Friday, July 2, 2021
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Top stories
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| A new School of Medicine study shows that convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can dramatically increase the likelihood of survival for blood cancer patients hospitalized with COVID-19. |
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| Collaborators from eight St. Louis area institutions will investigate the microbiomes of local box turtles; the diversification of flowering plants in the Gulf of Guinea; and adaptation to climate change and biodiversity loss in Madagascar, among other projects. |
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| Using top-of-the-line research instrumentation from Agilent and Merck, chemists in Arts & Sciences will develop new metabolomics workflows of interest to many members of the drug-development community. |
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| A new two-dimensional alloy material from the lab of Rohan Mishra at the McKelvey School of Engineering is the first such material to be synthesized and it could help break down carbon dioxide. |
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| Kodi S. Ravichandran, a world leader in understanding innate immunity, has been named a BJC Investigator as well as director of the Division of Immunobiology in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at the School of Medicine. |
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Events
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Lora Iannotti, associate professor at the Brown School and an expert on maternal and child nutrition, spoke during a panel discussion in June about the launch of the UN Nutrition discussion paper on livestock-derived foods and sustainable healthy diets. |
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| Research Wire
Kristen Kroll, professor of developmental biology at the School of Medicine, has received a four-year $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her project on human interneuron progenitor specification. |
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Four members of the Washington University community are among the 73 individuals selected by Focus St. Louis from the private, public and nonprofit sectors for its 46th Leadership St. Louis class. |
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Perspectives
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In this episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast, WashU physicians discuss safety for kids when school resumes this fall, as well as treating children who have become seriously ill from COVID-19.
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Who Knew WashU? Question: Where in the St. Louis area was Washington University’s original campus located?
Answer: B) Downtown St. Louis. The university, founded in 1853, held classes downtown for about 50 years. Leaders eventually approved a new location, and construction began on what’s now the Danforth Campus in 1900. Several original buildings were initially used for the 1904 World’s Fair.
Congrats to this week’s winner, alumnus Jeffrey Craver, MD, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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