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Mouse embryos stained to show MOF (green) and its histone tag (red) demonstrate that MOF is essential for cell proliferation.To make tumors more sensitive to the killing power of radiation is a key aspiration for many radiation oncologists. Researchers at the School of Medicine have uncovered new information that leads them closer to that goal. In an upcoming issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology, they report the first extensive study of an enzyme called MOF that helps control how DNA is packaged in cells. The researchers show that MOF is an essential factor for tumor development, and they say it may be possible to manipulate the enzyme to make tumors more sensitive to radiation therapy.

Brock ClarkeNovelist Brock Clarke, author of An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England (2007), will read from his work at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. The book — Clarke’s fourth — tells the darkly comic story of Sam Pulsifer, a literary bumbler who, at the age of 18, accidentally burns down the Emily Dickinson House in Amherst, Mass.

• Various lane closures are scheduled through Nov. 2.

Tom R. Miller, M.D., Ph.D., professor of radiology and of biomedical engineering, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, at his home in Webster Groves. He was 63.

Six School of Medicine faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Washington University students looking for a career that will help shape the future of the United States can find a wealth of information during “A Call to Service,” a series of events promoting government and public policy careers from Nov. 7-9.

Photo by Robert BostonA $30 million gift from BJC HealthCare will help construct a new seven-story research building on the School of Medicine campus.

The largest building ever constructed on the School of Medicine campus will be the home base for BioMed 21, the University’s innovative research initiative designed to speed scientific discovery and to rapidly apply breakthroughs to patient care.

Charly Coleman, Ph.D., Clifton R. Emery, Ph.D., Carl Minzner, J.D., John Orrock, Ph.D., Thomas Sattig, Ph.D., Vincent Sherry, Ph.D., Julie Singer, Ph.D., Ying Xie, Ph.D.

The Olin Business School has appointed a new associate dean and director of the undergraduate degree program, effective Jan. 1, 2008. Jeff Cannon will take the reins from Gary Hochberg, Ph.D., who is stepping aside after overseeing the BSBA program for 25 years and helping it attain international recognition for excellence.