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Bacteria may contribute to premature births, STDs
Wandy BeattyGardnerella vaginalis, a common species of bacteria, may be an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm birth and increased risk of sexually transmitted...
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New restaurant at Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health
Shown is the new restaurant — Central Table — at the Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health.Central Table, a new, 10,000-square-foot restaurant at the Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health, is...
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Graduate students recognize faculty mentors
kevin lowderThe Graduate Student Senate at Washington University in St. Louis recognized eight faculty with Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards during its 14th annual awards ceremony, held April 10 in...
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ALS trial shows novel therapy is safe
Matthew J. CrispA mutated protein that causes an inherited form of Lou Gehrig's disease leads to clumps in the human cells in the bottom image. A therapy that blocks production of this protein has...
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Andrew Scharlach to discuss aging-friendly communities at Friedman lecture
Scharlach Andrew Scharlach, PhD, the Eugene and Rose Kleiner Professor of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the 2013 Friedman lecture Friday, May 3, at the Eric P. Newman...
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Missing link in Parkinson’s disease found
Gerald W. Dorn II, MD A mouse heart, in gray, shows signs of heart failure because it is missing Mfn2, newly identified as a key molecule in the process that culls unhealthy mitochondria from cells....
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Obituary: Charles W. Parker, emeritus professor of medicine, 83
Charles Ward Parker, MD, a Washington University faculty member whose pioneering research helped improve treatment of allergies and asthma, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, from pancreatic cancer at his...
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2013 Spector Prize goes to Kelly, Stevens
Each year, the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis awards a prize to a graduating senior in memory of Marion Smith Spector, a 1938 WUSTL graduate who...
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Washington People: Ross Brownson
Joe AngelesBrownson (left), president-elect of the American College of Epidemiology, talks with former student Carlos Mario Arango (MPH ’13). Brownson says that students keep him energized in his work,...
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Forum to highlight faculty flexibility benefits
Robert BostonBess Marshall, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, used the faculty career flexibility benefit of going part-time to care for her three young children and her father-in-law, who had...
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Women’s Society presents Switzer leadership awards, Danforth scholarship
Three already accomplished young women received awards recently from the Women’s Society of Washington University (WSWU). At the society’s annual membership meeting April 17, leaders announced the...
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Eberlein honored for support of female faculty
Eberlein Timothy Eberlein, MD, the Bixby Professor and Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St....
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Obituary: Susan E. Lanzendorf, director of IVF lab, 54
Susan E. Lanzendorf, PhD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the in vitro fertilization lab at Washington University, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, from complications of...
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Genomics to reshape endometrial cancer treatment
Robert BostonScientists at Washington University's Genome Institute have shown that adding genomics-based testing to the standard diagnostic workup for endometrial cancer could change the recommended...
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Scientists assemble genetic playbook for acute leukemia
Benjamin Raphael, Brown UniversityLines in the circos plot connect major genes involved in acute myeloid leukemia with patients whose leukemia cells have mutations in those genes. For an interactive...
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Unusual comparison nets new sleep loss marker
For years, Paul Shaw, PhD, a researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has used what he learns in fruit flies to look for markers of sleep loss in humans. ShawShaw reverses...
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Author of book about the famed Cori Laboratory to open Cori Lecture May 8
John Exton, MD, PhD, the author of “Crucible of Science” — a book detailing the history of a unique laboratory at Washington University and of Carl and Gerty Cori, the tremendous biochemists who...
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Washington University commencement exercises for all schools will be at 8:30 a.m. May 17 in the Quadrangle of the Danforth Campus.Additionally, the School of Medicine’s Recognition Ceremony will be at...
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School of Medicine, SLCH and BJH nurses honored with 2013 Excellence in...
Shown are Washington University School of Medicine nurses who were winners or finalists in the 2013 Excellence in Nursing awards from St. Louis Magazine. In the top row from the left are: Jaime...
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Elson elected fellow of arts and sciences academy
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis faculty member Elliot L. Elson, PhD, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elson, the Alumni Endowed Professor of...
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