Congratulations to Hank Cheng on being named to the Husky 100!
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Congratulations to Kyra Fetter, Kayla Ly, and Mary Krebs on receiving NSF fellowships and to Katrina Peterson and Ivan Woo on receiving honorable mention!

Recurrent mutations drive rapid HIV escape from two broadly neutralizing antibodies in vivo | PNAS Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) show promise for HIV treatment and prevention, but are vulnerable to resistance evolution. Comprehensively ...

Recurrent mutations drive rapid HIV escape from two broadly neutralizing antibodies in vivo
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Q&A with Dr. Maitreya Dunham: Reflecting on MSS 2026 and Looking Ahead to the Future of Genome Science
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Genetic diversity and regulatory features of human-specific NOTCH2NL duplications - PubMed NOTCH2NL (NOTCH2-N-terminus-like) genes arose from ape-specific chromosome 1 segmental duplications implicated in human brain cortical expansion, including an incomplete NOTCH2 gene. Genetic character...

Genetic diversity and regulatory features of human-specific NOTCH2NL duplications
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Congratulations to Iris Jia on being awarded the Charlie Moore Award for outstanding contributions to cystic fibrosis microbiology research!

Congratulations to Katy Loubet-Senear on being awarded a WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship!

What Happens in a Genomics Lab? How Research Today Improves Lives Tomorrow YouTube video by UW Medicine

Check out UW Medicine's feature on the Eichler Lab
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NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development - Nature Neuroscience NeMO Analytics is a compendium of public transcriptomic data focused on the neocortex, enabling biologists without coding expertise to explore hundreds of datasets. Joint decomposition of these data y...

NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development
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Congratulations to Maitreya Dunham and David Baker on being named AAAS Fellows!
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Lauren Fields • Schmidt Science Fellows Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal progressive neurodegenerative disease with no known cure. As a Schmidt Science Fellow, Lauren will use advanced mass spectrometry and protein analysis of...

Congratulations to Lauren Fields on being selected as a Schmidt Science Fellow!
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An MD-PhD Student Had Hemophilia How he made a research breakthrough.

How an MD-PhD Student With Hemophilia Made a Genetic Research Breakthrough
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Context dependency is essential for predicting intrahost evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution The ability to predict rapid evolutionary processes within our bodies would advance both medical science and evolutionary biology. We discuss technologies that move us towards intrahost evolutionary p...

Context dependency is essential for predicting intrahost evolution
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Long-read sequencing of families reveals increased germline and postzygotic mutation rates in repetitive DNA
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Using the linear references from the pangenome to discover missing autism variants - Nature Communications Large-effect variants in autism remain elusive. Here, the authors use long-read sequencing to assemble phased genomes for 189 individuals, identifying pathogenic variants in TBL1XR1, MECP2, and SYNGAP...

Using the linear references from the pangenome to discover missing autism variants
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US HUPO - Awards

Congratulations to Mike MacCoss on receiving the Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award, Bill Noble on receiving the Computational Proteomics Award, and Nathan Basisty on receiving the New Investigator Award from US HUPO!
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Using Experimental Evolution to Correct Mother-Daughter Separation Defects in Brewing Yeast
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Congratulations to Riku Yasutomi on being awarded an NRSA Fellowship!

Congratulations to Andrew Stergachis on being elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation!

We’re announcing the 12 recipients of our AI for Science fund A look at the 12 recipients of the first AI for Science fund.

Congratulations to the Stergachis Lab on being awarded an AI for Science fund award from Google!
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Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback - Nature Ecology & Evolution A model of intrahost poliovirus replication shows that, after several rounds of replication, pocapavir, a poliovirus capsid inhibitor, collapses viral density, preventing intracellular interactions th...

Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback
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Mapping single-cell diploid chromatin fiber architectures using DAF-seq - Nature Biotechnology Single-molecule chromatin fiber sequencing exposes single-cell-level heterogeneity in the chromatin architecture of individual regulatory elements.

Mapping single-cell diploid chromatin fiber architectures using DAF-seq
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Congratulations to David Baker, Riza Daza, Evan Eichler, Mike MacCoss, Brendan MacLean, Hannah Pliner, Jay Shendure, and Cole Trapnell on being named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List for 2025!

Mendel Medal 2026 - Professor Joe Felsenstein | Genetics Society The Mendel Medal 2026 has been awarded to Professor Joe Felsenstein. Professor Joe Felsenstein was born in 1942, grew up in Philadelphia and studied as an

Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal by the Genetics Society!
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The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.

Congratulations to Alison Feder on being named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar!
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US HUPO - Computational Proteomics Award

Congratulations to Bill Noble on receiving the 2026 Gil Omenn Computational Proteomics Award from US HUPO!
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US HUPO - Distinguished Contribution Award

Congratulations to Mike MacCoss on receiving the Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award from US HUPO!
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Congratulations to Winston Dredge on being awarded a WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship!

Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine - UW Medicine | Newsroom

Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine
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CellCover Defines Marker Gene Panels Capturing Developmental Progression in Neocortical Neural Stem Cell Identity
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