yincheong Ip & Dr. Ryan Kelly at @uwbiology.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/4omc10N
Learn more about this breakthrough sampling method from Aden Yincheong Ip & Dr. Ryan Kelly at @uwbiology.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/4omc10N
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that #eDNA can move between air and water, which was a possibility scientists hadn’t accounted for before!
Learn more about this breakthrough sampling method from Aden Yincheong Ip & Dr. Ryan Kelly at @uwbiology.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/4omc10N
Learn more about this breakthrough sampling method from Aden Yincheong Ip & Dr. Ryan Kelly at @uwbiology.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/4omc10N