VARIANT ANALYSIS UPDATE: Members of the AVE Alliance, including BBI’s Drs. Doug Fowler & @lea_starita, today published a curated community database w/7 million+ variant effects from multiplexed functional assays. https://t.co/LKX9YVk9Sw

TOMORROW AT 9 AM (Pacific): The next Variant Effects Seminar Series is set for 7 January. Learn more and log on here:

REMINDER: Tomorrow [Dec 3, 10 am (PT)] is the 1-hour webinar hosted by @varianteffects & @SpringerNature on making MAVE protocols public & maximizing discoverability of your protocols Register https://t.co/fhMk0KZPon

Join the Dec 3, 10 am (PT) 1-hour webinar hosted by @varianteffects & @SpringerNature on making MAVE protocols public & maximizing discoverability of your protocols Register - https://t.co/fhMk0KZhyP

BBI's @Nobu_Hamazaki (1st author) & @JShendure (corresponding author) among others from BBI on @NatureCellBio paper, 'Retinoic acid induces human gastruloids with posterior embryo-like structures' @uwgenome @fredhutch https://t.co/bhji3UEKYd

BBI collaboration w/@GeneDx seeks to reduce 'considerable disparities in access to (genetic) testing,' says Dr. Mike Bamshad. @seattlechildren @UWMedicine @GeisingerHealth https://t.co/FuZfwbz2sA

'By building something new, we can have a deeper understanding of how that new creation functions.' Learn how Nobuhiko Hamazaki's stem cell expertise is helping drive the work of the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology @AllenInstitute @UWMedicine https://t.co/HpbWzD3hK3

TOMORROW AT 9 AM (Pacific): The November Variant Effects Seminar Series will feature @MoezDawood & @gsbenegas. No registration needed. See: https://t.co/mJT10Gqb3F

‘Writing music is similar to writing a research paper:’ BBI's Riddhiman Garge embraces 2 distinct passions https://t.co/wqVPLg9jD2 @uwgenome @UWMedicine @JShendure @lea_starita

'Multiplex, single-cell CRISPRa screening for cell type specific regulatory elements:' @NatureComms paper w/@lea_starita & @JShendure among authors @uwgenome @UCSFMedicine @UniofOxford https://t.co/FJxa8DcuNH

ONLY 6 YEARS AWAY: Researchers, clinicians & others have developed recommendations to create a clinical atlas of genetic variant effects by 2030 - 'profound implications for understanding human biology & diagnosing & managing disease' @varianteffects https://t.co/iSLvARpCfU

BBI's @JShendure, & @czi @StephenQuake join others on paper, 'How to Build the Virtual Cell with Artificial Intelligence: Priorities and Opportunities,' published in @arxiv https://t.co/9ZkPySmlIE

'Our goal is to use Long-Read Sequencing to identify broader spectrum of variation to improve our understanding of normal patterns of human variation:' new @genomeresearch paper led by BBI's Danny Miller. @seattlechildren @nyuniversity https://t.co/ORqg6SA4Iq

HUGE congrats to David Baker colleague and collaborator on ring awarded the Nobel Prize! @UWproteindesign https://t.co/FzGPXhS6Cv

'(We need) to identify software that can analyze long-read sequencing data & produce results, similar to deep & broad analyses w/ software for short read data:' Scott Furlan, MD @seattlechildren @UWMedicine @fredhutch https://t.co/ZJNkip1rZH

From malaria vaccines to Sea-Hub, Jason Netland is a 'thoughtful colleague who cares not only about the science, but also the people on his team.' Learn more about this promising young scientist. https://t.co/xBhMvu6ts6

Get the advance word on BBI-sponsored Long-Read Sequencing Symposium, October 28th at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Dr. Chia-lin Wei @uwgenome discusses her presentation and views on the future of long-read. https://t.co/XbvHTmmdcj

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: The next Variant Effects Seminar Series is Tuesday, October 1, 9 to 10 am (Pacific). @saorisakaue @harvardmed & @Priyank67495046 @UCSF will present. @varianteffects https://t.co/mJT10Gqb3F

What’s the connection of Dr. Stan Fields to @FPRoth fascination w/multiplexed assays of variant effects? Learn the answer on the VUS podcast led by @alex_nguyen_ba . @uwgenome @PittTweet https://t.co/CRgimPdMWh

Wonderful note of appreciation from @IGVFConsortium for BBI hosting reception Monday night at @SeattleAquarium.