Author: Ken Duenke

FerkolThomas Ferkol, M.D., has been named director of the Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Ferkol, associate professor of pediatrics and of cell biology and physiology, will continue as director of the Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program and as director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center.

The popular Travel Lecture Film Series, brought to campus each year courtesy of the Washington University Alumni Association, returns this season with eight travelogues that cover the world. Created by some of the most esteemed artists in the industry, the films feature gorgeous scenery and great storytelling. The travelogues can be seen at 6 p.m. […]

The fourth week of October will feature an actor, a graphic novelist, and a mathematician.

Getting subjects to move objects using only their brains has implications toward some day building biomedical devices that can control artificial limbs.

C-TRAIN to open Oct. 20 in the Center of Research Translation and Entrepreneurial Exchange (CORTEX) Building.

Photo by Joe AngelesU.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson visited campus recently to announce a new national compliance assistance center for colleges and universities.

Photo by Mary ButkusMcDonnell Academy scholars from 12 of Asia’s leading universities were given an inside look at American politics at a recent forum.

DNA ligase encircles the DNA double helix.Scientists investigating an important DNA-repair enzyme now have a better picture of the final steps of a process that glues together, or ligates, the ends of DNA strands to restore the double helix. The enzyme, DNA ligase, repairs the millions of DNA breaks generated during the normal course of a cell’s life.

Van GelderRussell N. Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D., is the new Bernard Becker Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine. Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced the appointment.

Moving new technology from the laboratory to patients’ bedsides takes more than just a clever idea. It often requires the combined expertise of university researchers who develop the technology and industry scientists who understand what it takes to get innovations to the marketplace. That’s exactly what two Washington University scientists had in mind when they created a consortium of experts from academia and industry.