$35M for study of sleep behavior disorder

Researchers at the School of Medicine, along with the Mayo Clinic and The Neuro of McGill University, have received a five-year $35 million grant to extend a study to develop biomarkers that indicate which people with REM sleep behavior disorder will go on to develop neurodegenerative diseases.

Team works to evaluate AI-based medical imaging

As artificial intelligence becomes more incorporated into the medical field, rigorous evaluation of these methods is needed before they are introduced into clinical practice, a team led by Washington University researchers Abhinav Jha and Barry Siegel, MD, proposed.

Islands are cauldrons of evolution

Species that evolved on islands were thought to be disadvantaged when trying to recolonize the mainland. But research from Jonathan Losos in Arts & Sciences uncovered the dynamics of a mainland invasion in one of two studies from his lab published in PNAS this week.

Stellar fossils in meteorites point to distant stars

Nan Liu, research assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, is first author of a new study in Astrophysical Journal Letters that analyzes a diverse set of presolar grains with the goal of realizing their true stellar origins.

CRE² launches podcast

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity has launched a new podcast, “Everywhere with CRE².” The podcast plans to explore research from center faculty and fellows and dive deep into issues affecting St. Louis and the world.

Research Wire

Sarah Anderson, a postdoctoral research associate in biology in Arts & Sciences, won the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a three-year fellowship valued at about $200,000.

Notables

Weicong Huang and John Whitaker, both from the Master of Landscape Architecture program at the Sam Fox School, have won national honors from the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Announcements

Annual ‘Composing a Life’ event planned next week

The Women’s Society of Washington University invites undergraduate and graduate female students to attend the virtual “Ida H. Early Composing a Life: Women Inspiring Women” event at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19.