Research Wire

WashU biomedical researchers Yifan Dai, Rohit Pappu and collaborators have discovered “condenzymes” that contribute biochemical functions in cells.

WashU’s Sang-Hoon Bae plans to use glass to grow 2D crystals with a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

Research in Feng Jiao’s lab at WashU McKelvey Engineering has shown that modifying the power strategy with a catalyst can prevent damage without any loss in performance while also reducing costs in converting carbon dioxide to other useful chemicals.

WashU Medicine researchers and collaborators discovered three new chromosomal locations that may be connected to earlier disease onset or faster disease progression in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease, pointing to new directions for Alzheimer’s research.

WashU researchers have received a federal grant to study the mechanobiological properties of tendons, work that could help to prevent common tendon injuries as well as inform new treatment strategies.

John McCarthy, the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Mathematics in WashU Arts & Sciences, has won a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop mathematical models to help understand biological systems.

Biomedical engineers at WashU have created a new platform to study mechanobiology, which can help with research on cancer and fibrosis.

Studying mice, WashU Medicine researchers have identified communication signals linking skeletal muscle, the brain and brown fat tissue that play an important role in aging. Interventions in older mice that restore the signaling to that of young mice could promote healthier aging.

WashU Medicine has received a $150,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindness to support eye research.

Jason Jabbari, an assistant professor at the WashU Brown School, has received a one-year $300,000 grant from the Popolo Family Foundation to study why some students with limited resources persist and thrive in college while others leave before earning a degree.