Dr. Breck Byers and Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Epstein Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research
Brian O’Roak and Matthew Snyder have received the Epstein Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research for postdoctoral and predoctoral trainees at the 2012 American Society for Human Genetics conference.
The UW SACNAS chapter has been named 2012 Chapter of the Year
GS grad Katrina Claw has won the Best Graduate Student Presentation in Genetics and GS grad Keolu Fox has won the Best Graduate Student Presentation in Genetics/Health at the 2012 SACNAS conference
Dr. Douglas Fowlerhas joined the Genome Sciences faculty
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.
Lea Starita and Andrew Stergachis have received the Parker Travel Award for best poster at the 2012 department retreat
MCB graduate student and Dunham Lab member Monica Sanchez has been awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship
GS graduate student and Stamatoyannopoulos Lab member Matt Maurano has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral PhD Fellows (F31) from NIMH
Dr. Jay Shendure has received the Curt Stern Award from the American Society of Human Genetics
