“Tom Huck and the Rebellious Tradition of Printmaking,” an exhibition centering on recent woodcuts by Tom Huck, senior lecturer in printmaking/drawing, will be on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum Aug. 28-Nov. 15. The exhibition includes Huck’s large-scale triptych “The Transformation of Brandy Baghead” — an absurdist response to the contemporary phenomenon of reality television and plastic surgery — as well as more than a dozen works by seven other artists whose works have influenced him. …
Margaret Lin, a medical student, was chosen to participate in the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program. Lin is working in Beijing at the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, for about 10 months. …
Nan Lin, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $119,934 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Statistical Aggregation in Massive Data Environments.” …
Frederic Moynier, Ph.D., assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $171,183 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from research titled “The Isotopic Composition of Transition Metals in Lunar Materials: Solar Wind Implantation and Stable Isotopic Fractionations.” …
Kenneth Murphy, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology and HHMI Investigator in Pathology and Immunology, has received a two-year, $691,082 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease for research titled “Analysis of Bidirectional Signaling Mechanisms for BTLA and MVEM in Autoimmunity.” This grant is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. …
Wojciech Swat, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $760,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease for his research “Mechanisms of Signaling by Activating Receptors in Innate Immune Systems Cells.” The grant is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. …
Carol Woods, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and applied statistics, both in Arts & Sciences, has received a five-year, $137,747 subaward from the University of Missouri-St. Louis for research titled “Neuropathogenesis of Clade C HIV in South Africa.”