Grass roof on South 40 promotes sustainability, adds green space
Photo by Joe AngelesAn environmentally friendly “green roof” — containing grass, native plants and approximately 110,000 pounds of soil — opened last week on the South 40 House. The roof shelters a loading dock, kitchen and other areas of the South 40 House’s southern lower level.
On the corner
Photo by David KilperA worker installs one of seven wind turbines on the roof of the University’s Corner Building on Skinker and Delmar boulevards Sept. 18.
Obama taps Beachy to lead new federal agency
President Barack Obama has asked Roger Beachy, Ph.D., president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, to lead a new federal agency that will transform the way that plant science research is funded in the United States.
Frog fungus hammering biodiversity of communities
A frog fungus is causing patterns of extinction among the frog population of Central America.
‘Chance’ concert Oct. 7
Since the early 20th century, avant-garde writers, artists and composers have championed the creative possibilities of the arbitrary and the accidental. Next week, the Department of Music and the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department (PAD), both in Arts & Sciences, and the Mil-dred Lane Kemper Art Museum will host a concert exploring the […]
Applications available for Bear Cub Fund grants
The University’s Bear Cub Fund is soliciting grant applications from University researchers who want to move inventions from their laboratories toward commercialization. The fund supports innovative translational research not normally backed by federal grants. Any WUSTL faculty member, postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or employee may apply.
Young age at first drink may affect genes, alcoholism risk
The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.
Registry to track children with infantile spasms
School of Medicine researchers have launched an online registry that aims to help children with a severe type of epilepsy that strikes in infancy.
Cells in fruit fly gut can prompt tumor growth
Tumor growth can start from stem cells in the gut, say School of Medicine researchers studying fruit flies.
Gene regulates immune cells’ ability to harm the body
A recently identified gene allows immune cells to start the self-destructive processes thought to underlie multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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