Davis Lab Examines a Protein With a Key Role in Scarring
February 16, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |In a study that came with some unexpected findings, ISCRM researchers reveal new details about the role an RNA binding protein (MBNL1) plays in the steps that lead to scarring in the heart. Read More
Kelly Stevens receives $1.3M Allen Distinguished Investigator Award to study how liver develops
February 9, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty, Research |Kelly Stevens has received an Allen Distinguished Investigator Award to support her work to map and understand how human livers develop. Read More
ISCRM Research Sheds New Light on COVID-19 and Kidney Health
December 2, 2021 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized |ISCRM researchers use kidney organoids to demonstrate that COVID-19 is capable of infecting kidney cells directly and test whether a synthetic protein designed by the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) might be capable of preventing infection. Read More
Undergraduate Students on the Hunt for Cancer Killing Molecules
November 3, 2021 | Categories: Core Faculty |Described in the journal Cells, a multi-year effort to identify molecules that target cancer cells gave UW undergraduates real-world laboratory experience. Read More
Nudging Cells to Repair Damaged Retinas
October 25, 2021 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |Researchers led by ISCRM faculty member Tom Reh induce support cells in the retina to become neurons, an approach that someday could help restore vision. Read More
Watch a Brief Video About ISCRM
September 17, 2021 | Categories: Core Faculty, ResearchWatch this brief video about the collaborative research community harnessing advances in biology and engineering to confront the root causes of disease. Read More
ISCRM Researchers Part of $56 Million Grant to Fund Alzheimer’s Research
September 3, 2021 | Categories: Core Faculty |The five-year grant awarded to the Kaiser Adult Changes in Thought study (ACT) will fund six cores and three interrelated research projects. Read More
W.M. Keck Foundation Funds Liver Research in Stevens Lab
September 2, 2021 | Categories: Core Faculty |A three-year grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation will fund a three-year effort by the Stevens Lab to shed light on the role of mechanical factors in liver regeneration. Read More
Kelly Stevens Selected for National Academies New Voices Cohort
July 21, 2021 | Categories: Announcements, Core Faculty |ISCRM faculty member Kelly Stevens is one of 22 early career leaders nationwide selected by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (SEM) for the 2021-2023 New Voices Cohort Read More
Kelly Stevens, Jay Shendure, and Cole Trapnell Detail Spatial-Mapping Technology
July 2, 2021 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research |UW researchers have created a technique to build single-cell resolution spatial maps of the molecular profiles of mammal cell types Read More