Understanding HIV Biology for the Development of New Therapeutic Strategies
September 14th, 2026
Mia Faerch and Bruce Torbett attended, and Bruce presented a talk titled, “Proteomic mapping of HIV-1 cellular dependency factors during viral assembly” at the University of Washington, Department of Microbiology Retreat.
July 16-17th, 2026
Mia Faerch was invited to present at the Cascadia Proteomics Meeting in Seattle, WA, and her talk was titled, “Identification of host protiens differentially associated with HIV-1 RNA splice variants.”
May 20th, 2026
Mia Faerch was invited to present at the Cold Spring Harbor Retrovirus annual meeting in New York. Her talk was titled, “Probing Lenacapavir Induced Gag Lattice Pre-Maturation.”
May 15th, 2026
The Torbett Lab is pleased to share that our undergrads presented posters for the 2026 University of Washington Undergraduate Symposium. Congratulations to Rowan Floyd and Anna Yekhilevsky!
May 11-15, 2026
The Torbett Lab is pleased to share that our fellows presented their work for the 2026 ASGCT annual meeting in Boston, MA! Kurt Berckmueller, Karthik Gottimukkala, and Jerry Lu.
May 11th, 2026
Bruce Torbett was invited to present “Knocking at the door: Improving cellular entry” at the “Innovations in targeting and detargeting to enhance the viral gene therapy” session, at the 2026 American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) annual meeting in Boston, MA.
April 20th, 2026
Congratulations to Rowan Floyd, who was accepted into the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Internship at the University of California, San Franciso! They will start their work at their new lab in late June 2026.
April 8th, 2026
Lidiia Gagarina was invited to present her poster, “Development of novel CD8 binders for in vivo delivered gene therapies,” at the Fred Huch Cancer Center Translational Science and Therapeutics Retreat. Congratulations!
February 27th, 2026
We are excited to report that Mia Faerch’s proposal for a New Investigator Award from the UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Developmental Core, was approved for funding. Title: “Impact of Lenacapavir-Induced Gag Lattice Remodelingon Host Factor Engagement During HIV-1 Assembly.” Congratulations, Mia!
February 19th, 2026
We are proud to share that Jessica Albert has been accepted into the Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD program at the University of Washington. They will be starting in Fall 2026. Congratulations!