Department of Genome Sciences
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3720 15th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98195-5065
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Evolution of Human-Specific Neural SRGAP2 Genes by Incomplete Segmental Duplication
GS senior fellow Dr. Megan Dennis and grad student Xander Nuttle are first authors on paper in Cell
Cell | UW Today

Scientists Link Gene Mutation to Autism Risk
NY Times | UW Today

Unsupervised pattern discovery in human chromatin structure through genomic segmentation
Nature Methods | Noble Lab Segway page

Gorilla genome offers insights into great ape and human evolution
UW Today

Massively parallel functional dissection of mammalian enhancers in vivo
GS grads Rupali Patwardhan and Joe Hiatt are first authors on Nature Biotechnology paper
Nature Biotechnology

Treatment for TB can be guided by patients’ genetics
UW Today | Cell

Dr. Douglas Fowler has joined the Genome Sciences faculty. He is interested in how protein variation impacts function, and in understanding what the consequences of mutation can tell us about protein properties like three-dimensional structure and thermodynamic stability.

Dr. Evan Eichler has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. William Foege has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Dissertation Defense
Kyle Siebenthall
(Ph.D. in Genome Sciences)
"Development of an allele-aware method to study the nuclear organization of the FSHD locus"
Thursday, May 24
3:00, Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC

Dissertation Defense
Ben Smith
(Ph.D. in Genome Sciences)
"Androgen Receptor Regulation of Germ Cell Migration across Sertoli Cell Tight Junctions"
Wednesday, May 30
10:00, Foege Auditorium

GS grads Jennifer McCreight (Swanson Lab), Jorgen Nelson (first year), Alexander Nuttle (Eichler Lab), and Jeff Staples (Nickerson Lab) have been awarded NSF fellowships. GS grads Stephanie Battle and Alex Mason received honorable mention.

The Herschel and Caryl Roman Undergraduate Science Scholarship provides financial assistance to deserving undergraduates at the University of Washington who have an interest in genetics research.

The Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Dr. Herschel Lewis Roman, who joined the UW faculty in 1942 and founded the Department of Genetics (now known as the Department of Genome Sciences) in 1959. By the time of his retirement in 1980, he had received international recognition for his work in chromosomal behavior and genetic recombination. With his passing in 1989, his family and friends proposed this scholarship in his honor.

The scholarship, which provides from $2500 to $5000 for Autumn through Spring Quarters, will be awarded to one or two UW undergraduates who demonstrate an interest in genetic research.

The application deadline is June 1, 2012. Please see the Roman Scholarship page for more information and an application.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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