September 2, 2026 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Foege Auditorium
GS Seminar:
Dr. Magdalena Russell
University of Washington | DeWitt Lab
talk will not be recorded
“Inferring mechanisms of antibody diversification”
UW Genome Sciences
Welcome to the Department of Genome Sciences
Our goal is to address leading edge questions in biology and medicine by developing and applying genetic, genomic and computational approaches that take advantage of genomic information now available for humans, model organisms and a host of other species. Our faculty study a broad range of topics, including the genetics of E. coli, yeast, C. elegans, Drosophila, and mouse; human and medical genetics; mathematical, statistical and computer methods for analyzing genomes, and theoretical and evolutionary genetics; and genome-wide studies by such approaches as sequencing, transcriptional and translational analysis, polymorphism detection and identification of protein interactions.
Upcoming Events
September 30, 2026 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Foege Auditorium
Combi Seminar:
Dr. Steven Henikoff
FHCC
September 30, 2026 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Foege Auditorium
GS Seminar:
Dr. Carolyn Lawrence-Dill
Colorado State University
COGS-invited speaker | talk will be recorded
“Plant Bioinformatics – A Career Supporting Science and Scientists”
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Waterston Travel Award
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GS Outstanding Service Award
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Joe Felsenstein elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society
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Research Highlights
Evidence for G6PD variant classification from multiplexed functional assays
Current and former Dunham and Fowler Lab members are authors on paper in Genome Biology.
Early immune cell development precedes gastrulation in annual killifish
Syd Sattler is lead author on a publication in bioRxiv, along with other Abitua and Trapnell Lab members.
Replaying germinal center evolution on a quantified affinity landscape
Will DeWitt is lead author in a paper in Cell.
A global map for introgressed structural variation and selection in humans
PingHsun Hsieh, David Porubsky, and other current and former Eichler Lab members are authors on publication in Science.
Image-based, pooled phenotyping reveals multidimensional, disease-specific variant effects
Sriram Pendyala is lead author on a publication in Cell.
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.