New clues to causes of peripheral nerve damage
Although peripheral neuropathies afflict some 20 million Americans, their underlying causes are not completely understood. Now, scientists have shown that damage to energy factories in Schwann cells, which grow alongside neurons and enable nerve signals to travel from the spinal cord to the tips of the fingers and toes, may play a central role. Shown is a Schwann cell surrounding nerve axons, shown in green.
REINS Act would severely impair ability to implement laws
There is little on which the two Houses of Congress and the President can find compromise these days, with the sequester a vivid symbol of this polarization. And gridlock in government would only worsen if the proposed REINS Act moves forward, says Ronald M. Levin, JD, administrative law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis.
Message from the chancellor: This is what will make us stronger
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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton sent a message to Danforth Campus students on the evening of March 5, inviting the entire community to join in reaffirming the values of the university.
Olin students work with St. Louis startup Lockerdome on market and finance research
LockerDome CEO and cofounder Gabe Lozano, who spoke recently at Olin Business School, shares
some of the credit for attracting investors with students at Olin. Student teams in one of the school’s venture consulting
courses worked closely with LockerDome’s CFO, Mark Lewis, on market and
financial analysis research projects this semester. Here, Lozano speaks about the collaboration via video.
CGI U announces 2013 speakers; new CGI University Network to fund student commitments
President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton announced the program and featured participants for the sixth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) to be held at Washington University in St. Louis April 5-7. In addition to President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, Stephen Colbert, Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and WUSTL’s Michael Sherraden are among the featured speakers.
2013 CGI U speakers at WUSTL
A complete list of the featured speakers at Clinton Global Initiative University on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis April 5-7, 2013.
Project Blacktop: Student athlete Cooney works to make a difference in St. Louis
Student athlete Tim Cooney grew up in St. Louis and rarely had a place where his friends could gather and play a pickup game of basketball. Cooney, a junior guard on the WUSTL men’s basketball team, is trying to change that for future generations.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland honors Dacey
Ralph. G. Dacey Jr., the Henry G. and Edith R. Schwartz Professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Washington University, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He traveled to Dublin earlier this month to receive the honor.
Human Connectome Project releases major data set on brain connectivity
The Human Connectome Project, a five-year endeavor to
link brain connectivity to human behavior, has just released a set of
high-quality imaging and behavioral data to the scientific community. Shown is a map of the average “functional connectivity” in the human cerebral cortex, collected on healthy subjects while “at rest” in the MRI scanner.
Cameras in CWE and on Medical Campus among new security steps taken
Ninety-one security cameras are being installed in the Central West End, 60 of which will be funded by the Washington University Medical Center. An additional 42 such cameras will be installed throughout the medical campus. The cameras are part of ongoing security efforts that also include more bike patrols.
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