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2026

Oct-26 · The Washington Post

New tools enable genetic genealogy of developing embryos

Oct-26 · The Daily UW

Researchers use DNA Typewriter to record crucial developmental processes in mice

Oct-26 · The Naked Scientists

Mars moon mission to Phobos, and a DNA typewriter

Oct-26 · BBC Newsday

Re: Scientists create largest, most comprehensive cellular "family tree" of a mammal

Oct-26 · Science

Two teams map development of mammal embryos, cell by cell

Oct-26 · HHMI News

Cell Lineage Tracing Maps How a Single Cell Becomes a Mouse

Oct-26 · Nature

How to build a mouse: embryo development captured in stunning detail

Oct-26 · IFLScience

How Does One Cell Build A Body? We're Starting To Get Answers From Mouse Embryos

Oct-26 · Bioengineer.org

DNA Typewriter Records the Family Tree of Every Cell in a Developing Mouse Embryo

Oct-26 · BioQuick News

DNA Typewriter Records Cells' History in Early Mouse Embryo

Oct-26 · The Brighter Side of News

Scientists construct a 'family tree' containing 1.28 million cells from a single embryo

Oct-26 · Phys.org

Mapping how a single cell becomes an entire mouse

Oct-26 · ScienceDaily

DNA recording system reveals how a single cell becomes a body

Oct-26 · Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

DNA Typewriter, PEtracer Map Mouse Development Through Organogenesis

Oct-26 · UW Medicine Newsroom

DNA Typewriter records cells' history in early mouse embryo

Oct-26 · The Scientist

A Molecular Typewriter Maps Cell Lineages in Mice

Sep-26 · GeekWire

AI learns nature's code: Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M open science initiative

Sep-26 · UW Medicine Newsroom

AI BioDesign project aims to adapt nature's design rules

May-26 · CeMM

19th Landsteiner Lecture with Jay Shendure

2025

Oct-25 · Allen Institute

Lab Notes | Bridging science fiction and reality: Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology

Oct-25 · UW Medicine Newsroom

Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine

Sep-25 · Nature

Real-time molecular recorders expose the inner lives of cells

2024

Dec-24 · Brotman Baty Institute

SeaHub Celebrates First Anniversary

Nov-24 · The New York Times

DNA Typewriters' Can Record a Cell's History

Sep-24 · The Scientist

A Prime-Editing Based Approach Records Cellular Genetic History

Jul-24 · UW Medicine Newsgroup

Genome recording makes living cells their own historians

May-24 · Nature (Research Briefing)

Quantitative profiling of regulatory DNA activity at single-cell resolution

Apr-24 · Nature Methods

A map of mouse embryogenesis

Apr-24 · Puget Sound Business Journal

Seattle biotech research hub launches with big goals for growth, scientific advances

Apr-24 · Allen Institute

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launch event & fireside chat

Apr-24 · KOMO News

Seattle's Allen Institute launches new hub to track health down to your cells

Apr-24 · Geek Wire

Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to 'record biology over time'

2023

Dec-23 · Fierce Biotech

New Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launches to build a genomic smart watch

Dec-23 · Inside Precision Medicine

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology Launched with Jay Shendure at the Helm

Dec-23 · Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Synbio Hub Founded in Seattle by UW, CZI and Allen Institute

Dec-23 · Robots.net

Seattle Biotech Hub Receives $75 Million Funding To Advance "DNA Typewriter" Technology

Dec-23 · Sci-Tech today

Seattle Will Soon See An Increase In AI Research In Human Cells

Dec-23 · Fast Company

This new research hub wants to record your life history via your cells

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

Dec-23 · Endpoints News

Allen Institute and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launch research center to probe mysteries of the cell

Dec-23 · UW Medicine / Newsroom

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology launched

Dec-23 · The Seattle Times

Research that brings AI into human cells will soon expand in Seattle

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

Dec-23 · GeekWire

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology plans to transform cells into tiny recording devices

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

Dec-23 · TechCrunch

Seattle biotech hub pursues 'DNA typewriter' tech with $75M from tech billionaires

2022

Jul-22 · Allen Institute

DNA Typewriter keeps a record of cell's long histories

Jul-22 · HHMI News

DNA Typewriter Taps Out a Record Inside Cells

2020

Nov-20 · GeekWire

New human cell atlases track how tissues develop, providing a road map for research

Sep-20 · Allen Institute - Lab Notes podcast

Lab Notes - SCANning for coronavirus

Apr-20 · MIT Technology Review

The US already has the technology to test millions of people a day

Mar-20 · Brotman Baty Institute

Dr. Jay Shendure: The 2020 Leaders in Health Care Gold Award Winner for Achievement in Medical Research

2019

Feb-19 · Allen Institute

2 million-cell experiment traces how a mammal grows, cell by single cell

Feb-19 · GeekWire

University of Washington researchers create massive genetic map of organ development

Jan-19 · National Academy of Sciences

Jay Shendure, University of Washington, to receive the 2019 Richard Lounsbery Award.

2018

Sep-18 · Associated Press

Lab test may identify dangerous gene mutations, study finds

Sep-18 · Nature

Huge genetic-screening effort helps pinpoint roots of breast cancer

Sep-18 · The Atlantic

With CRISPR, Scientists Engineered Nearly 4,000 Mutations of a Breast-Cancer Gene

Sep-18 · STAT News

Study cracks open the secrets of the cancer-causing BRCA1 gene

Aug-18 · HHMI News

Cell Atlas Reveals Landscape of Open Chromatin in 100,000 Cells

2017

Dec-17 · GeekWire

UW, Seattle Children's and Fred Hutch launch $50M Institute for Precision Medicine, using genetics to revolutionize health

Dec-17 · The Seattle Times

Costco co-founder and boyhood friend give $50 million for precision medicine at UW

Aug-17 · New York Times

A Speedier Way to Catalog Human Cells (All 37 Trillion of Them)

2016

May-16 · The Atlantic

Using CRISPR to Learn How a Body Builds Itself

Feb-16 · NIH Director's Blog

A New Tool in the Toolbox: New Method Traces Free-Floating DNA Back to Its Source

Jan-16 · New York Times

Searching for Cancer Maps in Free-Floating DNA

2015

Oct-15 · The Atlantic

Taking the Uncertainty Out of Genetic Screening for Cancer Risk

May-15 · Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute

HHMI Selects 26 of the Nation's Top Biomedical Scientists

Apr-15 · Seattle Times

UW experts shed light on false positives in prenatal tests

Mar-15 · NIH News

NIH forms team of experts to chart course for the President's Precision Medicine Initiative research network

2014

Jul-14 · HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Pioneer in Next Generation Sequencing Receives 2014 HudsonAlpha Life Sciences Prize

Jul-14 · Cell

Cell 40th Anniversary 40-under-40

Feb-14 · NIH Director's Blog

Creative Minds: Interpreting Your Genome

2013

Oct-13 · Federa (Dutch)

FederaPrijs to developer of groundbreaking DNA analysis

Aug-13 · New York Times

A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later

Aug-13 · KUOW Weekday

What Caused Henrietta Lacks' Aggressive Cancer?

2012

Jul-12 · American Society of Human Genetics

ASHG Honors Dr. Jay Shendure with Curt Stern Award for 2012

Jun-12 · KUOW 94.9 (The Conversation)

UW Prenatal Test Could Replace Amniotic Fluid Testing

Jun-12 · Los Angeles Times

Entire DNA of fetus revealed through risk-free testing

Jun-12 · NBC Nightly News

Testing saliva for genetic makeup

Jun-12 · New York Times

DNA Blueprint for Fetus Built Using Tests of Parents

Jun-12 · NPR

Are Fetal DNA Tests A Key To Pandora's Box?

May-12 · HHMI Bulletin

Exome Sequencing: Opening the Flood Gates

Apr-12 · New York Times

Scientists Link Gene Mutation to Autism Risk

2010

Dec-10 · Times of India

Gujarati woman becomes first Indian to have genes mapped

2009

Nov-09 · Nature News

Selective sequencing solves a genetic mystery

Sep-09 · In Sequence

Exome Project Paper Shows Exon Sequencing's Potential for Rare Disease Research

Sep-09 · Forbes

Cheap DNA Sequencing

Aug-09 · NIH (NHLBI)

NIH-Funded Researchers Sequence Exomes of 12 People

2006

Oct-06 · Technology Review

TR35: The $1,000 genome

2005

Aug-05 · New York Times

2 New Methods to Sequence DNA Promise Vastly Lower Costs