Justin B. Serugo, research technician, 44

Serugo
Justin B. Serugo, a senior research technician in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Feb. 6, 2024, in St. Louis following a battle with liver cancer. He was 44.

Ju named Morriss Professor

Yo-El Ju at her installation ceremony
Neurologist Yo-El Ju, MD, a physician-scientist whose discoveries have illuminated the complex relationship between sleep and neurodegenerative disease, has been named an inaugural Barbara Burton and Reuben M. Morriss III Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Medicare approves genetic test for solid tumors

Two doctors
GatewaySeq, a genetic test that identifies cancer mutations in solid tumors and that was developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been approved for reimbursement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

New insight into orchid origins

Orchid
Research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that orchids probably originated in Eurasia. Biologist Susanne Renner in Arts & Sciences is a senior author of the study in New Phytologist.