Sophie Kogut wins the Advisory Board Favorite Fast Pitch at the 2024 TDS-IRC retreat. Contratulations Sophie!
August
The lab rode 25 miles in the 2024 Obliteride!
July
2nd Annual Lab retreat. This time hiking at Heather Lake. The chalk talk in the woods was fun!
Megan Levy joined the lab as a MSTP rotation student. Welcome to the lab!
June
Bryce Inman from University of Alaska Anchorage joins the lab as a SURP Fellow. Welcome to the lab!
May
Anahi Sanchez joins the lab as a visiting scientist from LIIGH-UNAM. Welcome to the lab!
March
Elizabeth J. Martinez joined the lab as a rotation student. Welcome to the lab!
Sara Backer joined our group on March 4th, 2024. Welcome to the lab!
January
Miguel Alejandro Navarro will be visiting our group from Mexico. Miguel is afiliated with UNAM's Bachelor in Genomics. Welcome to the lab!
2023
November
Daniel was named one of this year's SN10: Scientists to Watch by Science News Magazine. Check the full SN10 list here.
The lab turns 2 years! What a ride!
October
Our paper exploring the multiple functions of Influenza A virus NS1 protein is out is now published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
September
Catherine Gohar joined our group as a Rotation Student. Welcome to the lab!
August
Sophie Lu left the lab for collegue. Best of luck in UC Berkeley!
The lab was awarded our first NIH grant: New Innovators Award DP2 from NIAID. Really excited for the work ahead.
June
Sophie Kogut joined our group as Graduate Student on June 20, 2023. Sophie is affilated with the MCB program. Welcome to the lab!
Erin Barnett joined our group as Graduate Student on June 9, 2023. Erin is affilated with the Pathobiology program. Welcome to the lab!
Our review on Paleovirology "A Glimpse into the Past: What Ancient Viral Genomes Reveal About Human History" is now published in Annual Reviews Virology
Daniel was named a 2023 Searle Scholar by the Kinship Foundation.
April
Mónica Padilla-Gálvez joined our group as a Laboratory Technician on April 12, 2023. Welcome to the lab!
Qing Yang was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Diseases of Public Health Importance Training Program in the Department of Global Health (UW). Congratulations Qing!
January
Erin Barnett joined our group for a rotation on September 28th, 2022. Welcome to the lab!
2022
November
Our Lab turns 1!!!
October
Daniel was awarded the 2022 V Scholar Grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Our research on the role of HERVs in Cancer is funded by the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund and the V Foundation wine celebration in honor of Leo Slattery (2022 volunteer grant honoree).
September
Our lab received the Translational Data Science IRC New Collaboration Award together with Fred Hutch researchers Evan Newell and Roland Strong.
Sophie Kogut joined our group for a rotation on September 28th, 2022. Welcome to the lab!
August
Qing Yang joined our group on August 1st, 2022. Welcome to the lab!
Sophie Lu joined our group for an internship on August 29th, 2022. Welcome to the lab!
July
Lots of love for our new lab whiteboard (>9K likes on Twitter). Art/design by Hector Blanco.
March
Guoyue Xu joined our group for a rotation on March 29th, 2022. Welcome to the lab!
January
Ting Liu and Ellie McIntosh joined our group on January 4th 2022. Welcome to the lab!
2021
November
The Blanco-Melo Lab officially opened its doors on November 1st 2021.
September
We are Hiring! We are looking for talented and highly-motivated students, postdocs and research assistants. Join our team and be part of our history. Learn More.
Our eLife paper was featured in ”This Week in Virology” TWiV 801.
Our paper “Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of HBV and B19V into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade” is now published in eLife.
April
Daniel will be joining the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division at Fred Hutch next Fall as an Assistant Professor.
Sophie Kogut wins the Advisory Board Favorite Fast Pitch at the 2024 TDS-IRC retreat. Contratulations Sophie!
The Blanco-Melo lab present at Obliteride 2024
Megan Levy joined the lab as a MSTP rotation student. Welcome to the lab!
2nd Annual Lab retreat - Deep in the woods we welcome Anahi Sanchez and Bryce Inman that joined the lab as a visiting scientist and summer student, respectively.
Elizabeth J. Martinez joined the lab as a rotation student (Spring 2024). Welcome to the lab!
Sara Backer joined our group as a Postdoctoral fellow on March 4th, 2024. Welcome to the lab!
January 2024 - Miguel A. Navarro joined our group as a visiting scientist. Welcome to the lab!
Halloween 2023 - Catherine Gohar joined our group as a rotation student.
The lab turns 2 years! What a ride!
Group Photo Session - Mónica Padilla-Gálvez joins our group on April 12, 2023
Happy Hour at the Steam Plant on April 28, 2023. Erin and Sophie will join our lab as Graduate Students. Welcome to the lab!
Erin Barnett is rotating in the lab - March 2023
Ting and Daniel on the UK sampling trip - March 2023
Xmas Party 2022
Qing gets the Diseases of Public Health Importance Training Fellowship - March 2023
Halloween 2022 - Sophie Kogut is rotating in the lab
Our Lab turns 1! - Nov 2022
Qing Yang joins our group on August 1st, 2022
Guoyue Xu is rotating in the lab - March 2022
>9K likes on Twitter for our new lab whiteboard. Art/design by Hector Blanco - July 2022
Ting Liu and Ellie McIntosh joined the lab on January 4th 2022
