The Milbrandt and DiAntonio Labs published a paper recently in Science, “TIR domains of plant immune receptors are NAD+-cleaving enzymes that promote cell death.” Kow Essuman, Ph.D., a graduate student in the Milbrandt Lab, is a lead author on the paper....
The Province Lab and an international team of researchers won a five-year, $68 million NIH grant to study the genetic basis of exceptional human longevity. Principal investigator Michael Province, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Genetics at Washington University...
Nathan Kopp, PhD, a graduate student in the Dougherty Lab at Washington University School of Medicine, recently had a paper published in Human Molecular Genetics. The paper, “Gtf2i and Gtf2ird1 mutation do not account for the full phenotypic effect of the...
The Mitra Lab recently welcomed new lab members. India Reiss joined the lab as graduate student, Josh Langmade joined the lab as a staff scientist, and Jess Cohn joined the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. Welcome to all!
Christian Shively, Ph.D., a postdoc in the Mitra Lab, recently had a paper published in PNAS. The paper, “Homotypic cooperativity and collective binding are determinants of bHLH specificity and function,” appears in a July 24, 2019 issue of the journal....
Joe Dougherty, Ph.D, Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine, is an author on a recently published paper, “A single-nuclei RNA sequencing study of Mendelian and sporadic AD in the human brain.” The...
Mike White, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Genetics in the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, recently co-edited the June/July issue of Current Opinion in Psychology, a review issue focused on genetics and mental health....
The Lawson Lab has a new pre-print, “Natural brown adipose expansion and remission of hyperglycemia in obese SM/J mice.” Caryn Carson and Mario Miranda, graduate students in the Lawson Lab, are first authors on the pre-print. Heather Lawson, Ph.D.,...
Rachel Rahn, a graduate student in the Dougherty Lab, got an F31 for her project, Functional Connectivity across Development in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome. Congratulations, Rachel!
Dr. Susan K. Dutcher, Professor of Genetics and of Cell Biology and Physiology, has been awarded a MIRA (Maximizing Investigators Research Award) from NIGMS for five years. Congratulations, Dr. Dutcher!
