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Life Sciences

Inside the Univ. of Washington’s new greenhouse, where a tech upgrade keeps the 6,000 plants happy

Exposure to plants and nature is said to make humans calmer and more productive, and just feel better overall. That… Read More

Eliem is latest Seattle-area biotech to go public, raises $80M to help fuel treatments for nervous system disorders

Eliem Therapeutics joined the ranks of publicly traded companies from Washington state, pricing 6.4 million shares at $12.50 and raising… Read More

Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas placed on leave, shares sink more than 30%

Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas has been placed on temporary leave until the Seattle area biotechnology company completes a review… Read More

Black hole in M87

Black hole portrait wins Breakthrough Prize for Event Horizon Telescope’s team

What’s $3 million divided by 347? That’s the math problem to be solved by the physicists on the Event Horizon… Read More

Alexandria doubles down on decades-long Seattle biotech bet with Mercer ‘Mega Block’ deal

As it closes in on one of the most valuable land deals in Seattle history, Alexandria Real Estate Equities is… Read More

‘Mega Block’ in Amazon’s backyard will become a life sciences campus following $143.5M deal; proceeds to fund affordable housing

One of the last big chunks of land in the booming Seattle neighborhood of South Lake Union will turn into… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies will triple size of its Seattle HQ following IPO

Adaptive Biotechnologies is charting a massive expansion of its Seattle headquarters following the completion of a recent initial public offering.… Read More

Here’s why Seattle is the country’s top emerging life sciences market

Seattle is the top emerging life sciences hub in the U.S., according to a recent report from commercial real estate… Read More

CenturyLink Field in blue

Seattle skyline turns blue this week to celebrate Allen Institute’s 15th birthday

If you see a lot of blue lights around Seattle landmarks this week, it’s not in honor of the Seahawks —… Read More

New office project in Amazon’s backyard could be welcome news for space-hungry biotech industry

A big new project near Amazon’s Seattle headquarters could provide some relief to biotech and life sciences companies searching the… Read More

Pittsburgh poised to build thriving health innovation industry — if it can escape ‘valley of death’

More than 125,000 people receive an organ transplant every year. The procedure could replace a failing heart, lungs or kidneys, or… Read More

With $1M in funding, Phase Genomics looks to crack genetic codes and discover unknown bacteria

Bacteria lurk pretty much anywhere you look, in numbers and varieties worthy of a horror movie. The challenge for scientists… Read More

Malaria sample

Intellectual Ventures’ malaria-hunting AI microscope is ready for commercial debut

SAN FRANCISCO — Can artificial intelligence help battle malaria and other infectious diseases? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold says it’s time… Read More

Frazier Healthcare Partners raises $419M for life science venture fund, signaling huge interest in health investment

The U.S. healthcare system faces a myriad of challenges today, including uncertainty over federal regulation and shifting payer systems. You… Read More

Washington state’s life sciences industry has a talent crisis — and the tech sector is partly to blame

Washington State’s life sciences sector has historically been strong, even among the best in the nation. Industries like medicine, research… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Explore art and science at Consilience; get feedback on your next great startup idea; and more

How do we understand science? That’s the question posed by the Institute for Systems Biology’s annual event, Consilience, and this year’s… Read More

New $200M fund, raised by former Gates advisors, will invest in genomics and digital health innovations

If you were handed a check for $200 million, what would you invest it in? Two Seattle investors, both with… Read More

Washington state’s life science industry sheds 3% of jobs, as new study calls for revival of state support

Washington state is a leader in many areas of science, technology, and innovation. But over the past few years, the… Read More

Black hole merger

Breakthrough Prize program awards $25 million to a dream team of researchers

A program that’s richer than the Nobels rewarded more than a dozen researchers tonight with Breakthrough Prize awards amounting to $25.4… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee throws support behind life sciences innovation, tells industry to pressure legislators

Washington state’s life sciences sector experienced a huge boom in the early 2000s, even thriving during the great recession. But… Read More

Seattle region boasts 5th best life sciences market in the country, study says

Seattle boasts the fifth strongest life sciences market in the country, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle,… Read More

Sneak peek: New biography of biotech pioneer Leroy Hood is revealing and rigorously reported

“Mr. Gates, I Quit.” That’s the opening chapter of “Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age,” and it’s just the first indication… Read More

Life Science Washington names new CEO as state’s biotech industry sees new growth

Life Science Washington, the trade association formerly known as the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association, has named Leslie M. Alexandre as… Read More

Seattle area startup looking to raise $20 million to complete heart-attack-predicting blood tests

Prevencio is looking to raise a total of $20 million in venture funding in the coming months to continue developing new… Read More

IPOs hit ‘sustained period of turbulence’ as just six venture-backed companies go public in Q1

It’s a bleak time on Wall Street, at least if you’re trying to take your company public. Just six venture-backed… Read More

Frazier raises $525 million fund for corporate healthcare buyouts

Frazier Healthcare Partners has raised a $525 million buyout fund that the Seattle venture capital firm will use to purchase… Read More

Fast-growing Adaptive Biotechnologies appoints president of new therapeutics division

Adaptive Biotechnologies, the heavily-funded Seattle bioinformatics company, today announced that Diego Miralles will become the president of a new division of… Read More

Biotech startup Engage wins the University of Washington’s first Health Innovation Challenge

The University of Washington held its first annual Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) Thursday—bringing innovators in entrepreneurship, business and health science… Read More

Biotechnology company NanoString partners with Merck to create test for anti-cancer drug

NanoString Technologies, a Seattle-based company that researches how genetic and immune markers can be used to predict patient response to… Read More

Washington state looks to revive tax breaks for life sciences companies, but not other tech firms

The Washington state legislature is looking at reviving two expired high-tech research-and development tax breaks — minus the previous exemptions… Read More

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