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Thursday, May 9, 2013

 
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Unusual comparison nets new sleep loss marker

Paul Shaw, PhD, a researcher at the School of Medicine, has used what he learns in fruit flies to look for markers of sleep loss in humans. But now he has reversed the process, which he outlines in a new paper, taking what he finds in humans back to the flies and identifying a human gene that is more active after sleep deprivation.

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Chatterjee receives this year’s Isserman Prize

Arts & Sciences senior Nisha K. Chatterjee is this year’s winner of the Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman Prize. The annual award recognizes a student who has made a significant contribution in service and leadership to ecumenical or interfaith activities on the WUSTL campus.

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Engineers in training

High school students competed at the annual Boeing Engineering Challenge at the Field House May 3. About 100 area students from six school districts on 25 teams visited WUSTL to take part in the Boeing Challenge. The teams competed to determine which glider performed best in several tests. Pictured are Eureka High School students.

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Moley elected president of gynecologic society

Kelle Moley, MD, the James P. Crane Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the School of Medicine, has been elected president of the Society of Gynecologic Investigation. The international society supports investigation of global problems in women’s reproductive health.

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Calendar Highlights

7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9

Angel Band Project benefit concert

Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz will headline a benefit concert. Proceeds go toward a pilot music therapy program for sexual violence survivors. 560 Music Center. Event details.

9 a.m. Saturday, May 11

Sixth Annual Miles Over Melanoma Run/Walk

Event also includes educational booths, a dermatologist talk, lunch, music and children’s activities. Sponsored by Our M.O.M. Inc., it supports Siteman Cancer Center melanoma research. Open to the public. Queeny Park, 550 Weidman Road, Ballwin. Event details.

Announcements

Financial capability lecture
set for Monday

Sherry Salway Black, director of the Partnership for Tribal Governance, National Congress of American Indians, will speak at Brown Hall Monday, May 13, about financial capability. Sponsors are the Brown School’s Center for Social Development and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The lecture is free, but registration is required.

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