Georgetown University Medical Center

10/12/2026

Can scientists predict when proteins in our cells are beginning to move toward disease, and find a way to intervene before irreversible damage occurs?

Georgetown University and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging are co-leading a new research effort to find out.

Supported by a $51.7 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), the four-year SEEDS consortium brings together researchers from 10 academic institutions and 7 industry partners.

The team will combine laboratory science, computation and artificial intelligence to better understand proteins whose constantly changing shapes have made them especially difficult to predict and target. The research will initially focus on proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease and Ewing sarcoma, with the broader goal of learning how to recognize harmful protein changes earlier and potentially redirect them,.

SEEDS is co-led by Georgetown’s Priyanka Joshi, PhD, who is joined by researchers from across the university.

Learn more about the science, the team and the ambitious question they're working to answer: https://medicine.georgetown.edu/news-releases/arpa-h-seeds-announcement/

A research “super team” has received an award of up to $51.7 million from government agency ARPA-H to predict how disease-causing proteins misfold.

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Georgetown celebrates alongside the federally-recognized National Disability Employment Awareness Month, highlighting the multitude of contributions of people with disabilities to our university community and to society at large. https://bit.ly/4zaaJfn

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Georgetown joins the nation in celebrating LGBTQIA+ History Month, honoring the legacies, accomplishments and contributions of our LGBTQIA+ community to Georgetown and the world at large. https://bit.ly/3Vn26zk

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About Our Research The medical center research community includes specialists in a wide array of disciplines and is recognized internationally for its work, most particularly in the areas of cancer, the neurosciences and global health. It is home to a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensi...

09/28/2026

During National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we highlight Georgetown postdoctoral associates' impact on the broader university community. Read on to find postdoc resources from Georgetown and the National Postdoctoral Association, and messages of gratitude from BGE Ph.D. students to postdocs.

09/20/2026

We wish all those observing Yom Kippur a blessed one. May you have an easy, meaningful fast.

09/15/2026

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