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/
We also had 4 tetrad dissection microscopes join the lab this week, as part of the @uw-nsc.bsky.social renewal! These belonged to Matt Kaeberlein as part of their large scale efforts to measure replicative lifespan in yeast. We are now offering them as loaners for labs who want to try lifespans.
June 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We also had 4 tetrad dissection microscopes join the lab this week, as part of the @uw-nsc.bsky.social renewal! These belonged to Matt Kaeberlein as part of their large scale efforts to measure replicative lifespan in yeast. We are now offering them as loaners for labs who want to try lifespans.
Another art piece created by argot chen last week during Sxaffold, this one snippets of text pulled from one of my papers. how do you Hope to be changed
June 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Another art piece created by argot chen last week during Sxaffold, this one snippets of text pulled from one of my papers. how do you Hope to be changed
Had a great time collaborating with artist argot chen this week as part of the inaugural Sxaffold scientist/artist encounter. We made Mt. Rainier from agar using a 3D printed mold, then painted with colorful yeast strains www.sxaffold.org
June 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Had a great time collaborating with artist argot chen this week as part of the inaugural Sxaffold scientist/artist encounter. We made Mt. Rainier from agar using a 3D printed mold, then painted with colorful yeast strains www.sxaffold.org
Microbiologists, check out this genius trick for orienting flat toothpicks that comes from the legendary Beth Jones by way of Bonny Brewer. Video taken by my lab manager, Emily.
February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Microbiologists, check out this genius trick for orienting flat toothpicks that comes from the legendary Beth Jones by way of Bonny Brewer. Video taken by my lab manager, Emily.
Validating all my lab hoarding instincts, we just came up with a use for these tiny glass Petri dishes that I saved from the Botstein lab lo many years ago. Turns out the shipping date on the box was 1960 to Stanford, so now I’m very curious who David got them from!
August 2, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Validating all my lab hoarding instincts, we just came up with a use for these tiny glass Petri dishes that I saved from the Botstein lab lo many years ago. Turns out the shipping date on the box was 1960 to Stanford, so now I’m very curious who David got them from!
Also: there will be stickers (thanks @reneegeck.bsky.social for the design!)
July 23, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Also: there will be stickers (thanks @reneegeck.bsky.social for the design!)
Lab milestone: we ran out of sterile toothpicks! The cause is this photo, which is a mixture of GFP labeled & wt yeast. You can zoom in to see a nice “single colony” that’s really a mix. You get away with one streak most of the time, but an extra colony purification is safer!
April 17, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Lab milestone: we ran out of sterile toothpicks! The cause is this photo, which is a mixture of GFP labeled & wt yeast. You can zoom in to see a nice “single colony” that’s really a mix. You get away with one streak most of the time, but an extra colony purification is safer!
Awesome new addition to my office plants collection: a bioluminescent petunia! It’s not quite as bright as the picture shows, but it’s totally visible. Thanks @bethkarenmartin (twitter handle) for coordinating the bulk buy!
April 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Awesome new addition to my office plants collection: a bioluminescent petunia! It’s not quite as bright as the picture shows, but it’s totally visible. Thanks @bethkarenmartin (twitter handle) for coordinating the bulk buy!
3 cheers for #TAGC24! What a great meeting, and hats off to the organizers at all levels. Looks like I should have set aside an entire extra week to watch all the talks and look at all the posters I missed though.
March 11, 2024 at 6:07 AM
3 cheers for #TAGC24! What a great meeting, and hats off to the organizers at all levels. Looks like I should have set aside an entire extra week to watch all the talks and look at all the posters I missed though.
What fun to be the guest speaker at the Master Brewers Association Western Canada District BC Winter Technical Session! Got a private tour of the super cool Molson Coors brewery in Chilliwack too. These are the yeast tanks! That’s probably the most yeast I’ve ever been in the presence of!
March 2, 2024 at 6:09 AM
What fun to be the guest speaker at the Master Brewers Association Western Canada District BC Winter Technical Session! Got a private tour of the super cool Molson Coors brewery in Chilliwack too. These are the yeast tanks! That’s probably the most yeast I’ve ever been in the presence of!
So far my most impactful action as interim chair has been making a pets channel on the department slack. Mitzi is not impressed.
December 20, 2023 at 10:19 PM
So far my most impactful action as interim chair has been making a pets channel on the department slack. Mitzi is not impressed.
Found these awesome tetrad earrings at a craft fair this weekend, just in time for my lab holiday party.
December 11, 2023 at 7:50 AM
Found these awesome tetrad earrings at a craft fair this weekend, just in time for my lab holiday party.
We must have had multiple Maizie questions that year! Here's the one that was on my exam
November 16, 2023 at 7:23 AM
We must have had multiple Maizie questions that year! Here's the one that was on my exam
Pretty awesome to get a custom beer made in your honor when you step down as chair. Congrats, Stan! (The QR code even goes to the yeast 2 hybrid paper!)
September 20, 2023 at 1:51 AM
Pretty awesome to get a custom beer made in your honor when you step down as chair. Congrats, Stan! (The QR code even goes to the yeast 2 hybrid paper!)
Scientist dance party is back at @YeastCourseCSHL but I will admit I kind of miss partying with the scientist photos in Bush
August 15, 2023 at 1:54 AM
Scientist dance party is back at @YeastCourseCSHL but I will admit I kind of miss partying with the scientist photos in Bush
Yeast Course experiment list 1981 and 2023 @YeastCourseCSHL
August 11, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Yeast Course experiment list 1981 and 2023 @YeastCourseCSHL
Please help solve a mystery! I'm working on a long-suffering book chapter, & we're at the copyright approvals part. We had been using this figure about the yeast life cycle, but no one can remember the original source. 0 results on reverse image search! Look familiar to anyone?
August 7, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Please help solve a mystery! I'm working on a long-suffering book chapter, & we're at the copyright approvals part. We had been using this figure about the yeast life cycle, but no one can remember the original source. 0 results on reverse image search! Look familiar to anyone?
Made it to the tail end of @YeastCourseCSHL with my TA Joe. And thankfully our hundreds of canavanine plates survived their trip across the country too. Fluctuation assay here we come.
August 6, 2023 at 1:40 AM
Made it to the tail end of @YeastCourseCSHL with my TA Joe. And thankfully our hundreds of canavanine plates survived their trip across the country too. Fluctuation assay here we come.
Picked up a couple plants at the @WomenInGS plant swap! Great idea for a community event!
July 25, 2023 at 9:38 PM
Picked up a couple plants at the @WomenInGS plant swap! Great idea for a community event!
Today was the day! Thanks to Dan Pollard's lab for hosting the first meeting of the Pacific Northwest Yeast Club at Western! And thanks to my postdoc Renee for designing the logo :)
July 21, 2023 at 5:32 AM
Today was the day! Thanks to Dan Pollard's lab for hosting the first meeting of the Pacific Northwest Yeast Club at Western! And thanks to my postdoc Renee for designing the logo :)