What's Happening
September 12, 2019
New PLOS Pathogens Publication
A collaboration between MSTP students Nicole Naiman (E-13), Theodore Gobillot (E-14), and Kate Dusenbury (E-14) was published in February 2019 in PLOS Pathogens. This publication explores HIV antibodies that mediate killing of infected cells. Eliciting an antibody response to the HIV Envelope protein is thought to be the most likely path to an effective vaccine,…
June 28, 2019
Alex Salter named one of Forbes “30 under 30” in Healthcare
MSTP Student Alex Salter (E12) is investigating how to enhance the efficacy of CAR T-cell therapy, a technique that utilizes synthetic proteins (CARs) to improve the ability of T cells to detect and destroy cancer cells, at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
September 20, 2017
New Blood Publication
E-11 MSTP student Aaron Seo has a Blood publication describing bone marrow failure in 3 unrelated families caused by inherited mutations in the gene encoding thrombopoietin, an important growth factor for blood cell development produced primarily in the liver and kidney. The mutations result in a lack of thrombopoietin in patients’ serum. Though patients do…
New Nature Methods Publication
UW MSTP student Jack Rose (E-10) has a new Nature Methods publication in collaboration with fellow E-11 MSTP student BJ Valente in which they developed two new tools: ciCas9—a rapidly inducible Cas9 construct, and DSB-ddPCR—a method for time-resolved quantification of double strand breaks in DNA. Using these tools, they investigated CRISPR/Cas9 editing kinetics in human…
New Advanced Materials Paper
E-12 UW MSTP student Chris Arakawa (Bioengineering, DeForest Lab) has a new Advanced Materials paper in which he showcases a new way to create blood vessels using lasers and a synthetic light sensitive biomaterial. Using this novel technique and material he successfully has created the world’s smallest artificial human blood vessels to date with complete…
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