Upcoming Events
Wednesday, April 2
Genome Sciences Seminar: Dr. Leslie Babonis | Cornell University
"Understanding novelty, one cell at a time"
3:30 | Foege Auditorium | COGS-invited speaker | flier | talk will be recorded | remote viewing option
Nobel Prize
David Baker has been awarded the Nobel Prize.
New Faculty
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.
Department News
Connor Finkbeiner has been awarded an NRSA Fellowship.
Alison Feder has received the Early Career Achievement in STEM award from Seattle AWIS.
Xavi Guitart / General Molecular Electronics has been awarded second place at the UW Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge.
Revolutionizing Variant Curation with Multiplex Assays of Variant Effect- Interview with Lea Starita and Doug Fowler
Anupama Jha, Mitchell Vollger, and Ran Zhang have received NHGRI K99 awards.
Maitreya Dunham Named Chair of the Department of Genome Sciences
Cole Mueth and Lizzie Plender have been awarded Parker Travel Awards for best poster at the 2024 department retreat.
Gabby Ferra has been selected as an ASHG Human Genetics Scholar.
Devin Schweppe has been named a Pew Biomedical Scholar.
Elliott Swanson has been awarded a Curci Fellowship.Gabby Ferra has been awarded the Bonita and David Brewer Fellowship. Introducing the Genome Sciences 2024 incoming class:
Ayomikun Akinrinade - UC Irvine
Carina Biar - Northwestern University
Kyle Brandt - University of Minnesota
Ben Cohen Stillman - UC Davis
Alex Donny - University of Minnesota
Zanny Ham - Hamilton College
Rachael Hu - University of Washington
Lucas Kerr - UW MSTP
Anna Leipertz - UC Berkeley
Carlo Melendez - Western Washington University
Jyoti Rai - University of South Alabama
Yash Sonthalia - Johns Hopkins University
Megan Taylor - University of Washington
Karl Young - Reed College
Conor Kelly and Bo Wen have received NSF Fellowships. Erik Bergstrom and Connor Finkbeiner have received honorable mention.
Candice Young has received the award for best trainee talk at the TAGC 2024 Symposium. 
Brian Beliveau and Devin Schweppe have received a WM Keck grant. This collaboration between the University of Washington and the University of California, Los Angeles, will establish an entirely new approach to enable robust, scalable, and easily accessible methods for single-cell proteomics.More News
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The Department of Genome Sciences is committed to creating an environment that is welcoming and inclusive. Our goal is to foster a place of learning and working where all members can thrive and where diversity is recognized and celebrated. At Genome Sciences, we aim to create supportive spaces for those who are marginalized in higher education or society. To achieve this, we recognize that it is our ongoing responsibility to understand, acknowledge, and challenge systems of privilege and disadvantage in higher education such as those based on race, color, creed, caste, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, or socioeconomic status.
Genome Sciences mourns the loss of our colleague, Dr. Deborah Nickerson.
Recent Research Highlights
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Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection
Anais Gentilhomme is lead author, along with Nunn Lab members, on a paper in Astrobiology. -
Proteomic Plasticity in the Coral Montipora capitata Gamete Bundles after Parent Thermal Bleaching
Emma Timmins-Schiffman is lead author, along with MacCoss and Nunn Lab members, on a paper in Journal of Proteome Research. -
Structural polymorphism and diversity of human segmental duplications
Current and former Eichler Lab members Hyeonsoo Jeong, Philip Dishuck, and DongAhn Yoo are lead authors on a paper in Nature Genetics. -
Multiplex generation and single-cell analysis of structural variants in mammalian genomes
Sudarshan Pinglay is lead author on a paper in Science, along with Shendure Lab members. -
Synchronized long-read genome, methylome, epigenome and transcriptome profiling resolve a Mendelian condition
Mitchell Vollger is lead author on a paper in Nature Genetics, along with other Stergachis Lab members. -
An In-Depth Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Ovarian Follicle Proteome Reveals Coordinated Changes Across Diverse Cellular Processes during the Transition From Primary to Secondary Growth
Emma Timmins-Schiffman is lead author on a paper in Proteomics. -
A maternal germline mutator phenotype in a family affected by heritable colorectal cancer
Candice Young is lead author on a paper in Genetics. -
Efficient and highly amplified imaging of nucleic acid targets in cellular and histopathological samples with pSABER
Sahar Attar is lead author on a paper in Nature Methods. -
Reproductive resilience: pathways to gametogenic success in Montipora capitata after bleaching
Emma Timmins-Schiffman is lead author on a paper in Nature Scientific Reports. -
Experimental evolution of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for caffeine tolerance alters multidrug resistance and target of rapamycin signaling pathways
Renee Geck is lead author, along with other Dunham Lab members, on a paper in G3. -
Chromatin context-dependent regulation and epigenetic manipulation of prime editing
Xiaoyi Li is lead author on paper in bioRxiv. -
A single-cell time-lapse of mouse prenatal development from gastrula to birth
Chengxiang Qu is lead author on paper in Nature. -
Single-cell, whole-embryo phenotyping of mammalian developmental disorders
Chengxiang Qu and Xingfan Huang are lead authors on paper in Nature.