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$12 million grant funds studies of role of genes in autism, similar diagnoses (Links to an external site)
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an $11.85 million grant to create a resource for the WashU and national research communities to study the growing number of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders known to be caused by a single gene mutation.
Phillips-Cremins named BJC investigator (Links to an external site)
Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins, PhD, an international leader in understanding 3D genome structure and how it affects brain development and neurological diseases, has been named a BJC Investigator at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Phillips-Cremins will join the Department of Genetics as the James McDonnell Professor and have a dual appointment in the Department of Neuroscience.
Dutcher elected to National Academy of Sciences (Links to an external site)
Dr. Susan Dutcher, professor of genetics and of cell biology and physiology is one of 120 members and 30 international members recently newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer.
Congratulations to Dr. Rob Mitra for winning the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Links to an external site)
On April 24, 2025, the Office of Technology Management hosted the eighth annual Celebration of Inventors, an event to honor and recognize Washington University inventors, researchers and faculty entrepreneurs. Dr. Rob Mitra received the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship!
Study examines overlap in causes of cancer, neurodevelopmental disorders (Links to an external site)
A new research, led by Genetics Assistant Professor, Tychele Turner, used the Google DeepMind tool AlphaFold and their own newly developed computational tools to model the disease-causing changes to proteins in almost 40,000 families with neurodevelopmental disorders and in more than 10,000 sequenced tumors representing five cancer types. This research was recently published in the journal Cell Genomics.
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