New research reveals how brains update their predictions
Researchers in Bruce Carlson’s lab at WashU study electric fish to understand the basics of brain sensory processing and prediction.
Targeting tumor metabolism to fight cancer
Cancer cells are ravenous eaters. WashU’s Gary Patti is trying to turn their hunger against them.
Özpolat receives MIRA grant renewal
B. Duygu Özpolat, a biologist in Arts & Sciences, received a renewal of her Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
WashU research shows how pH conditions can dramatically change how bacteria respond to treatment
Biologists in WashU Arts & Sciences discovered that pH conditions can dramatically change how bacteria respond to antibiotics.
Science students win annual awards
Six WashU seniors from the Department of BIology in Arts & Sciences and WashU McKelvey Engineering have won annual awards recognizing their achievements.
New initiative launches to save primates, transform global conservation approaches
A $1.5 million pledge from Distinguished Trustee Andy Newman for the Living Earth Collaborative will support critically endangered primates. The new project aims to transform how biodiversity is documented, modeled and protected worldwide.
Peter Raven, conservation advocate and professor emeritus, 89
Peter H. Raven, the George Engelmann Professor of Botany Emeritus in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died April 25, 2026. He was 89.
Rachel Penczykowski
Ecologist Rachel Penczykowski, in WashU Arts & Sciences, was drawn to science early on. Today, her lab studies plant diseases, parasite interactions and how we can respond as environmental forces change.
Power, Knowledge, and COVID-19
Did the scientific community’s response to the pandemic fall short of the reasoned pursuit of truth? Alex Broadbent of Durham University and Pieter Streicher of the University of Johannesburg—authors of a new book on science during the COVID moment—join WashU’s Sandro Galea to discuss what is still to be learned from the pandemic.
Alex Broadbent and Pieter Streicher
Rudra named member of NIH study section
Jai Rudra, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at WashU McKelvey Engineering, will serve on the National Institues of Health (NIH)’s Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases study section.
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