Dr. Sandra Zimmerman has been awarded third place for posters at the Genetics Society of America 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Dr. Cole Trapnell has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship
Benjamin Vernot has been selected as a recipient of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for outstanding achievement in graduate studies by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Dr. Ron Hause has received a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation fellowship
Dr. Ivan Liachko has received a DeLill Nasser Award from the Genetics Society of America
2014 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Matt Maurano has been selected as a winner of the 2014 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research at the 64th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics.
The UW SACNAS chapter has received the 2014 Graduate Chapter of the Year award
Dr. Stan Fields (senior editor) and Dr. Jay Shendure (associate editor) have been appointed to the editorial board of Genetics
Dr. Stan Fields has been elected Vice President / President Elect of the Genetics Society of America
Dr. Douglas Fowler has received a 2014 Alzheimer’s Association New Investigator award