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BBI takes advantage of Seattle’s culture of collaboration in technology and the health sciences, and its leadership in genomics, bioinformatics, and data science.
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BBI's annual Long-Read Sequencing Symposium is set for Sept. 16th, 10 am to 4:30 pm; poster session - 11:45 to 12:50. Location is UW's Foege Hall South, 3720 15th Ave NE, Seattle. Visit Redcap for details/registration; registration ends Sept. 5 at 12 noon.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Zachary Amador, left, scientist w/Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, explains to artist Ranger Liu an experiment using DNA - they are collaborating togther in the Fred Hutch SxAffold "encounter" this week among artists & scientists.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Ranger Liu, artist & physicist working on a Ph.D. in Astronomy at UW, is working w/a SeattleHub researcher as part of SxAffold, the weeklong collaboration among scientists & artists at the Hutch. Photo by Connor O’Shaughnessy / Fred Hutch
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June 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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TOMORROW - June 3 - at 9 AM - The Variant Effects Seminar Series will feature Ben Li (U of Michigan) & Vahid Aslanzadeh (U of Edinburgh) Details: www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Update from MSS 2025 in Barcelona: Dave Adams of Wellcome-Sanger presents on how genetic variation impacts cancer disease risk. Photo: Jonathan Frazer @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social
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May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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'Science can feel like magic. When you begin to understand how and why things work, it’s incredible.'
Learn more about Katie Partington, an 'intellectually adventurous' promising young scientist in the lab of BBI's Dr. Doug Fowler.
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May 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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New paper by UW Medicine's Colin Pritchard clears up confusion on treating ‘passenger’ vs. ‘driver’ mutations in BRCA1 and 2 genes. Learn more.
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May 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Hi Jonathan, we at BBI are looking forward to your posts next week from MSS 2025 from Barcelona. Cheers!
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May 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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HUGE congrats Lara Muffley - honored w/ UW Distinguished Staff Award for Collaboration - advancing world-class research on genetic variants on behalf of BBI
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May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Next up for the Variant Effects Seminar Series: Tuesday, 6 May, 9am (Pacific) w/ Timothy Tan (U of Illinois) & Mustafa Tekpinar (Van Yüzüncü Yıl University).
Details: www.varianteffect.org/seminar-seri...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Check out the newly refreshed Atlas of Variant Effects website: www.varianteffect.org/for A smoother & more intuitive experience. Kudos to the Wellcome Sanger Webdev team for their work
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April 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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One never knows the power and persuasion of elementary school teachers. Jonas ("Gus") Gustafson's fifth grade instructor 'allowed me to establish a life-long knack and passion for STEM.’
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April 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Looking Ahead: Mutational Scanning Symposium 2025, May 21-23, Barcelona, features Kresten Lindorff-Larsen addressing interface between variant effects & interpretation. Learn more: brotmanbaty.org/news/spotlig...
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April 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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TOMORROW - 9 am (Pacific) Variant Effects Seminar - Presentations by Joyce Kang (Harvard-MIT) and Yiyun Rao (Penn State)
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March 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Mark your calendars now. The next variant effects seminar is Monday, 1 April, 9 am (Pacific), featuring Joyce Kang @harvard.edu @broadinstitute.org & Yiyun Rao @pennstateuniv.bsky.social.
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Learn more:
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March 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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NEXT TUESDAY: The March 4 session (10 am Pacific) of the Variant Effects Seminar Series will provide observations & insights from 3 engaging researchers: Shawn Fayer, Malvika Tejura & Zachary Walsh.
Join: www.varianteffect.org/seminar-series
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February 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Updates on 2025 Mutational Scannning Symposium, May 21 to 23 in Barcelona: Insights and Observations from Wellcome Sanger's Dr. David Adams.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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@science.org profile of @sudpinglay.bsky.social reveals his passion for genetics was ignited by undergrad course that was a 'sweatship for DNA.' Congrats Sud!

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February 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Be sure to join the next Variant Effects Seminar Series, February 4 at 9 am (Pacific), hosted by @varianteffect.bsky.social
See: www.varianteffect.org/seminar-series
January 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is awarding BBI researchers $1.5 million over two years to “democratize” access to synthetic DNA. We are envisoning complementary technologies that address shortcomings of current systems for manufacturing DNA.
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January 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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REGISTER TODAY AND BOOK YOUR TRAVEL TO BARCELONA: Registration is now open for Eighth Annual Mutational Scanning Symposium, May 21st through 23rd in at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park. Barcelona, Spain.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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@cziscience.bsky.social provides BBI $4.5 million to study genetic variants, including partnering w/patient organizations within CZI’s 'Rare As One' Project.
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January 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A dozen experts on computational biology to bioengineering to AI have been confirmed for the Eighth Annual Mutational Scanning Symposium, May 21st through 23rd in Barcelona, Spain. Registration opens January 20. Learn more: brotmanbaty.org/news/mss-202...
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December 17, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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‘Bringing together the best of large-scale science and philanthropy:' SeaHub Celebrates First Anniversary – Learn more about this extraordinary research collaboration
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December 9, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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"It's a fundamentally new paradigm for how we measure biology over time" BBI Scientific Director Dr. Jay Shendure quoted in @nytimes.com article. "‘DNA Typewriters’ Can Record a Cell’s History"

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November 25, 2024 at 8:45 PM