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Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
April 25, 2025

Fred Hutch receives $2M gift to endow the Bob and Pat Herbold Computational Biology Chair for the Herbold Computational Biology Program
Establishment of new chair will drive innovations in cancer research

A method to predict how a virus might spread through a population
From the Bedford Lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division

Targeted new approach and computational tools reveal lung cancer subtypes hiding in patterns in cell-free DNA
Innovative strategy a step toward liquid biopsy to detect, monitor aggressive small cell lung cancer

Mellon, a single-cell analysis tool, identifies transitory cells and differentiation mechanisms
From the Setty Lab, Basic Sciences Division

Computational method identifies genetic drivers of microbiome diversity
From the Wu Group, Public Health Sciences Division

Melding data creates wider landscape of brain cancer
New computational visualization tool allows researchers to compare different tumor types, normal brain tissue, pinpoint cancer-promoting alterations

New computational tools widen horizons for liquid biopsies
Methods allow scientists to use gene regulation patterns to detect cancer subtype in cell-free DNA

Computational kinetic modeling informs on uORF buffering activity
From the Geballe and Subramaniam labs, Human Biology and Basic Sciences Divisions

Dr. Anat Zimmer receives AAUW fellowship
Fred Hutch computational biologist who relocated from Israel will receive support while investigating cancer genomics

Gone but not lost: a computational method to infer missing data measurements
From Tal Einav of the Bloom Lab, Basic Sciences Division

Enhance, enhance! Computational tool “BayesSpace” zooms in to fine-map spatial transcriptomics
From the Gottardo, Bielas, and Nghiem Labs, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Program, Cancer Consortium

Improving computational protein design for real-world applications
From the Stoddard Lab, Basic Sciences Division, and the Bradley Lab, Public Health Sciences Division

Dr. Jeffrey Leek named VP and Chief Data Officer
New leader aims to build on computational and data resources, speed development of top biomedical research data enterprise

Hopes and predictions for 2022
Hutch researchers look ahead to an increase in cancer screening, improved vaccines and greater trust in science

Highlights of Fred Hutch science in 2021
From COVID-19 to cancer, Hutch scientists pursued new ideas to save lives

New computational method opens window into immune cell behavior
Approach links T-cell receptor genes to T-cell activity and function at single-cell resolution

New regional collaborations will accelerate innovation in data-intensive medical science
Three research teams in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia receive pilot funding from Cascadia Data Alliance

Dr. Rob Bradley named new McIlwain Family Endowed Chair in Data Science
Computational biologist uses data science to understand cancer biology and to seek new treatment targets

Studying the complex interactions between antibodies and viral targets
Bloom Lab postdoc Dr. Tal Einav named Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellow

Self-assembling, donut-shaped nanoparticles form novel platform for development of new biomolecules
Scientist-designed protein scaffolds offer several advantages over molecular backbone currently used in research and clinical applications