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Actress, writer and comedienne Ellie Kemper, best known for her supporting role as Erin Hannon in NBC’s The Office, will deliver the annual Women’s Society Adele Starbird Lecture at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 26, describing her rise in Hollywood. The talk, free and open to the public, will be held in Graham Chapel.
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WUSTL dedicated the 10th annual Relay for Life to Dean James E. McLeod, who died Sept. 5, 2011, after a two-year battle with cancer. Luminary candles — each bearing the name of an individual who has battled cancer — illuminated Bushyhead Track. McLeod’s daughter, Sara, read the speech given by her father at last year’s opening ceremony.
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In an article published in the advance online edition of Genes, Brain and Behavior, WUSTL biologist Yehuda Ben-Shahar and colleagues demonstrate that the division of labor among honeybees is correlated with the presence in their brains of tiny snippets of noncoding RNA, called micro-RNAs, or miRNAs, that suppress the expression of genes.
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Batten disease is a rare but fatal neurological disorder that typically strikes young children. Working with mice, scientists at the School of Medicine have discovered dramatic improvements in life span and motor function by treating the animals with gene therapy and bone marrow transplantation.
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Paul Dowkontt (left) of the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences is congratulated by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton April 11 in recognition of his 25 years of service to WUSTL at the 25th Anniversary Reception. Dowkontt was among 108 honored at the annual event.
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