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Research Reports

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.ย  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.ย  Talks are planned for 25 minutes each.ย  If you are unable to speak at the appointed time, please arrange to change dates with someone else.ย  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

available for presentations

October 2, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


State of the Department Talk

October 9, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Carissa Lee, Shawn Mohammed

October 16, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Max Dippel, Ben Shapiro

October 23, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Saksham Gupta, Sanjay Kottapalli

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


Yuanye Chi, Michelle Johnson

November 13, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Tiger Lao, Kayla Ly

November 20, 2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Foege Auditorium


Valerie Lynch, Monica Padilla Galvez

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



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



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