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2025
Oct-25 · Allen Institute
Lab Notes | Bridging science fiction and reality: Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology(opens in new tab)
Oct-25 · UW Medicine Newsroom
Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine(opens in new tab)
Sep-25 · Nature
Real-time molecular recorders expose the inner lives of cells(opens in new tab)
2024
Dec-24 · Brotman Baty Institute
SeaHub Celebrates First Anniversary(opens in new tab)
Nov-24 · The New York Times
DNA Typewriters' Can Record a Cell's History(opens in new tab)
Sep-24 · The Scientist
A Prime-Editing Based Approach Records Cellular Genetic History(opens in new tab)
Jul-24 · UW Medicine Newsgroup
Genome recording makes living cells their own historians(opens in new tab)
May-24 · Nature (Research Briefing)
Quantitative profiling of regulatory DNA activity at single-cell resolution(opens in new tab)
Apr-24 · Nature Methods
A map of mouse embryogenesis(opens in new tab)
Apr-24 · Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle biotech research hub launches with big goals for growth, scientific advances(opens in new tab)
Apr-24 · Allen Institute
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launch event & fireside chat(opens in new tab)
Apr-24 · KOMO News
Seattle's Allen Institute launches new hub to track health down to your cells(opens in new tab)
Apr-24 · Geek Wire
Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to 'record biology over time'(opens in new tab)
2023
Dec-23 · Fierce Biotech
New Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launches to build a genomic smart watch(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Inside Precision Medicine
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology Launched with Jay Shendure at the Helm(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Synbio Hub Founded in Seattle by UW, CZI and Allen Institute(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Robots.net
Seattle Biotech Hub Receives $75 Million Funding To Advance "DNA Typewriter" Technology(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Sci-Tech today
Seattle Will Soon See An Increase In AI Research In Human Cells(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Fast Company
This new research hub wants to record your life history via your cells(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Allen Institute
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched by Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the University of Washington will turn cells into recording devices to unlock secrets of disease(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Endpoints News
Allen Institute and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launch research center to probe mysteries of the cell(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · UW Medicine / Newsroom
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · The Seattle Times
Research that brings AI into human cells will soon expand in Seattle(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · PR Newswire
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched by Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the University of Washington will turn cells into recording devices to unlock secrets of disease(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · GeekWire
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology plans to transform cells into tiny recording devices(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology Launched By Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, And The University Of Washington Will Turn Cells Into Recording Devices To Unlock Secrets Of Disease(opens in new tab)
Dec-23 · TechCrunch
Seattle biotech hub pursues 'DNA typewriter' tech with $75M from tech billionaires(opens in new tab)
2022
Jul-22 · Allen Institute
DNA Typewriter keeps a record of cell's long histories(opens in new tab)
Jul-22 · HHMI News
DNA Typewriter Taps Out a Record Inside Cells(opens in new tab)
2020
Nov-20 · GeekWire
New human cell atlases track how tissues develop, providing a road map for research(opens in new tab)
Sep-20 · Allen Institute - Lab Notes podcast
Lab Notes - SCANning for coronavirus(opens in new tab)
Apr-20 · MIT Technology Review
The US already has the technology to test millions of people a day(opens in new tab)
Mar-20 · Seattle Business
Dr. Jay Shendure: The 2020 Leaders in Health Care Gold Award Winner for Achievement in Medical Research(opens in new tab)
2019
Feb-19 · Allen Institute
2 million-cell experiment traces how a mammal grows, cell by single cell(opens in new tab)
Feb-19 · GeekWire
University of Washington researchers create massive genetic map of organ development(opens in new tab)
Jan-19 · National Academy of Sciences
Jay Shendure, University of Washington, to receive the 2019 Richard Lounsbery Award.(opens in new tab)
2018
Sep-18 · Associated Press
Lab test may identify dangerous gene mutations, study finds(opens in new tab)
Sep-18 · Nature
Huge genetic-screening effort helps pinpoint roots of breast cancer(opens in new tab)
Sep-18 · The Atlantic
With CRISPR, Scientists Engineered Nearly 4,000 Mutations of a Breast-Cancer Gene(opens in new tab)
Sep-18 · STAT News
Study cracks open the secrets of the cancer-causing BRCA1 gene(opens in new tab)
Aug-18 · HHMI News
Cell Atlas Reveals Landscape of Open Chromatin in 100,000 Cells(opens in new tab)
2017
Dec-17 · GeekWire
UW, Seattle Children's and Fred Hutch launch $50M Institute for Precision Medicine, using genetics to revolutionize health(opens in new tab)
Dec-17 · The Seattle Times
Costco co-founder and boyhood friend give $50 million for precision medicine at UW(opens in new tab)
Aug-17 · New York Times
A Speedier Way to Catalog Human Cells (All 37 Trillion of Them)(opens in new tab)
2016
May-16 · The Atlantic
Using CRISPR to Learn How a Body Builds Itself(opens in new tab)
Feb-16 · NIH Director's Blog
A New Tool in the Toolbox: New Method Traces Free-Floating DNA Back to Its Source(opens in new tab)
Jan-16 · New York Times
Searching for Cancer Maps in Free-Floating DNA(opens in new tab)
2015
Oct-15 · The Atlantic
Taking the Uncertainty Out of Genetic Screening for Cancer Risk(opens in new tab)
May-15 · Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute
HHMI Selects 26 of the Nation's Top Biomedical Scientists(opens in new tab)
Apr-15 · Seattle Times
UW experts shed light on false positives in prenatal tests(opens in new tab)
Mar-15 · NIH News
NIH forms team of experts to chart course for the President's Precision Medicine Initiative research network(opens in new tab)
2014
Jul-14 · HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Pioneer in Next Generation Sequencing Receives 2014 HudsonAlpha Life Sciences Prize(opens in new tab)
Jul-14 · Cell
Cell 40th Anniversary 40-under-40(opens in new tab)
Feb-14 · NIH Director's Blog
Creative Minds: Interpreting Your Genome(opens in new tab)
2013
Oct-13 · Federa (Dutch)
FederaPrijs to developer of groundbreaking DNA analysis(opens in new tab)
Aug-13 · New York Times
A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later(opens in new tab)
Aug-13 · KUOW Weekday
What Caused Henrietta Lacks' Aggressive Cancer?(opens in new tab)
2012
Jul-12 · American Society of Human Genetics
ASHG Honors Dr. Jay Shendure with Curt Stern Award for 2012(opens in new tab)
Jun-12 · KUOW 94.9 (The Conversation)
UW Prenatal Test Could Replace Amniotic Fluid Testing(opens in new tab)
Jun-12 · Los Angeles Times
Entire DNA of fetus revealed through risk-free testing(opens in new tab)
Jun-12 · NBC Nightly News
Testing saliva for genetic makeup(opens in new tab)
Jun-12 · New York Times
DNA Blueprint for Fetus Built Using Tests of Parents(opens in new tab)
Jun-12 · NPR
Are Fetal DNA Tests A Key To Pandora's Box?(opens in new tab)
May-12 · HHMI Bulletin
Exome Sequencing: Opening the Flood Gates(opens in new tab)
Apr-12 · New York Times
Scientists Link Gene Mutation to Autism Risk(opens in new tab)
2010
Dec-10 · Times of India
Gujarati woman becomes first Indian to have genes mapped(opens in new tab)
2009
Nov-09 · Nature News
Selective sequencing solves a genetic mystery(opens in new tab)
Sep-09 · In Sequence
Exome Project Paper Shows Exon Sequencing's Potential for Rare Disease Research(opens in new tab)
Sep-09 · Forbes
Cheap DNA Sequencing(opens in new tab)
Aug-09 · NIH (NHLBI)
NIH-Funded Researchers Sequence Exomes of 12 People(opens in new tab)
2006
Oct-06 · Technology Review
TR35: The $1,000 genome(opens in new tab)
2005
Aug-05 · New York Times
2 New Methods to Sequence DNA Promise Vastly Lower Costs(opens in new tab)