Science & Technology

The Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health building at WashU Medicine was recognized for its sustainable design and sustainability features.

Biologist Rachel Penczykowski, in WashU Arts & Sciences, is an expert in infectious disease in plants. She conducts much of her research in the field — rural farmland, urban parks and, on this sunny day, a garden bed at Jackson Park Elementary School in the University City School District.

By studying two very different animals, biologist Andreas Kautt in WashU Arts & Sciences is uncovering the genetic changes that help species adapt and diversify.

WashU biomedical engineer Yifan Dai will study chemical processes in cells thanks to a $2 million NIH grant.

WashU Medicine and BJC doctors can now focus less on note-taking and more on interacting with patients with the aid of an AI transcriber.

Researchers at WashU Medicine and the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center led the development of a scalable platform that links research, real-world patient data and genetic data to uncover new insights into Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, prevention and care.

Guy Genin at WashU McKelvey Engineering has been selected to deliver the 2026 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, one of the highest honors conferred by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Jiaxin Huang, at WashU McKelvey Engineering, will create an efficient multi-step reasoning framework for large language models with a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

Members of WashU Racing commit more than 20 hours a week to building and testing a formula-style race car from scratch — six-hour building days, 12-hour testing days and dozens and dozens of meetings designing systems, planning logistics and finding sponsors. That work paid off this spring, when WashU Racing achieved its highest showing in club history at the annual Formula SAE competition.

Biomedical engineer Quing Zhu and WashU Medicine collaborators combined optical coherence tomography and machine learning for a rapid, accurate test for endometrial cancer.