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Monday, March 24, 2014

 
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Obituary: Murray Weidenbaum, noted economist, presidential adviser

Murray Weidenbaum, PhD, the Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and honorary chairman of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, died Thursday, March 20, 2014, in St. Louis. He was 87.

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A novel mechanism for fast regulation of
gene expression

Yehuda Ben-Shahar and his team at WUSTL have discovered that some mRNAs have a side job unrelated to making the protein they encode. They act as regulatory molecules as well, preventing other genes from making protein by marking their mRNA molecules for destruction.

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Investigational drug evaluated in newborns to treat rare disorder

Children with a rare genetic disorder that causes missing and malformed teeth, sparse hair and the inability to perspire are born without a protein thought to be key to such development. A clinical trial now underway at the School of Medicine aims to see if the void can be filled with a replacement protein. Shown are Sarah and Robert Yaroch and their son Andrew, who is participating in the trial.

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Eliot Trio concert Wednesday

Named for WUSTL founder William Greenleaf Eliot, the Eliot Trio consists of three prominent St. Louis musicians: (from left) pianist Seth Carlin, violinist David Halen and cellist Bjorn Ranheim. On Wednesday, March 26, the group will perform piano trios by Martinů, Beethoven and Dvořák in Holmes Lounge.

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Shirley Temple Black: not a personality to be bunked

Gaylyn Studlar, director of Film & Media Studies, offers a biographical essay for Oxford University Press on the contributions of Shirley Temple Black.

Calendar Highlights

7:30 p.m. Monday, March 24

Cortango band at the DUC

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9 a.m. Tuesday, March 25

‘Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction’

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4 p.m. Tuesday, March 25

‘Sexual Discretion’ book talk

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Save the date: Danforth Campus Staff Day May 19

The annual Staff Day event is organized to recognize the outstanding efforts of Danforth Campus staff members. Join us for a day of celebration and recreation May 19.

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