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Washington People: Gammon Earhart
Robert BostonGammon Earhart (black pants) dances the tango with Stephen Berra, a patient with Parkinson's disease. On the left are Parkinson's patient Don Burr and his wife, Karen Burr. Earhart's...
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Grad, professional students present research while honing communication...
Sid Hastings/WUSTL PhotosAnna Hood (right), a Chancellor’s Graduate Fellow in psychology in Arts & Sciences, explains her work to judge Taryn Marashi, a graduate student in Islamic studies, also in...
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A novel mechanism for fast regulation of gene expression
Whitney Curtis/WUSTL PhotosYehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD, assistant professor of biology, (left) and Xingguo Zheng, a PhD candidate in neuroscience and co-author on the paper, examining fruit flies in the...
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Gut bacteria can cause life-threatening infections in preterm babies
E. Holland DurandoPhillip I. Tarr, MD, and Barbara B. Warner, MD, view an agar dish containing organisms sequenced in their study of gut bacteria in preterm babies. The researchers found that premature...
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Colditz to be honored for cancer prevention efforts
Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, a disease-prevention expert at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will receive the 2014 American...
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Investigational drug evaluated in newborns to treat rare disorder
E. Holland DurandoRobert and Sarah Yaroch visit their son Andrew in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Andrew is the third baby worldwide to participate in a...
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Bill signed on campus lowers cost of cancer drugs
PhotoS By Jerry Naunheim Jr.Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signs legislation Wednesday, March 19, at the Center for Advanced Medicine that increases the affordability and accessibility of oral chemotherapy...
View Article10th annual postdoc symposium April 3
The 10th Annual Washington University Postdoc Scientific Symposium will be held Thursday, April 3, to recognize and showcase the important contributions of postdocs to scientific enterprise at the...
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Medical students learn their futures on Match Day
Robert BostonWashington University MD/PhD student Radhika Jagannathan (right) received two surprises at Match Day on Friday, March 21. First, she learned she will be going to...
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New clue to autism found inside brain cells
Yuh-Jiin I. JongLearning, social interactions and higher-level thinking in people with autism may be adversely affected by receptors inside brain cells, scientists at Washington University School of...
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Journal honors breast cancer researcher
Robert BostonWork published by Ron Bose, MD, PhD, and his colleagues was chosen as The Journal of Biological Chemistry's best signal transduction article of 2013. The Journal of Biological Chemistry...
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IDEA Labs Demo Day April 18
KINOCOM/JOSHUA SIEGELA team of IDEA Labs students presented KinoCOM, a communication device controlled by finger movements for people with limited mobility, at Demo Day 2013. The team will present an...
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Carpenter helped develop guidelines to improve older adult care in emergency...
Carpenter Chris Carpenter, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, co-chaired the national Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines Task Force, which created new recommendations intended to...
View ArticleGrants awarded for diversity and inclusion projects
Staff, faculty and students throughout the WUSTL community will be touched by the projects chosen to receive this year’s Diversity and Inclusion Grants. For 2013-2014, nearly $112,000 was awarded to 10...
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Medical students review for exam ‘Jeopardy’ style
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL C. PURDY (5)(From left) Tracey Godbold and her teammates Sravya Vajapeyajula and Christelle Samen provide the correct answer, "What are Rosenthal fibers?" during a review modeled...
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Bring Your Own Idea gatherings offer new opportunities for collaboration
Could a cup of coffee bring faculty across campus together to expand and enhance research and teaching while broadening perspectives? That’s the idea behind the Office of the Provost’s Bring Your Own...
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Internet, social media expose youth to tobacco
E. Holland DurandoIn a survey of 15,000 children, more than one in 10 under age 18 reported receiving tobacco promotions on their Facebook or MySpace pages, or in text messages on their mobile phones....
View ArticleTake a virtual tour of Campus Renewal Project
Take a virtual tour of the Medical Center’s future, when all phases of construction will be complete.Washington University Medical Center campus is being transformed in the next decade by renovations...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine Commencement speakers
Washington University's main Commencement ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 16, in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus. Tony La Russa, recently elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame...
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Likely culprit in spread of colon cancer identified
Cunxi Li, MD, PhDGrowing in three dimensional culture, colon cancer cells formed either smooth hollow structures (top) or spiky clumps (bottom). PLAC8 was highly expressed in the spiky clumps, which...
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