Maitreya Dunham

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My lab works on genome evolution, using yeast genetics, experimental evolution, and comparative genomics. Chair, Department of Genome Sciences at University of Washington.
websitehttps://depts.washington.edu/dunhamlab/
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Show threadMaitreya DunhamApr 16, 2025
@MCDuncanLab Plasmidsaurus is doing yeast genomes for $150. Could do it bulk segregant style where you pool a bunch of segregants with and without the band and then it's just 2 genomes worth of sequencing. Anyway, now I'm curious!
Show threadMaitreya DunhamApr 16, 2025
@MCDuncanLab whoa! You have to map it!
Maitreya DunhamFeb 9, 2025
Nothing like new data to lift the spirits. 44 new caspofungin-resistant yEvo genomes! Can't wait to get these back in the hands of the high school students who evolved these yeast strains.
Maitreya DunhamJan 22, 2025
Genome Sciences is looking for a Grants Manager for the Model Organism Genetics labs (which include me!): https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&jobhistory=1&szOrderID=242737
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Maitreya DunhamDec 12, 2024
New work in Genetics by Renee Geck when she was in my lab, Nick Powell, et al. delving into novel variants in G6PD in the All of Us resource. Functional analysis of G6PD variants associated with low G6PD activity in the All of Us Research Program https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/228/4/iyae170/7912375
Maitreya DunhamDec 7, 2024
Science magazineDec 5, 2024

News at a glance: Orange cats, COVID-19 origin probe, and a collapse of plastic treaty talks
https://www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-orange-cats-covid-19-origin-probe-and-collapse-plastic-treaty-talks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Maitreya DunhamNov 24, 2024
Had a great workshop yesterday with the Hutch SEP & a bunch of local teachers interested in using our Yeast Madness kit in their classes. This module uses strains evolved by previous yEvo high school students and teaches about mutations, fitness, & cell biology. https://www.fredhutch.org/en/education-training/teachers/science-education-partnership/sep-curriculum/yevo-lab.html
Show threadMaitreya DunhamSep 13, 2024
Here's the paper, which is still one of my favorites. High-resolution mapping, characterization, and optimization of autonomously replicating sequences in yeast https://genome.cshlp.org/cgi/content/long/23/4/698
High-resolution mapping, characterization, and optimization of autonomously replicating sequences in yeast

An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms

Maitreya DunhamSep 13, 2024
Well how nice is this interview with @blake_billmyre about the impact on him of a talk I gave about Ivan Liachko's ARS genomics project! That was a pretty fun conference :) mSphere of Influence: When a sequencer is more than a sequencer | mSphere https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/msphere.00433-24
Maitreya DunhamSep 10, 2024
The department surprised me with a very nice "new chair" toast at the retreat and gave me a literal UW camping chair as a gift 🥹