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Dine out for a cause at FareStart and Support ISB, too!

If you live in Seattle or happen to be in Seattle on Aug. 27, consider attending the FareStart Guest Chef Night fundraising dinner, which will feature ISB’s communications director Hsiao-Ching Chou (who also is a food writer and cooking instructor) as the guest chef. Dinner is $29.95 and proceeds benefit FareStart’s culinary training program for homeless/disadvantaged people. That evening, ISB also will be launching a campaign for the Baliga Lab’s…

Lee Hood Startup Arivale Raises $36M Series B Funding

Arivale, the scientific wellness startup co-founded by ISB President Dr. Lee Hood and Dr. Nathan Price, announced that it raised a $36 million Series B round of funding. Here are some highlights from the coverage so far: Seattle Times Genomeweb FierceBiotech

ISB senior research scientist Qiang Tian has received a promotion at the University of Washington to Affiliate Associate Professor.

ISB’s Qiang Tian Receives UW Promotion to Affiliate Associate Professor

June 29, 2015 – Congratulations to Qiang Tian, MD, PhD, ISB senior research scientist and head of the Cancer and Stem Cell Group (Hood Lab), who has received a promotion to Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington’s Department of Medicine. Dr. Tian has been an Affiliate Assistant Professor since 2008 and has collaborated on research projects and grants, as well as led grand rounds and held faculty seminars….