What's Happening

May 20, 2020

New APL Bioengineering Publication

MSTP E-15 Student Eileen Brady’s research on Guided Vascularization has been published in APL Bioengineering.  The article explores the challenges in replacing damaged organ tissue.

December 9, 2019

New Science Publication

MSTP student (E-14) Sanjay Srivatsan’s research on massively multiplex chemical transcriptomics at single cell resolution has been published in December’s Science publication. This article explores the use of sci-Plex, which uses ‘nuclear hashing’ to quantify global transcriptional responses to thousands of independent perturbations at single-cell resolution. Their results reveal substantial intercellular heterogeneity in response to specific compounds,…

November 26, 2019

A Family Tree and a Timely Genetic Test

UW Medicine has featured the cancer research of MSTP alumni Colin Pritchard (entered ’98, graduated ’07) and Heather Cheng (entered ’98, graduated ’07) through the story of the Mallard family. Their research on how hereditary cancers are passed down and treated is continuing to improve the lives of families just like the Mallards.

September 12, 2019

New HIV Research Publications

E-13 student Nicole Naiman has two recent publications relating to her research on HIV. The first, published in August 2019, appears in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, and addresses mother-to-child HIV transmission. This publication reviews an association between plasma antibody binding to the gp41 ectodomain in breastfeeding mothers to increased odds of transmission to the…

New Frontiers in Neuroscience Publication

E-13 MSTP student David Caldwell’s publication in Frontiers in Neuroscience looks into electrocorticographic brain computer interfaces, which offer opportunities to restore brain function in individuals suffering from neurological damage. This article reviews ECoG electrodes, the physics and physiology of DES, and the use of electrical stimulation of the brain for the clinical treatment of disorders…