August 9th, 2025
Jim rode 25 miles and Sara Pernikoff volunteered in the Fred Hutch Obliteride to raise support for cancer research and care. We “ran” into Natasha Halasa from Vanderbilt who ran the 5k with the Immun-Optimize team. Thanks everyone for your amazing and inspiring support. Check out Jim’s Obliteride page and learn more about Immun-Optimize:


August 5, 2025
Happy birthday Matt, Amna, Lea, and Hannah! And happy 2nd birthday to our lab!


June 17, 2025
Congrats on your graduation from the University of Washington, Lea! And welcome, Yena, to the lab as our very first PhD candidate!

June 4, 2025
Birthday celebration on the patio for Evelyn and Sara, with incredible homemade ice cream courtesy of Matt Gray!

May 12, 2025
Our lab at the reception in the new Seattle Aquarium for the Fred Hutch 5th Annual Symposium for Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host

May 8, 2025
Happy Birthday Catherine!

February 28, 2025
Lab photo and action shots by Robert Hood.

February 25, 2025
Send-off happy hour for Elizabeth McCarthy at the White Swan. Thanks Elizabeth for helping our lab launch back in 2023 and all your help throughout the years.

February 12-16, 2025
The lab in between scientific sessions at Tandem2025 in Hawaii with some beach down-time, a photo op at the Fred Hutch reception, and a hike up Diamond Head state monument.



January 17, 2025
Welcome to our rotation students Yena and Maria from the Pathobiology program!

December 11th, 2024
Thanks Catherine for hosting us at your home for our annual holiday party!




October 30th, 2024
Celebrating Matt’s 10th year at the Fred Hutch doing cutting-edge research. Way to go Matt!



August 13th, 2024
- Lab Science Day: A celebration of the lab’s first birthday, a review of the past year, a look to the year ahead, donning of lab sweaters, and an electric boat ride on Lake Union


July 31, 2024
- Happy July birth month Lea, Amna, and Matt (in absentia)!

- Ren’s going to medical school! Farewell at the Amazon banana stand and good luck at the University of Hawaii. A Hui Hou.

June 3, 2024
- Happy birthday Sara! Thanks Katrina (former Taylor lab member) for bringing a beautiful cake!

June 2, 2024
- Rain or shine! Hannah plays trumpet at Honk! Fest West with the band 8-bit Brass Band.

April 4, 2024
- Ren's Birthday

April 4, 2024
- Former Lab Mentor Justin Taylor returns for a visit!

March 4, 2024
- Lab Photo


December 11, 2023
- Boonyaratanakornkit Holiday Party

December 6, 2023
- Student Postdoc Advisory Committee (SPAC) Holiday Party and Gingerbread Contest. Look closer, we made a gingerbread lab!.


September 2023
- Farewell lunch for Annie who worked on our transplant cohort study during her summer medical student research project.
