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Thursday, March 27, 2014

 
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Biomarkers of cell death in Alzheimer’s reverse course after symptom onset

Three promising biomarkers being studied to detect Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages appear to undergo a surprising shift as patients develop symptoms of dementia, according to researchers led by Anne Fagan, PhD, at the School of Medicine.

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Olin launches customer analytics master’s degree

As big data moves to the forefront of the boardroom, how do businesses keep up and find qualified people to manage it all? Olin Business School aims to help with the launch of its Master of Science in Customer Analytics degree, offered in partnership with IBM.

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WUSTL African Film Festival this weekend

Growing up in rural Alaska, Chukwuma is caught between American friends and traditional Nigerian parents. So begins “Alaskaland,” one of eight films to be screened Friday through Sunday, March 28-30, as part of WUSTL’s annual African Film Festival. Another highlight is “Aya of Yop City,” adapted from the graphic novels of Marguerite Abouet.

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WU-SLam places sixth at poetry competition

WU-SLam, WUSTL’s spoken-word poetry group, placed sixth this month at the 14th annual College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, the nation’s largest college slam poetry tournament. Here, junior Sam Lai performs.

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Reducing rule-breaking in clinical trials

The way that most scientific reports are presented seems to suggest that clinical trials have controlled for flaws or deviations, but some test subjects secretly break study rules that conflict with their own personal interests. Biomedical ethics expert Rebecca Dresser, JD, writes about these “subversive subjects.”

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‘Why scientists need to learn how to share’

Mike White, PhD, of WUSTL’s Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, writes in Pacific Standard about reasons scientists should share their data.

Calendar Highlights

4 p.m. Thursday, March 27

‘Going from Ivy-covered Walls to NPR’

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7:30 a.m. Friday, March 28

Global Health & Infectious Disease daylong conference

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6 p.m. Friday, March 28

Architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto lecture

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Campus blood drive next week

The final university-wide blood drive of this academic year will be Wednesday, April 2, at seven locations throughout WUSTL. All students, staff and faculty are encouraged to participate.

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