Month: January 2022

The Whitehall Foundation has awarded a three-year $225,000 grant to Tristan Qingyun Li, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, to investigate the function of microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain and perform myriad critical functions.

Four faculty members in the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine — Yao Chen, Thomas Papouin, Jason Yi and Guoyan Zhao — have been awarded their first R01 grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Jason Yi, assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has joined the scientific advisory board of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation.

Justin Rustenhoven, a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named a finalist for the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology.

Geoffrey Goodhill, professor of developmental biology and neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has received a two-year $675,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to enhance the capabilities of light field microscopy for brain imaging.

A team of engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering found that conduction of heat plays a larger role than previously thought in the dynamics of droplets on smooth surfaces that repel water.

A new isotope of magnesium — magnesium-18 — was discovered by a team that includes Robert Charity, research professor of chemistry, and Lee Sobotka, professor of chemistry and of physics, both in Arts & Sciences, as reported in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Zhen (Jason) He, professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has cleaned up the process for using wastewater to grow algae.

Members of the Washington University community are encouraged to nominate honorary degree candidates for the May 2023 Commencement. The deadline is Feb. 1.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.