Two Washington University students are Rhodes finalists
Two Arts & Sciences seniors from Washington University in St. Louis were among 232 U.S. finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. They are Madeleine Daepp, an enomics and mathematics student with an interest in agrigultural policy, and Jeremy Pivor, an environmental biology major with a passion for ocean conservation.
Gruev receives grant to study, recreate mantis shrimp vision
Mantis shrimp, aggressive, predatory sea crustaceans, have among the most sophisticated vision of all animals. A group of researchers, including Viktor Gruev, PhD, want to recreate that vision to make a specialized camera that could
bring more precision to biomedical imaging and weapon targeting in
defense.
Novel process to detect proteins could simplify kidney disease detection
Detecting whether a patient will have acute kidney
injury could become as simple as dipping a paper test strip printed with
gold nanorods into a urine sample, a team of Washington University in
St. Louis researchers has found.
Less of a shock
Two scientists at Washington University have developed a low-energy defibrillation
scheme that significantly reduces the energy needed to re-establish a
normal rhythm in the heart’s main chambers. They hope this
electrotherapy will be much less painful than the existing electrotherapy, making treatment with a defibrillator much more acceptable to patients.
Schaal one of three preeminent scientists named as U.S. science envoys
On November 8, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton announced the appointment of three new science envoys, including
Barbara Schaal, the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of
Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The science envoys travel in their capacity as private
citizens and advise the White House, the U.S. Department of State, and
the U.S. scientific community about the insights they gain from their
travels and interactions.
Graduate students ProSPER with CGI U project on understanding science
Excitement is building at WUSTL in anticipation of hosting the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) next April. CGI U application workshops are under way and two graduate biology students are seeing their hard work from CGI U 2012 come to life through their initiativecalled ProSPER. The next CGI U application workshops are Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12 and 13.
A+ in outreach: Neuroscience students share enthusiasm about brain science
Some students enrolled in the
Cognitive, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) pathway, are sharing their love of science and improving communication skills through community outreach. CCSN is a
specialization for graduate students in psychology, neuroscience and
biomedical engineering. The students are coaching low-income area teens for an international competition called the Brain Bee, and participating in many events, including the Nov. 10 Amazing Brain Carnival held at the St. Louis Science Center. The free event introduces the public to brain science research in St. Louis.
Water on moon topic of 2012 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series
Maria Zuber, a professor of geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the fifth annual Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Room 100 in Whitaker Hall on the Danforth Campus. During the free, public lectures, she will discuss new information about water on the moon.
Jun to use novel process to study nanoparticle formation
Sunscreen contains nanoparticles to protect our skin by
reflecting hazardous ultraviolet radiation from the sun. But what
happens to those nanoparticles when you wash the sunscreen away? Young-Shin Jun, PhD, has received a three-year,
$382,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to determine the
physical and chemical evolution of environmental and engineered
nanoparticles in natural and engineered aquatic systems, such as
wastewater treatment plants.
Global metabolomic initiative announced
Investigators at Washington University and The Scripps Research Institute have announced the launch of a “Global Metabolomic Initiative” to facilitate meta-analyses on studies of the metabolism of bacteria, yeast, plants, animals and people. Although metabolomics has existed as a discipline for only a decade, it has already provided insights into many difficult-to-treat diseases, including chronic pain. Many more are expected to fall out of the meta-analyses.
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