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Ting Wang, PhD and researchers have identified a possible way to make glioblastoma cells vulnerable to different types of immunotherapy (Links to an external site)
Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified a possible way to make glioblastoma cells vulnerable to different types of immunotherapy. The strategy, which they demonstrated in cells in the lab, forces brain cancer cells to display targets for the immune system to attack.
Dr. Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin receives NIH grant to study congenital hydrocephalus (Links to an external site)
Dr. Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin, has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the genetic and molecular underpinnings of congenital hydrocephalus.
Dr. Michael White Co-Authored Paper Published in Science (Links to an external site)
Dr. Joseph Corbo, Dr. Michael White from Washington University in St. Louis along with a team at the University of Porto in Portugal describe that a single enzyme appears to be responsible for toggling a parrot’s pigments from red to yellow.
The Inaugural Gary D. Stormo Computational & Systems Biology Lectureship Hosted at the Department of Genetics
The Inaugural Gary D. Stormo Computational & Systems Biology Lectureship was hosted at the Department of Genetics on October 3rd, 2024 with Dr. Michael Brent delivering a talk titled “Mapping and modeling transcriptional regulatory networks”. Dr. Michael Brent is the Henry Edwin Sever Professor of Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering of Washington University […]
Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin
Dr. Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin, Assistant Professor of Genetics, recently received his first R01 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a milestone for his lab. In this article, Dr. Jin shares the story of his lab, research and what he enjoys most as a faculty member at WashU.
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