Six innovators named National Academy of Inventors senior members (Links to an external site)
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Li receives Whitehall grant (Links to an external site)
The Whitehall Foundation has awarded a three-year $225,000 grant to Tristan Qingyun Li, assistant professor of neuroscience and of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine
Morris receives stem cell foundation investigator award (Links to an external site)
Samantha A. Morris, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology and of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the New York Stem Cell Foundation’s Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award.
Startup company founded by Washington University scientists acquired by Eli Lilly (Links to an external site)
Podcast: The making of a fast, accurate saliva test for COVID-19 (Links to an external site)
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ focuses on a saliva test developed by School of Medicine scientists to detect the virus that causes COVID-19
Cerebral palsy also has genetic underpinnings (Links to an external site)
Now, scientists have identified mutations in single genes that can be responsible for at least some cases of cerebral palsy, according to a new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, and Yale University.
Families with long, healthy life spans focus of $68 million grant (Links to an external site)
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $68 million grant to investigate and discover what contributes to extreme longevity. The researchers are studying hundreds of families — over several generations — with individuals who have had exceptionally long lives. Many of these families have unusual concentrations of people living to at least age 100.
Morris Lab makes the Final Four of biomedical research (Links to an external site)
A research team led by Samantha A. Morris, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine, was one of 64 teams chosen to compete in STAT Madness, the March Madness of science and medicine. Morris’ team has made the competition’s Final Four.
‘Jumping genes’ drive many cancers (Links to an external site)
Jumping genes, which scientists call transposable elements, are short sections of the DNA sequence that have been incorporated randomly into the genome over the long course of human evolution. The evolutionary histories of jumping genes are the subject of much current research, but viral infection is thought to play an important role in their origins.
Researchers led by Ting Wang the Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine, have plumbed genomic databases, looking specifically for tumors whose jumping genes are driving cancer growth.
Scientists design way to track steps of cells’ development (Links to an external site)
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new tool described as a “flight data recorder” for developing cells, illuminating the paths cells take as they progress from one type to another.