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Model Organism Genetics -- Human and Medical Genetics -- Genomics and Proteomics -- Computational Biology
National Academy of Medicine
Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine
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Nunn Lab
Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome
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Eichler Lab
Complete sequencing of ape genomes
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Beliveau and Noble Labs
Predicting cell cycle stage from 3D single-cell nuclear-stained images
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Stergachis Lab
Synchronized long-read genome, methylome, epigenome and transcriptome profiling resolve a Mendelian condition
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Thursday, April 30
Bioengineering / Genome Sciences Seminar:
Dr. Mark Kokoris
| Roche
"The Sequencing by Expansion Journey - From Idea to Breakthrough"
1:00 | Foege Auditorium | sponsored jointly with UW Bioengineering
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Wednesday, May 6
Genome Sciences Seminar:
Dr. Richard Sever
| openRxiv
"Preprints: communicating at the speed of science"
3:30 | Foege Auditorium | talk will be recorded |
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David Baker has been awarded the Nobel Prize.
Genome Sciences is pleased to announce that
Dr. Saori Sakaue
has accepted our offer to join the department as an assistant professor. Dr. Sakaue received her MD/PhD from the University of Tokyo, where she worked on genetic analyses of global biobanks. She conducted postdoctoral research with Soumya Raychaudhuri at Harvard, focusing on developing single-cell genomics tools to understand the role of genetic variants in gene regulation. Her lab will focus on developing and using statistical genetics tools to integrate molecular data for understanding disease mechanisms, ultimately addressing clinical challenges for future patients.
Genome Sciences is pleased to announce that
Dr. William DeWitt
has accepted our offer to join the department as an assistant professor. Dr. DeWitt was a graduate student with Kelley Harris and Frederick Matsen in Genome Sciences and the Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and a postdoctoral fellow with Yun Song at the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout his career, he has tackled computational and theoretical problems in evolutionary dynamics and quantitative immunology. His lab will pursue work in probabilistic and dynamical modeling, statistical inference, and machine learning, all grounded by questions about evolving biological systems.
Introducing the Genome Sciences 2026 incoming class:
Zach Anderson
– University of Washington
Natalie Byrd
– Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Belharra Therapeutics
Anna Janzen
– National Taiwan University, University of Minnesota
Carissa Lee
– UW MSTP (Stergachis Lab, Chamberlain Lab)
Nico Longhi
– University of Washington
Alex McCreight
– Columbia University, Macalester College
Shawn Mohammed
– UW MSTP (Shendure Lab)
Benan Nalbant
– University of Washington, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Masaya Takasaki
– University of Washington
Betty Yu
– University of Southern California, National Taiwan University, FHCC
Hank Cheng
has been named to the
Husky 100
Q&A with Dr. Maitreya Dunham: Reflecting on MSS 2026 and Looking Ahead to the Future of Genome Science
Kyra Fetter, Kayla Ly, and Mary Krebs
have been awarded
NSF Fellowships
Katrina Peterson and Ivan Woo
have received honorable mention.
Katy Loubet-Senear
has been awarded a
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Iris Jia
has been awarded the
Charlie Moore Award
for outstanding contributions to cystic fibrosis microbiology research.
Lauren Fields
has been selected as a
Schmidt Science Fellow
Maitreya Dunham
and
David Baker
have been named
AAAS Fellows
How an MD-PhD Student With Hemophilia Made a Genetic Research Breakthrough - UW Medicine
Mike MacCoss
has received the Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award,
Bill Noble
has received the Gilbert S. Omenn Computational Proteomics Award, and
Nathan Basisty
has received the Robert J. Cotter New Investigator Award from
US HUPO
Andrew Stergachis
has been elected to the
American Society for Clinical Investigation
Riku Yasutomi
has been awarded an
NRSA Fellowship.
The Department of Genome Sciences mourns the passing of
Dr. William Foege
, UW alum, public health leader, and namesake for our building.
The
Stergachis Lab
has been awarded an
AI for Science fund award from Google
David Baker, Riza Daza, Evan Eichler, Mike MacCoss, Brendan MacLean, Hannah Pliner, Jay Shendure, and Cole Trapnell
have been named to the
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List
for 2025.
Joe Felsenstein
has been awarded the
2026 Mendel Medal
by the Genetics Society.
Alison Feder
has been named a
2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
Jay Shendure
has been elected to the
National Academy of Medicine
Mike MacCoss
has received the 2026
Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award
from US HUPO.
Bill Noble
has received the 2026
Gil Omenn Computational Proteomics Award
from US HUPO.
Winston Dredge
has been awarded a
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Zukai Liu
and
Bria Metzger
have been awarded Parker Travel Awards for best poster at the 2025 department retreat.
Olivia Waltner
has been awarded the
Bonita and David Brewer Fellowship
Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong
has been named a
Pew Biomedical Scholar
Caleb Carr
and
Jenny Nathans
have been awarded
NRSA Fellowships
Maggie Russell
has received the UW Graduate School’s
Distinguished Dissertation Award
Alison Feder
has received the
SMBE 2025 Early-Career Excellence Award
Leah Anderson
has received the best talk award at the
2025 Pacific Northwest Yeast Club Meeting
Leah Anderson
and
Elliott Swanson
have received the
2025 Sonia Ting Travel Award
Lara Muffley
has been awarded the
UW Distinguished Staff Award for Collaboration
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Recurrent mutations drive rapid HIV escape from two broadly neutralizing antibodies in vivo
Elena Romero
is lead author on a publication in
PNAS
Genetic diversity and regulatory features of human-specific NOTCH2NL duplications
Taylor Real
is lead author, along with other Eichler and Stergachis Lab members, on a publication in
Cell Genomics
NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development
Yash Sonthalia
is lead author on a publication in Nature Neuroscience.
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Context dependency is essential for predicting intrahost evolution
Alison Feder and Will DeWitt
are authors on a comment in
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Long-read sequencing of families reveals increased germline and postzygotic mutation rates in repetitive DNA.
Michelle Noyes
is lead author, along with other Eichler Lab members, on a paper in
Nature Communications
Using the linear references from the pangenome to discover missing autism variants
Yang Sui
is lead author, along with other Eichler Lab members, on a paper in
Nature Communications
Using Experimental Evolution to Correct Mother-Daughter Separation Defects in Brewing Yeast
Amanda Ro and Lauren Ackermann
are lead authors on a paper in
microPublication Biology
Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback
Alex Robertson
is lead author on a paper in
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Mapping single-cell diploid chromatin fiber architectures using DAF-seq
Elliott Swanson
is lead author, along with other Stergachis Lab members, on a paper in
Nature Biotechnology
CellCover Defines Marker Gene Panels Capturing Developmental Progression in Neocortical Neural Stem Cell Identity
Yash Sonthalia
is an author on a paper in
eLife
Mechanisms underlying thermally induced growth plasticity in juvenile Pacific halibut
Nunn Lab members
are authors on a paper in
Journal of Experimental Biology
Epithelial competition determines gene therapy potential to suppress Fanconi Anemia oral cancer risk
Hunter Colegrove
is lead author on a paper in
PLOS Computational Biology
Multiplex and multimodal mapping of variant effects in secreted proteins via MultiSTEP
Nick Popp
and
Rachel Powell
are lead authors on a paper in
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
Lineage-resolved analysis of embryonic gene expression evolution in C. elegans and C. briggsae
Connor Kubo
, former grad
Chris Large
, and current and former Waterston Lab members are authors on a paper in
Science
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