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Synthetic biology startup AbSci raises $65M to expand ‘Protein Printing’ tech
Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised an additional $65 million to help grow its synthetic biology platform. The company’s “Protein Printing” technology is used to

Seattle named a top life science hub by CBRE
CBRE named Seattle’s life science industry one of the top in the nation, according to a recent report. Ranked ninth, Seattle brought in record venture

Life Sciences have grown in the Puget Sound market faster than anywhere else in the country because of unparalleled access to tech
Fueled by unparalleled access to technology and a strong foundation of excellence in research, the life science industry in the Puget Sound region has grown

Geek city: 1 in 5 Seattle residents work in STEM fields, top in U.S.
New census data shows that the number of Seattleites employed in STEM fields has more than doubled over the past decade, hitting almost 89,700 in

UW jumps to No. 8 in global ranking of best universities; computer science among top subjects
The University of Washington has moved up two spots to No. 8 in the latest ranking of Best Global Universities from U.S. News & World

Evotec nabs Gates Foundation cash for low-income country COVID-19 antibody work
Seattle-based Just – Evotec Biologics received funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to seek out and work on new monoclonal antibody (mAb) drugs

Seattle startup HDT Bio raises $3M to support development of COVID-19 vaccine
Seattle-based biotech company HDT Bio raised $3 million in seed funding to support work on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate that uses a cutting-edge, replicating RNA

Fred Hutch opens dedicated research center in Seattle to test treatments for COVID-19 patients
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced that it is opening a new facility dedicated solely to testing treatments for people who have COVID-19, one

Is Money the Cure-All? Seattle-area biotech companies are striking deals, but questions loom about the market’s access to talent
Despite an economic downturn, investment in Seattle’s biotech industry hasn’t slowed down this year. With Athira Pharma’s September IPO that raised $204 million, life science

Phase Genomics lands $3.9M in grants to improve testing for chromosomal abnormalities
Seattle-based Phase Genomics announced that it received two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $3.9 million over three years. The funding will go towards

Sonoma Bio Launches With $40M to Take Cell Therapy Beyond Cancer
Sonoma Biosciences, which splits operations between South San Francisco and Seattle, received $40 million in financing to develop cell therapies for autoimmune diseases. Traditionally used

Seattle biotech Silverback Therapeutics raises $85M, just six months after raising $78.5M
Silverback Therapeutics announced that it received $85 million in Series C funding, following closely on the heels of a $78.5 million funding round in March
