Undergraduate makes key discovery of mosquito species existence
Photo by Joe AngelesStephanie Gallitano, a junior chemistry student in Arts & Sciences, works with postdoctoral researcher James Vonesh at the University’s Tyson Research Center.”It was pretty thrilling to discover it,” says Stephanie Gallitano, who performed 12 weeks of research this summer.
Caring for kids
Courtesy PhotoSchool of Medicine students collected nearly 90 teddy bears for children affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Danforth scholar named Jamaica’s best young artist
Ebony Patterson has won the Jury Prize in Jamaica’s 2005 Super Plus Under-40 Artist-of-the-Year Competition.
Milbrandt installed as first Clayson professor of neurology
Milbrandt has been involved in studies over the past 15 years that were peripherally related to motor neuron disease or ALS.
Introducing new faculty members
Richard Mabbs, Ph.D., B.Sc.
Corinna Treitel, Ph.D.,
Guy Ortolano, Ph.D., and
Brett Kessler, Ph.D.
Projects on horizon for Hilltop’s west end
Included will be a new academic building, a new University Center and the addition of thousands of parking spots.
Roof over your head
Just a quick click to eahp.wustl.edu can send you on your way into a new home in a neighborhood near the University.
Secrets to antibody’s success against West Nile virus surprise scientists
The antibody does not block the virus’s ability to attach to host cells; it somehow stops the infectious process at a later point.
More medical news
Cell phone radiation doesn’t cause cellular stress, doesn’t promote cancer
Cell phone radiation doesn’t stress human cells.Weighing in on the debate about whether cell phones have adverse health effects, researchers at the School of Medicine have found that the electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones does not activate the stress response in mouse, hamster or human cells growing in cultures. High levels of the stress response are thought to result in changes associated with malignancy.
‘Science on Tap’
Three Hilltop Campus Arts & Sciences faculty — a biologist, geologist and mathematician — are participants in a new series, “Science on Tap.”
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