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A possibly important ally of the immune system that can help with the tricky task of separating friend from foe has been identified by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The idea is to quickly supply hiring managers with talented candidates that are a great match in particular skills and work behaviors.

In 1901, the University was in dire need of funds to help expand the campus. Robert S. Brookings came up with the idea of leasing some of the existing campus and newer buildings to the company planning to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase (above, 1904 from Brookings Hall; the building in […]

HoltenA chemist at Washington University in St. Louis and his colleagues has taken an elegant chemical approach to turn a nonfluorescent organometallic complex into a strong emitter by hampering its internal rotations at the molecular level. Dewey Holten, Ph.D., Washington University professor of chemistry, Jonathan Lindsey, Ph.D., of North Carolina State University and David Bocian, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, have made a molecule photoluminescent by hindering its intramolecular rotation.

People who severely restrict their caloric intake drastically reduce their risk of developing diabetes or clogged arteries, the precursor to a heart attack or stroke. In fact, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, some risk factors were so low they were comparable to those of people decades younger.

The University’s yearlong Sesquicentennial Environmental Initiative Colloquia will continue at 2 p.m. April 21 with a program on “Educational Practices and the Environment.” The event will be held in the auditorium of Uncas A. Whitaker Hall for Biomedical Engineering and is free and open to the public. A panel will feature administrators from Harvard, Stanford […]

The saying “what goes around comes around” has a particular resonance for Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science. Twenty-three years ago, as a master’s degree candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles, Biswas did a thesis on heat transfer, with an eye toward solar power, with one […]

The medical school has a one-stop shop for professional editing and communications training called Academic Publishing Services.

T.R. Kidder, Martin Jacobs, Vladimir Birman

Associate Professor Michael R. Brent contributed to the analysis of the gene set; this will make the third mammal to be sequenced.