Presentations are held on Fridays from 3:00 – 4:20 in Foege Auditorium (S 060) unless otherwise noted (talks will begin at 3:00 starting Spring Quarter 2026). There is a remote viewing option for those who prefer not to attend presentations in person. Session recordings are available on the past Research Reports page.
Our program will include reports on research progress and proposed work by graduate students. Participation is expected for Genome Sciences students and for students from other programs in core GS faculty labs in years 1 through 5. The only exception is for fifth-year students who are likely to graduate within the next year. Talks are planned for 25 minutes each. If you are unable to speak at the appointed time, please arrange to change dates with someone else. Please email Brian Giebel (bgiebel [ a t ] uw.edu) with any changes. All talks (except for rotation talks) should be no longer than 25 minutes, including time for questions.
Follow this link for a listing of past Research Reports topics.
We will be using a mandatory moderator system. Each presenting student’s PI should introduce them and serve as a moderator, if necessary interrupting any inappropriate questions. Students and moderators should communicate before the presentation about any additional support the student may need. For rotation talks, the rotation PIs should decide which of them will serve as the moderator.
After your research report, there will be a feedback session on presentation style that is open to faculty only. You can choose to be in the room to receive this feedback directly or instead ask a faculty member of your choice to serve as a note taker and relay comments to you afterward. If you would like to have a note-taker, please approach someone at this time and coordinate with them to make sure they are able to attend your research report.
Upcoming Research Reports
Max Dippel, Ben Shapiro
Max Dippel | Harris Lab
“Variation in slippage-related hypermutability across vertebrates”
Ben Shapiro | Schweppe Lab, Young Lab
“Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis with Spatial Proteomics”
October 23, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Saksham Gupta, Valerie Lynch
October 30, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Kyra Fetter, Jack Gourdeau
November 6, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Michelle Johnson, Sanjay Kottapalli
November 13, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Kayla Ly, Yuanye Chi
November 20, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Monica Padilla Galvez, Tiger Lao
December 4, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Katrina Peterson, Olivia Weissenfels
December 11, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Rotation Talks
December 16, 2026 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Zachary Amador, Chris Oliveira
January 8, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Dustin Mullaney, Rhea Grover
January 15, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Matt Chaw, Lucas Kerr
January 22, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Shuhua Xu, Patrick Yu
January 29, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Kyle Brandt, Leah McDermott
February 5, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Riya Patel, Ben Brim
February 12, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Allie Kreitman, Rachael Hu
February 19, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Rachel Powell, Catherine Sniezek
February 26, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Melissa Hopkins, Arielle Hancko
March 5, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Connor Finkbeiner, Evan McDermot
March 12, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Rotation Talks
March 17, 2027 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | location tbd
Zanny Ham, Carina Biar, Ariana Ghez Farrell
April 2, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Ayomikun Akinrinade, Abby McGee, Michaela Cheechov
April 9, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Joe Min, Karl Young, Morgan Wu
April 16, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Anna Leipertz, Megan Taylor
April 23, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Cliff Rostomily, Conor Kelly
April 30, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Ben Cohen Stillman, Jyoti Rai
May 7, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Katie Partington, Clare Booth
May 14, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Sahar Attar, Monika Perez
May 21, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Bria Metzger, Sean Perez
May 28, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Joey Mann, Manali Sawant
June 4, 2027 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium
Rotation Talks
June 9, 2027 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | location tbd