Harmful protein-coding mutations in people arose largely in the past 5,000 to 10,000 years
Nature | UW Today

Background-dependent effects of polyglutamine variation in the Arabidopsis thaliana gene ELF3
GS postdoc Soledad Undurraga and GS grad Max Press are lead authors on paper in PNAS.
PNAS

Encyclopedia of DNA elements compiled; UW a key force in Project ENCODE
Nature | NY Times | Washington Post | UW Today

Dr. Breck Byers and Dr. John Stamatoyannopoulos have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Brian O'Roak and Matthew Snyder have received the Epstein Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research for postdoctoral and predoctoral trainees at the 2012 American Society for Human Genetics conference.

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Dr. Elhanan Borenstein has been awarded a 2012 New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health.
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The Distinguished Faculty Interview Series videos are now available.

Dr. Douglas Fowler has joined the Genome Sciences faculty. He is interested in how protein variation impacts function, and in understanding what the consequences of mutation can tell us about protein properties like three-dimensional structure and thermodynamic stability.

Graduate Program

The application deadline for the Genome Sciences Ph.D. program is December 1. Genome Sciences provides a competitive funding package for all students in our program. Please see our application section for more information and an online application.