Research Wire

Qin Liu, a professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has identified the specific neurons that trigger sneezing and coughing in mice.

A WashU-led team successfully launched the DR-TES mission Sept. 24 from NASA’s balloon launch facility in New Mexico. Physicists in Arts & Sciences are using this mission to test quantum X-ray and gamma-ray detectors in near-space conditions.

Jason Jabbari, an assistant professor at the Brown School, along with his collaborators, has received a two-year $225,000 grant from the Urban Institute’s Student Upward Mobility Initiative.

The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging has received an 18-month $136,000 grant from the RRF Foundation for Aging to study how older adults understand and experience ageism.

About one-third of mothers in California were reported to the Child Protection System at least once, but the percentage significantly increased as the number of children grew, finds a new analysis from the Brown School.

Kelly L. Bolton, MD, PhD (right), and Maggie Mullen, MD, both at WashU Medicine, have received grants from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation for their respective patient-oriented cancer research. 

Collaborating with public health departments and other agencies is key to reducing turnover among public health professionals and promoting health equity, found a new study led by Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan at the Brown School.

Researchers from WashU and Duke University have shown that the formation of biological condensates affects cellular activity far beyond their immediate vicinity.

James Walsh, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at WashU Medicine, has received a four-year $350,000 career development award from Research to Prevent Blindness.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a clinical trial investigating whether inorganic nitrate can improve muscle function and exercise performance in patients with heart failure.