Huttenlocher Lab – UW

Best wishes to Jayne Squirrell on her retirement. The lab will miss you!

Taiwan invests in genetic resource for health October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03447-0A large biobanking effort captures genetic and health data from half a million people in Taiwan, widening the diversity of genomes used to predict disease risk.
What now for the global plastics treaty? October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03472-zEnding plastic pollution will mean embracing the complexity of political and economic realities.
Environmental treaties are paralysed — here’s how we can do better October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03477-8The collapse of talks about a UN plastics treaty is the wake-up call we didn’t need. It’s time to study what is going wrong and why.
Ethics must keep pace with embryo research October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03502-wEthics must keep pace with embryo research
Treat children as citizen co-researchers in health technology October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03501-xTreat children as citizen co-researchers in health technology
Universities can harness AI to make learning intuitive October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03503-9Universities can harness AI to make learning intuitive
Open-source protein structure AI aims to match AlphaFold October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03546-yThe developers of OpenFold3 have released an early version of the tool, which they hope will one day perform on par with DeepMind’s protein-structure model.
Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03473-ySignals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular cross talk help in creating better crops?
A limerick competition celebrates science through rhyme October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03331-xSubmissions of scientifically inspired verse, and footsteps glow in a dark field, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.
Don’t overlook the plastic footprint of fireworks October 28, 2025
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03500-yDon’t overlook the plastic footprint of fireworks