Our Research Defines Us

The goal of BBI’s tools and platforms is to enable our members to explore new opportunities at the interface of basic science and precision medicine.

Below are some recent examples of our work.

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Genomics

SeqFirst

Lead Researchers

Mike Bamshad, Ghayda Mirzaa, Jessica Chong, Katrina Dipple, Dan Doherty, David Veenstra

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Mutational Scanning

Variant Analysis

Lead Researchers

Lea Starita

Doug Fowler

Jay Shendure

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Genomics

BBI Advanced Technology Lab

Lead Researchers

Lea Starita

Jay Shendure

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Infectious Diseases

Seattle Flu Alliance

Lead Researchers

Helen Chu, Trevor Bedford, Lea Starita, Jay Shendure, Christina Lockwood, Janet Englund, Michael Boeckh, Alpana Waghmare, Cécile Viboud, Barry Lutz

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Welcome to The Brotman Baty Institute

Welcome to The Brotman Baty Institute, an innovation hub for genomic research and precision medicine.

The BBI is a collaboration among Seattle’s three top research institutions—The University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

The offices of the Brotman Baty Institute and the UW Campus overlook Seattle’s Montlake Cut, Lake Union, and the city skyline. Photo courtesy of University of Washington Communications.

Our Resources

Investigators based at partner institutions have equal access to our platforms at identical costs.

Tools & Data

BBI tools and data support BBI members and researchers worldwide.

BBI provides data and a repository for our datasets, analysis code, and protocols. We also provide tutorials to assist you in downloading, analyzing, and exploring these datasets.

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Platforms

BBI Platforms support our research.

Our goal is to support the work of our faculty, researchers, and investigators by fostering collaboration and innovation.

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BBI Grant Program

The BBI invests in promising pilot research.

The Brotman Baty Institute (BBI) aims to create a community of investigators across the three founding institutions (UW, Fred Hutch, Seattle Children’s) to advance basic science and translational research with clear relevance to precision medicine. The BBI invests in innovative, collaborative projects that address basic science or translational research questions related to precision medicine. To learn more about the grants offered by BBI and to apply, contact info@brotmanbaty.org.

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2023

Events

Virtual via Zoom. For meeting invite and zoom link, please contact bbi-events@uw.edu

2023 Viruses & Vaccines Seminar Series - December

Dec 19, 2023 | 9am-10am

A collaborative monthly seminar series featuring experts on respiratory virus epidemiology, immunology, vaccinology and viral evolution and genomics.

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Members

BBI members include more than 300 faculty at The University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

"It's bringing together research from a broad spectrum spanning basic sciences, to technique development, to various clinical work. Having that synergy of different people is really beneficial."

Jesse Bloom

Fred Hutch

"BBI brings together faculty from three campuses in a collaborative environment to generate new tools and ideas for the implementation of precision medicine."

Fuki Hisama

University of Washington

"My hope is that BBI will help teams work together to 'go big' to develop cutting-edge technology"

Colin Pritchard

University of Washington

"We are better at reading DNA than understanding what we find. Our work at the BBI Advanced Technology lab aims to make 'variants of uncertain significance' a thing of the past."

Lea Starita

University of Washington

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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

BBI embraces diversity and inclusion in all its work and, like the University of Washington, believes diversity is integral to excellence.

We value and honor diverse experiences and perspectives, strive to create welcoming and respectful learning environments, and promote access, opportunity, and justice for all.

News

Promising Young Scientist: Sam Smukowski Integrates Genetics and Philosophy on a Journey Studying Neurodegenerative Disease

November 01, 2023 | by BBI Communications

‘Sam has made some profound insights into our understanding of the molecular contributions to Alzheimer’s Disease’

Q&A With Cole Trapnell: National Human Genome Research Institute Meeting

November 01, 2023 | by BBI Communications

Dr. Trapnell reflects on why this meeting was so important and speaks to the value of insights based on spontaneous conversations with colleagues

Speakers Confirmed for November 15 BBI Long-Read Sequencing Symposium

October 31, 2023 | by BBI Communications

Bringing together Seattle-area users ‘to learn from each other, build new collaborations, and to explore potential synergies’

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