Science writer, editor and reporter based in Seattle. Latvian and US citizen, schnauzer fan. Follow me on LinkedIn.

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I posted this three years ago today.
At University of Washington today.
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Charlotte Schubert retweeted
Contributing editor @Geekwire Charlotte Schubert @schubertcm recaps her recent tour of the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology. Among several panelists at the fireside chat during the event were @JShendure @UWgenome & @PepperMarion @UW_Immunology tinyurl.com/3v9n3e6b
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Enjoyed the poster session at the @SICB_ meeting today. Octopi, hummingbirds, arachnids and more! #SICB2024
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A historic day in neuroscience! A complete map of the cell types in the mammalian brain. A moonshot just a few years ago. Team science, big science, and open science. Together we go farther! #studyBRAIN @HongkuiZeng
The first cellular map of a mammalian brain is here. 🧠✨ Over 6 years and 32 million cells in the making, the complete adult mouse brain cell-type atlas reveals astonishing diversity and regional specificity. Dive deeper: alleninstitute.org/scientist… @nature #studyBRAIN #BICCN
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The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology was announced today, with $70 million in funding from The Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington.
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No surprise that @UshmaNeill had this teed up. Watching over breakfast this morning.
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Congratulations to Karikó and Weissman! The 2005 paper that is the basis for the award has a simple hypothesis - that modified bases prevent the immune response to exogenous RNA - which is then tested by well-designed experiments. A classic. cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S…
BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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Where do all those COVID-19 variants come from? @CDCgov testing all volunteers at international arrivals earlier this month in SeaTac airport. Got 4 home-testing kits for participating!
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Genomics pioneer Leroy Hood @ISBLeeHood is embarking on a new venture to increase human "healthspan." He makes the change while in his mid-80s. geekwire.com/2023/lee-hoods-… via @GeekWire
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Charlotte Schubert retweeted
Great to see the people at DeepMind behind AlphaFold get the recognition of a Lasker Award! But award committees, don’t forget that David Baker at UW has been pushing this field forward for years, all in an open academic setting.
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First Lady Jill Biden during a visit to @fredhutch this afternoon, as part of the Biden Cancer Moonshot. She talked about her own family’s experience with the disease, which claimed the life of President Biden’s son Beau. “It just feels like you're walking under water,” she said.
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Interview: Seattle Children’s new research leader Vittorio Gallo on AI, neuroscience, art and more geekwire.com/2023/interview-… via @GeekWire
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