Leenoy Meshulam, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the department and the UW Computational Neuroscience Center, is a lead author on a new Nature paper. The paper details research she conducted with Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology where she was a guest of the Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program. Her work was recently featured in a UW Medicine Newsroom article.
Two great articles were published this week featuring the work from the Tuthill Lab on snow flies and their adaptations in sub-zero temperatures. Choose from The Atlantic (written by Ed Yong, a favorite science writer of John’s) or The Guardian (as linked from UW Today). Kudos to John and all the folks in his lab who contributed: Dominic Golding, Katie Rupp, Anne Sustar, and Brandon Pratt. Photo Credit: @snowflyproject
Professor emeritus Tom Hornbein, MD, passed away on May 6, 2023. Dr. Hornbein was faculty in both Physiology & Biophysics and Anesthesiology. He was also known for his West Ridge climb of Mount Everest in 1963, which he wrote about in his book Everest: The West Ridge. HistoryLink published an essay about his life in 2014. Our sincerest condolences are with his family and friends.
HHMI announced today the selection of Claudia Moreno, PhD, as part of their inaugural Freeman Hrabowski Scholars. We are thrilled for her! For more about Claudia, please visit her lab website. The UW Newsroom article can be found here and the HHMI provides additional information aobut the program on their website.
Beth Buffalo was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences on Friday, April 28th, along with three other UW faculty members (Jay Shendure from Genome Sciences, Joseph Mougous from Microbiology, and James Truman from Biology). Congrats to all! http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20054290.html
Associate Professor John Tuthill recently sat down with Current Biology for their Q&A feature. Read his fantastic interview here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.048
UW Medicine Newsroom: Muscular dystrophy lab creates new gene therapy system
A publication co-authored by P.Bio faculty member Marc Binder and previous department faculty member Fernando Santana was the 4th most mentioned article of 2022. The article can be read here: Mechanisms and physiological implications of cooperative gating of clustered ion channels
GeekWire: UW biotech spinout raises $5M to develop gene therapy system for muscular dystrophy businesswire: Myosana Therapeutics Raises $5 Million in Seed Funding
Three P.Bio faculty are featured in the Office of Research’s New Faculty Spotlight this month: Alec Smith, Research Assistant Professor Oscar Vivas, Assistant Professor (Pharmacology & P.Bio) Michele Basso, Professor (Biological Structure & P.Bio)