tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68674594849805553562011-11-07T10:23:13.343-06:00The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis offers exceptional doctoral training at one of the nation’s preeminent biomedical research centers. DBBS consists of 12 doctoral training programs.DBBShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915121422945843323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867459484980555356.post-57015113712054518052011-11-07T10:23:00.000-06:002011-11-07T10:23:13.360-06:00

DBBS Staff Member Rochelle Smith is featured in this week's RECORD: Rochelle Smith (second from left) talks with students (from left) David Cotter, Paige Cooper and Donell Carey, all graduate students in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, about volunteer opportunities. Rochelle Smith has a knack for recruiting underrepresented graduate students in the sciences to Washington

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Researchers (from left) Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD, Jun Yoshino, MD, PhD, and Kathryn Mills showed that a natural compound, NMN, helps to treat symptoms of diabetes in mice. Photo by: Julia Evangelou Strait Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored normal blood sugar metabolism in diabetic mice using a compound the body makes naturally. The finding suggests

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The White House announced Sept. 27 that Lan Yang, PhD, assistant professor of electrical and systems engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The early career award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on

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In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of the species he studies for 10, 20 or even 30 years. Early in his career he studied parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, in fruit fly populations at a dump and in cactus patches in Hawaii. “

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Rather than count sheep, drink warm milk or listen to soothing music, many insomniacs probably wish for a switch they could flick to put themselves to sleep. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered such a switch in the brains of fruit flies. In a study appearing June 24 in Science, the researchers show that a group of approximately 20 cells in the

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photo by Joe Angeles Philip (left at podium) and Sima Needleman accept the Eliot Society's highest honor at its annual celebration on May 11, as Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton looks on. The Needlemans received the “Search” Award, which is given each year to a person or couple to recognize extraordinary dedication and service to the university. The event was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Clayton.

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On Friday, May 20th awarded 13 PhD students and 17 MD/PhD students their degrees. Here are a few pictures taken on that day. We are so proud of our graduates and wish them the best in all of their future endeavours!

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Kathryn G. Miller, PhD (center), professor and chair of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, examines petri dishes with Julie Morrison (right), senior technician, and Mamiko Isaji, PhD, postdoctoral researcher, both in biology. Miller “cares deeply for the people of Washington University and is especially great with students and the young faculty,” says Erik D. Herzog, PhD, associate

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Washington University scientists have grown personalized collections of intestinal microbes in the laboratory. The research sets the stage for identifying new probiotics and evaluating whether microbe transplants can restore the natural balance of intestinal bacteria in “sick” microbial communities. Each of us carries a unique collection of trillions of friendly microbes in our intestines that

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Photo by: Michael C. Purdy Simeon Schlaggar examines a human brain at NeuroDay March 5 at the Saint Louis Science Center as his father, Bradley Schlaggar, MD, PhD, the A. Ernest and Jane G. Stein Associate Professor of Neurology, looks on. Simeon is also the son of Christina Lessov-Schlaggar, PhD, research assistant professor of psychiatry. The event, jointly sponsored by Washington University

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By Julia Evangelou Strait Photo by: Robert Boston Peter Burgers, PhD (center), shows Joseph Stodola (left) and Justin Sparks, both graduate research assistants in biochemistry and molecular biophysics, some samples in his lab. “Peter is known around the world for his expertise in the genetics and biochemistry of DNA replication and cellular responses to damaged DNA,” says Thomas E.

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On Jan. 12, a bleak commentary in Nature online suggested a funding bubble in the sciences is about to collapse with dire results for science students. “When the economic storm struck in 2008, the ride came to an abrupt end,” wrote Colin Macilwain, a contributing correspondent at Nature. “As Western governments attempt to maintain investment in science as a route to innovation and industrial

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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaAA blood vessel (top) with ruptured atherosclerotic plaque, shown in yellow, is developing a blood clot. The nanoparticles, shown in blue and black, are targeted to a protein in the blood clot called fibrin, shown in light blue. A traditional CT image (bottom left) shows no difference between the blood clot and the calcium in the plaque, making it unclear whether

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Scientists have invented a way to ‘watch’ proteins fold — in less than thousandths of a second — into the elaborate twisted shapes that determine their function. By Diana Lutz An unfolded protein is a string made up of amino acids. When the protein folds it forms structures like the alpha helix (the corkscrew) and the beta sheet (the flat ribbon) in the image to the right. These secondary

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Marie-Anne Felix, the Monod Institute Scientists have discovered that C. elegans, a microscopic worm biologists have used in the lab to identify important biological phenomena, suffers from natural viral infections. This may mean that C. elegans can help scientists learn more about how hosts and viruses interact. A workhorse of modern biology is sick, and scientists couldn’t be happier.

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Health 2.0 and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently named Ozioma, an online cancer information tool from the Health Communication Research Laboratory (HCRL) at Washington University in St. Louis, one of two winners of a national contest. The Ozioma News Service was chosen a winner of the Enabling Community Use of Data for Cancer Prevention and Control Challenge, a part of the 2010

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Three Washington University School of Medicine researchers have received grants from the Children’s Discovery Institute to advance their work into childhood diseases. The Children’s Discovery Institute is a partnership between Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital to accelerate better treatments, cures and preventions for childhood diseases. Todd Druley, MD

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The Washington University in St. Louis team participating in the modENCODE project, a massive ongoing effort to map all the elements in living cells that affect whether genes are expressed or silenced, discuss a fruit fly strain with an enzyme that affects gene expression. Team members are (from left): Sarah C.R. Elgin, PhD, the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences who led

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Today marked the start of the 2011 Interview Season. After receiving well over 1000 applications, DBBS will be interviewing hundreds of students for positions in our 12 programs. For a list of interview weekends, you can go HERE For information on the Division, click HERE Dr. John Russell speaking to applicants.

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Scientists have identified the first DNA sequence variant common in the population that is not only associated with an increased risk of heart failure, but appears to play a role in causing it. The variant, a change in a single letter of the DNA sequence, impairs channels that control kidney function. “It’s not a heart gene,” says Gerald W. Dorn II, MD, the Philip and Sima K. Needleman

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By Beth Miller Washington University in St. Louis has received a four-year, $1 million grant from the Amgen Foundation to provide hands-on biomedical laboratory experience to undergraduates through the Amgen Scholars Program. The 10-week, intensive undergraduate summer research program, which will begin in May 2011, will allow U.S. citizens or permanent residents to participate in activities

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Photo by Robert BostonActress Marlo Thomas (left) talks with Richard Wilson, PhD, director of The Genome Center, Oct. 28 in The Genome Center at the School of Medicine. The Genome Center is partnering with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis on the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, the largest research project to date aimed at understanding the genetic origins of pediatric cancers.

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Eight-Year, $34 Million Program, in Partnership with 13 Top Universities, Will Reach Nearly 2,500 Undergraduates THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. Nov. 10, 2010/PRNewswire/ — Today, Amgen Scholars, the signature initiative of the Amgen Foundation, moves into its second phase of what has become a $34 million program to advance science learning and inspire the next generation of scientists. “There continues

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The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine has received renewal of its designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The designation recognizes Siteman’s clinical research, basic science, community outreach and education activities. The renewal includes $23 million in research funding for the next five

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Jerry Stitzel, University of Colorado, BoulderThe CHRNA gene is active in brain areas linked to addiction. In this image from a mouse brain, the bright white areas are the brain regions in which the gene is highly active. Your DNA influences how much you smoke and whether you will develop lung cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to an international team of

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Photo by Bob BostonGraham Colditz, MD, DrPH (left), goes over epidemiological research with Victoria Anwuri, project manager of the Siteman Cancer Center. “Graham Colditz is an exceptional leader,” says Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. “He has a clear vision for what it takes to build a world-class program and the keen

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Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD (right), professor of developmental biology, and lab manager Luke Schneider observe C. elegans nematodes, the model organism Kornfeld uses to study cell pattern formation during development and aging. “(Kerry) is an outstanding developmental biologist and geneticist, a superb thinker and a wonderfully thoughtful person who was able to quickly forge connections between

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Some of the effects of secondhand smoke on the cardiovascular system in nonsmokers are comparable to the effects of active smoking and occur within a half hour of exposure, says Joaquin Barnoya, MD, a research assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. In a scientific study of secondhand smoke exposure in St. Louis bars and restaurants,

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Alan L. Schwartz, PhD, MD (left), receives the sword of truth as part of an honorary doctorate ceremony at the University of Helsinki. Honorary degrees are a time-honored tradition among universities to recognize achievements of the best and brightest in a field. While they are all a great honor, the University of Helsinki is unique among institutions in how it bestows this honor, and a

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Simply flashing a dollar-sign cue sparked immediate activation in a brain region that coordinates the interaction of cognitive control and motivational functions, effectively putting these areas on alert that there was money to be won in the challenge ahead, the study suggests. Whether it’s sports, poker or the high-stakes world of business, there are those who always find a way to win when there

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Lindau Harbor, photographed by Chris Evans, a previous student attendee of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. As scientific conferences go, the Lindau Meeting isn’t bad. The participants travel to Germany’s Lindau Island in Lake Constance at the foot of the Alps, where Nobel laureates have convened to inspire and enlighten them. This summer, two Washington University students, Claire Cobley

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In mice, an immune system overreaction to a urinary tract infection can leave the lining of the bladder pocked with clumps of inflammatory immune cells (in this image, the dark clump on the upper left). Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that this can shift the balance in the bladder from a protective immune response that helps prevent infection to a

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A green stain lights up a protein tied to aging and shows that it is abundant in the hypothalamus region of mice brains. Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains produced more SIRT1, a protein known to

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Areas of expansion in the human cortex during infancy and childhood, top, closely match areas of change in the human brain when compared with the brains of apes and monkeys. Yellow areas expanded the most, followed by orange, red, blue and light blue areas. A study undertaken to help scientists concerned with abnormal brain development in premature babies has serendipitously revealed evolution’s

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Many people associate viruses with disease. But a largely unexplored world of viruses make their home in the lower intestine, and new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that each of us harbors a unique collection of these “friendly” viruses. In a study of healthy identical twins – all females – and their mothers, the researchers found that even identical

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All Washington University campuses are tobacco-free beginning Thursday, July 1. Under the new university policy, smoking and tobacco use is prohibited on all university-owned and -managed properties. The School of Medicine has prohibited tobacco use on school property since 2007. “This is an important milestone for the Washington University campus community,” says Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. "

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picture by Robert Boston U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke in the Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza June 16 prior to the dedication of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine. The keynote speaker at the event was Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health. Maya Lin, the artist who designed the plaza’s water

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The BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will be formally dedicated at a Collaboration Celebration on June 16. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will make remarks prior to the dinner, and Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institute of Health will be the featured speaker at the dinner. In addition, Maya

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A protein that helps build the brain in infants and children may aid efforts to restore damage from multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurodegenerative diseases, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. In a mouse model of MS, researchers found that the protein, CXCR4, is essential for repairing myelin, a protective sheath that covers nerve cell branches.

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Camilla Whittington and a live platypus being held by its tail.When she was a child "in the land Down Under," Camilla Whittington’s dad decided it would be fun for them to go look for platypuses. These animals, found only in Australia, are technically mammals, yet they are like no other mammals around – sure, like all mammals, they produce milk for their babies, but they also lay eggs and have a

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A seven-year experiment shows that pond communities bear a lasting imprint of random events in their past. Photo by Jon ChaseStudents sample the more than 100 species of plants and animals that made a home in the ponds set in a field at Washington University's Tyson Research Center.In graduate school, Jon Chase worked in a lab that set up small pond ecosystems in order to run experiments on

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Michael Lane (left) and Gary Weil have diagnosed a rare parasitic infection in people who had eaten raw crayfish from rivers and streams in Missouri.Physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have diagnosed a rare parasitic infection in six people who had consumed raw crayfish from streams and rivers in Missouri. Paragonimiasis causes fever, cough, chest pains, shortness

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Recipe for a companyPost-Disptch article highlighting local start up company run by a DBBS alum, Jarrett GlasscockWhen a group of Washington University scientists decided to start a gene sequencing company, conventional wisdom said they should go after big money.They headed for California and talked with several venture capital funds. Those investors didn't exactly say no, but the founders of

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DBBS student Sebastian Lourido first author on Nature paper:Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a parasite protein that has all the makings of a microbial glass jaw: It's essential, it's vulnerable and humans have nothing like it, meaning scientists can take pharmacological swings at it with minimal fear of collateral damage. The protein,

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Haoyi Wang: 2010 Outstanding Graduate in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

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The International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) was founded in 2007 at Washington University in St. Louis to foster research on energy, environment and sustainability that cannot be done by single investigators alone.I-CARES nurtures collaboration within WUSTL and with regional and international partners in order to speed progress in addressing the great

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Drs. Dennis Hallahan, Evan Kharasch & Linda Sandell receive support for innovative research:Washington University has awarded five Bear Cub Fund grants totaling $165,000 to support innovative research that has shown commercial potential.The funding will help scientists further develop their technology and take it to the proof-of-principal stage.The grants were awarded to:Patrick Crowley, PhD,

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DBBS Faculty Members Tuan-hua David Ho & Ralph Quatrano, along with DBBS graduate student Ashley Galant recognized by American Society of Plant BiologistsThree Washington University in St. Louis scientists were honored this year by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), two for sustained achievement in their careers, and the third for a promising beginning. Tuan-hua David Ho, PhD,

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Stuart A. Kornfeld, MD, the David C. and Betty Farrell Professor of Medicine, has received one of the highest awards in academic medicine, the 2010 George M. Kober Medal, from the Association of American Physicians. Kornfeld was presented the award on April 23 during the association's annual meeting in Chicago. "The Kober Medal has always had a special meaning to me because of the

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Older adults with evidence of amyloid in the brain but no clinical symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease have structures in the brain that don’t communicate readily with each other, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings, published in Biological Psychiatry, may be yet another indicator that Alzheimer’s damage to the brain begins to occur

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Goate appointed director of Hope Center for Neurological Disorders | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

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Three medical school faculty to be honored by Academy of Science of St. Louis | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

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Outstanding mentoring recognized Newsroom Washington University in St. Louis

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Barry Sleckman, MD, PhD, was a busy young entrepreneur and disaffected commuter college student when his life began taking a sudden series of unexpected turns in the late 1970s. One weekend, a close friend seeking a job with the state police urged Sleckman, now the Conan Professor and director of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, to come to the civil

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He's Canadian, he plays hockey and he has had a brush with Olympic glory. That's Gregory D. Longmore, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology.No, he didn't play on an Olympic hockey team. Longmore's ice time is more recreational than professional, but he once conducted scientific research that cast new light on the athletic prowess of an Olympic gold medalist.In the early 1990s as

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Evan D. Kharasch, MD, PhD, the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has been appointed vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis, effective April 5. He had served as interim vice chancellor since July 2009.Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton made the announcement.“I want to thank

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Washington University neurologists at Barnes-Jewish Hospital will be part of a new neurological care program for retired professional football players, the National Football League and NFL Alumni Association announced March 24.The program, one of a series of NFL initiatives addressing the quality of life of retired players, makes available neurological specialists at five leading medical centers

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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis a prestigious Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant in endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer, which forms in the tissue lining the uterus, is the most common gynecologic cancer. Last year, about 42,000 women were diagnosed with the disease

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YSP Neuro Team volunteers recently visited Cholla High School in Tucson, AZ. The team brought their creative, interactive teaching techniques developed throughout many years of visiting St. Louis high schools to this Tucson classroom in partnership with grad students from the University of Arizona. These DBBS students were in the southwest attending the spring brain conference.Please visit the

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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $14.3 million grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand its high-powered data center for genomics. The facility’s sophisticated computer networks store massive amounts of genomic data used to identify the genetic origins of cancer and other diseases.The project is expected to create more than 350

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A newly identified cancer biomarker could define a new subtype of breast cancer as well as offer a potential way to treat it, say researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Their findings will be published in the March 1 online early edition issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research could further refine what recent breast cancer research

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Ray Marklin(From left) Gregory Bryant, a first-year medical student, works with Khoa Nguyen, Idara Umana, Dorie Umana and Iqra Said, all students at Soldan High School, Feb. 19 as part of the Health Professionals Recruitment and Enrichment Program offered by the School of Medicine’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA). The SNMA is an independent, student-run organization focused on the

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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a protein made by the malaria parasite that is essential to its ability to take over human red blood cells. Malaria, which is spread by mosquito bites, kills between 1 million and 3 million people annually in Third World countries. Death results from damage to red blood cells and clogging of the capillaries that

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A knitting club comprising about 30 School of Medicine faculty and staff meets weekly to knit hats for premature babies at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and for cancer patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The club meets every Tuesday at noon in Room 212 of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. Included in the group Feb. 16 were (from left) Mary Bradley, director of postgraduate affairs in the

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have peered deep into the eye of the chicken and found a masterpiece of biological design.Scientists mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They discovered the receptors were laid out in interwoven mosaics that maximized the chicken's ability to see many colors in any given part of the retina, the

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David CoveThe moss Physcomitrella patens often is used as a model organism for water stress studiesRecent work at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on one of the most important events in earth history, the conquest of land by plants 480 million years ago.No would-be colonizer could have survived on dry land without the ability to deal with dehydration, a major threat for organisms

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Jean Schaffer, M.D. (left), the Virginia Minnich Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center (DCDC), and Daniel Ory, M.D., professor of medicine and of cell biology and physiology and co-director of the DCDC, unpack equipment Jan. 28 in the Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center’s new lab space in the BJC Institute of Health at Washington

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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have announced an unprecedented effort to identify the genetic changes that give rise to some of the world’s deadliest childhood cancers. The team has joined forces to decode the genomes of more than 600 childhood cancer patients, who have contributed tumor samples for this historic effort.The St.

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Ever wonder how your eyes adjust during a blackout? When we go from light to near total darkness, cells in the retina must quickly adjust. School of Medicine vision scientists have identified an intricate process that allows the human eye to adapt to darkness very quickly. The same process also allows the eye to function in bright light. The discovery could contribute to a better understanding of

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David Kilper/WUSTL photo(Left to right) Cindy Richard-Fogal, Ph.D., research scientist in biology in Arts & Sciences, Elaine Frawley, graduate research assistant, and Robert Kranz, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, examine an E. coli culture. Kranz has been funded continuously by NIH for 24 years. Robert Kranz has devoted much of his career to understanding cytochrome c, one of the

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The administration of President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that a consortium led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis is the winner of a $44 million Recovery Act award for research into converting algae into biofuels.The Energy Department grant to the Danforth Center-led effort is among the largest awards or tax credits to be received in the bi-state region under the

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The Diversity Research Scholars Visit is a 2-day recruitment experience for exceptional individuals interested in pursuing postdoctoral training in the biomedical sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. This program is designed to provide an opportunity for late career graduate students and early career postdocs from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the sciences to showcase

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Washington University scientists have discovered how the vital but vulnerable heme molecules is shuttled across cell membranesBy Diana LutzResource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics at the University of California, San FranciscoThe cytochrome c protein (colored ribbons), holds in its embrace a heme group (white honeycomb) that in turn clasps an iron atom (orange ball). This

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Professor Younan Xia investigates imaginative applications of nanotechnology, and he applies keen observations to a wide range of disciplines: from fuel cell development to medical imaging and orthopedics."Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.” —Sir William Van Horne (circa 1900)When Van Horne linked the two extremes of the size spectrum 100-plus years ago, he could not

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Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new School of Medicine research. The study was based on transplants of human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice.Over time, mice that received the transplants, or humanized mice, on the

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School of Medicine scientists are investigating a new way to fight the flu. Funding has been received largely through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to establish a drug discovery center that will look for compounds that enhance the body's natural virus-killing mechanisms to overcome the flu.Each year, government agencies work with scientists to develop new flu vaccines to block

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School of Medicine researchers have linked mutations in a gene to a benign pediatric brain tumor, a finding that will help scientists seek drug treatments that block growth of the tumors."Now that we understand the signature mutation in these common pediatric tumors, we can think about designing treatments that alter the pathway that gene controls," said David H. Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D., the Donald

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By Georgina GustinST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCHA team of scientists led by researchers at The Genome Center at Washington University have sequenced the entire gene map of corn, helping unravel the basic biology of the nation's largest crop and providing information that could lead to key developments for corn growers. The $29.5 million project, funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S.

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With so many schools to chose from, it can be difficult to navigate through all of the stipends and benefits. Wendy Chao, a Harvard graduate, has put together a comprehensive list of PhD programs with adjusted stipends* and fringe benefits** (which are taken into consideration for tie breaks).This is a great resource for those applying to graduate school.Check out Wendy's list here! *Adjusted to

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Washington University has been awarded nearly $80 million in funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to support research across a broad range of projects, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, renewable energy, diabetes and climate change. As of Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year, University faculty had received 207 awards. Some $73 million came from the

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Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D., has been chosen to head the Department of Developmental Biology at the School of Medicine.Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced the appointment, effective Jan.1, 2010.Solnica-Krezel"Lila is a visionary scientist and outstanding leader who will reach across departments and schools to build

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Tumor growth can start from stem cells in the gut, say School of Medicine researchers studying fruit flies.They found that tumors can grow from adult stem cells that have lost a specific tumor-suppressor gene. The gene, Apc, has previously been implicated in human gastrointestinal cancers, including colon cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world."A

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President Barack Obama has asked Roger Beachy, Ph.D., president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, to lead a new federal agency that will transform the way that plant science research is funded in the United States. Beachy is the founding president of the Danforth Plant Science Center, a private, nonprofit research institute in St. Louis

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Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine.Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced the appointment.Sleckman is the second faculty member to hold the Conan Professorship, which was endowed by Jack Ladenson, Ph.D., the Oree M.

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An international team of scientists, including those from the School of Medicine, has identified two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. The group, led by investigators from the School of Medicine at Cardiff University in the U.K., completed the largest genome-wide association study ever involving patients with Alzheimer's disease. The study pooled DNA samples from more than 19,000

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Take Our Program Interest Quiz and Find out!

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Historically, many scientists have regarded itching as just a less intense version of pain. They have spent decades searching for itch-specific nerve cells to explain how the brain perceives itch differently from pain, but none have been found.Now School of Medicine researchers have discovered that those itch-specific neurons do exist in mice, and their studies suggest that itch and pain signals

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DBBS Faculty Member Samuel Wickline's Research was featured on CNN.com today. Check out the article here.

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The exterior of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University is almost a wrap.The building is enclosed in 24,000 square-feet of insulated metal panels, 20,800 square-feet of brick, 99,000 square-feet of limestone panels and 75,000 square-feet of glass. The focus now continues inward as crews prepare the building for a December 2009 opening.The 11-story, 700,000 square-foot building is

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The Hope Center is a collaborative alliance between Washington University and Hope Happens, a St. Louis-based non-profit organization. For more information on the Hope Center, CLICK HERE.

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In the search for renewable sources of energy, Himadri Pakrasi recommends looking to the experts-algae and plants."Harvesting solar energy is what plants do," says Pakrasi, who is the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences as well as a professor of energy in the School of Engineering & Applied Science. "Plants use sunlight to extract energy from water.

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Cancerous tumors sometimes form at the site of chronic wounds or injury, but the reason why is not entirely clear. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have engineered mice with a persistent wound-like skin condition, and the mice are helping them understand the tumor-promoting effects of long-standing wounds and injuries."The chronic skin condition in the mice

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Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun are well-known carcinogens, and exposure to sunlight increases dramatically for most people during the summer months. Year-round UV protection is recommended, but it is even more important during the summer. Sunscreen with both UVA and UVB protection should be applied regularly when in the sun, say Washington University in St. Louis dermatologists.

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has extended funding for the Midwest Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (MRCE), anchored at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The center received a five-year, $37 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to continue to support basic and translational research

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis four grants totaling $19 million to explore the trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body and determine how they contribute to good health and disease. Image courtesy of United States Department of AgricultureThe bacterium Enterococcus faecalis, which lives in the human

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