Zach Pincus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, recently got NIH funding for his project, “Discover Determinants of Individual Lifespan and Health.” Congratulations, Dr. Pincus! Read more about Dr. Pincus and his research...
Ting Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics, recently got NIH funding for his project, “Decoding the Impact of Transposable Elements on Gene Regulation.” The project will be funded through June 2002. Congratulations, Dr. Wang! Read...
Denis Avey, Ph.D., a postdoc in the Mitra and Milbrandt labs, had a paper accepted recently by Cell Reports. The paper, “Single cell RNAseq uncovers a robust transcriptional response to morphine by glia,” looks at the morphine-dependent transcriptional...
The Dutcher lab recently had a paper accepted for publication. The paper, “Highly efficient detection of insertional mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by MAPINS,” appears in an upcoming issue of Plant Physiology. Dr. Huawen Lin, Dr. Paul Cliften of the...
Daniel W. Summers, Ph.D., a postdoc in Dr. Jeff Milbrandt’s lab, recently had a paper published in PNAS. The paper, “Palmitoylation enables MAPK-dependent proteostasis of axon survival factors,” shows that intracellular location imparts sensitivity...
Dr. Joseph Dougherty and Dr. Robi Mitra were recently awarded an NIH grant. The award for the project, “Parallel Analysis of Transcription and Protein-DNA Interactions in Single CNS Cells,” supports Dougherty and Mitra’s work at Washington University...
The Dougherty Lab contributed to a paper with the Miller lab. The paper, “Motor neuron-derived microRNAs cause astrocyte dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,” appears in Brain. Read the abstract...
Washington University in St. Louis was ranked number one in the U.S. for graduate education in genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics. The ranking, which appears in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2018 report of best graduate schools, shows Washington University...
The Milbrandt lab published a paper recently on Schwann cell O-GlcNAcylation. The paper, “Schwann cell O-GlcNAcylation promotes peripheral nerve remyelination via attenuation of the AP-1 transcription factor JUN,” appears in PNAS. Sungsu Kim, Ph.D., an...
The Dutcher lab published a paper recently in collaboration with the Cole-Wambach Lab. The paper, “Functional characterization of biallelic RTTN variants identified in an infant with microcephaly, simplified gyral pattern, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, and...
