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Gerald L. Andriole, M.D. and H. Henry Lai, M.D. Ralph G. Dacey Jr., and Bradley Freeman, M.D.

The Washington University a cappella group Greenleafs will hold its annual concert, “Green Eggs and Jam” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14 and 15, in the Lab Sciences Building. The event marks the group’s 20th anniversary on campus.

Ram Dixit, Ph.D., David Freidel, Ph.D., Vitaly Klyachko, Ph.D., Matthew W. Kreuter, Ph.D., Ryan T. Moore, Ph.D., Juan Pantano, Ph.D., Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, Ph.D., and Julia A. Walker, Ph.D.

Construction Update is published periodically and provides information about the progress of major building and renovation projects at the University.

Photo by Ray MarklinThe Third Annual Research Training Symposium and Poster Session featured summer research projects performed by more than 100 junior faculty, fellows, residents and students.

School of Medicine researchers are studying a protein, TREM-2, that may be an important contributor to the disease.

Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.Patricia Schelinski, administrative assistant in the Office of Planned Giving, guides those in her office to their emergency assembly point during a West Campus evacuation drill Oct. 28. Schelinski is a member of the West Campus Safety Committee, which partnered with the Office of Environmental Health and Safety to organize the drill.

For the first time, WUSTL scientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease to its genetic roots. The pioneering work sets the stage for using a more comprehensive, genome-wide approach to unravel the genetic basis of cancer.

Photo by David KilperWUSTL detective Dave Goodwin talks about his experiences serving with the Army National Guard in Iraq at a “welcome home” pizza party Oct. 29.

School of Medicine scientists have determined that the same factors play key roles in three different diseases that can lead to blindness.