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Jerome J. Gilden, MD, professor emeritus of orthopedic surgery, died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at his Chesterfield, Mo., home after a long illness.

nature.com Woods Hole to breed Xenopus research frogs 08/17/2010 The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) today announced 
that it has received a 5-year, $3.4 million grant to establish a national resource for the aquatic frog known as Xenopus, a major model organism used in regenerative biology research. Kristen Kroll, associate professor of developmental biology at Washington […]

Robert E. Blankenship, PhD, the Markey Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $38,183 subaward from the University of Washington for research titled “Thermodynamic Efficiency of Electron-Transfer Reactions in Purified Photosystem I and II Complexes in the Chlorophyll D-Containing Cyanobacterium, Acaryochloris Marina.” … David B. Gray, PhD, professor of occupational therapy and […]

School of Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to better understand the link between fetal heart decreases during labor and brain damage to newborns. The scientists will compare fetal heart rate patterns to neonatal outcomes in 7,000 term deliveries.

Scientific American A new form of chlorophyll? 08/19/2010 Researchers may have found a new form of chlorophyll, the pigment that plants, algae and cyanobacteria use to obtain energy from light through photosynthesis. Preliminary findings published August 19 in Science suggest that the newly discovered molecule, dubbed chlorophyll f, has a distinct chemical composition when compared […]

Researchers in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis conduct a study on the battle between an invasive plant and a native plant on the coast of California and how it is effecting wildlife in the area.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Blagojevich trial nets 1 conviction 08/18/2010 The count on which Blagojevich was found guilty included accusations that he lied to federal agents when he said he did not track campaign contributions and kept a “firewall” between political campaigns and government work. It carries a sentence of up to five years in prison. […]

The new era of healthcare reform is demanding a new hybrid in leadership: executives who can bridge the worlds of business and public healthcare policy.  To meet the growing needs of an ever more complex health care sector, Washington University in St. Louis is launching a new dual degree program.  The MBA/MPH degree will offer the best in business administration and public health to prepare tomorrow’s leaders in the field of healthcare.

Recent work with geochemical proxies for oxygen levels suggests that oxygen levels continued to fluctuate long after the Great Oxygenation Event 2.7 billion years ago, and that the oceans were many different flavors of anoxic right up until the Edicaran period, 600 million years ago. What happened in the intervening 2 billion years will be contested until scientists have more data, says a geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis.

Cornerstone: The Center for Advanced Learning has received a $1.76 million five-year grant from the United States Department of Education to fund the TRiO Student Support Services program.