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Book explores consequences of political conversations

Taylor Carlson and cover of her new book

In her new book, political scientist Taylor Carlson, in Arts & Sciences, explores how political information changes as it flows from the news media to person to person. Her research shows that socially transmitted information becomes sparse, biased, less accurate and mobilizing — fueling a “distorted democracy.”

Campus & Facilities

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Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Neuroscience & Memory

New technology allows researchers to precisely, flexibly modulate brain

an image of how ultrasound can be used to treat neurons

Researchers at Washington University have developed a noninvasive technology combining a holographic acoustic device with genetic engineering that allows them to precisely target affected neurons in the brain.

Biology

Biologists take closer look at stress response in cells

Hani Zaher, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, published a study in Molecular Cell that dives into the mechanisms behind the ways cells respond to stress.

Climate & Environment

Bose named Fulbright Scholar

Arpita Bose, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, will travel to Belgium next year to continue her work on the green potential of purple bacteria.

Medicine

Repurposed drug may help stabilize vision in rare disease

In a new study, a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reports that a drug approved by the FDA for another condition may stabilize vision for patients with RVCL-S, a rare genetic disease.

Religion

Oppenheimer named Religion & Politics executive editor

Mark Oppenheimer, a well-known religion journalist and author, is the new executive editor of Religion & Politics, an online journal published by WashU’s John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.

Neuroscience & Memory

Study aims to understand genetics of Parkinson’s disease in Black people

School of Medicine researchers have joined an international study aimed at understanding the gene changes that may lead to Parkinson’s disease in Black and African American people.

Neuroscience & Memory

Lucey receives sleep science award

Brendan P. Lucey, MD, a professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2024 Sleep Science Award from the American Academy of Neurology in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the neurology and neuroscience of sleep.

Alzheimer's

Understanding role of T cells in Alzheimer’s disease is aim of new grant

Naresha Saligrama, an assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, has received a $200,000 grant from the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund to investigate whether other aspects of the immune system also contribute to the disease, specifically T cells.