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Shirai, Bagaitkar receive research excellence awards
The annual Dr. Adel A. Yunis Awards for Research Excellence recognize outstanding postdoctoral fellows, house staff or students conducting basic research in molecular hematology. This year’s recipients are Cara Lunn Shirai, PhD, and Juhi Bagaitkar, PhD.
The dwindling stock of antibiotics, and what to do about it
Pharmaceutical companies have largely abandoned the business of discovering and developing antibiotics and our stock of these “miracle drugs” is beginning to shrink. Michael Kinch and his colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis are working to create new models for drug discovery that could replace the failed private enterprise model.
Danforth Campus Wellness Fair Oct. 15
Danforth Campus employees are invited to attend the Wellness Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Bowles Plaza.
Center for Social Development receives $1 million Treasury grant for retirement savings research
The U.S. Treasury Department has awarded a $1.08
million research contract to the Center for Social Development at the Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis. One of 11 contracts awarded
nationally under the Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund, this award
will fund research on “My Retirement Accounts.”
Slideshow: Winning Sukkahs installed on campus
Architects from across the country converged on the Danforth Campus Oct. 6 and 7 to install “Sukkah City STL 2014: Between Absence and Presence.” The design competition challenged participants to reimagine the traditional Jewish Sukkah through the lens of contemporary art and architecture. On view through Oct. 12.
Campus Renewal: A vision unfolds
For nearly two years, clinicians, staff, patients and families have worked hand in hand with the Washington University Medical Center Campus Renewal design team to transform the future of health care on the Medical Campus.
STL To Do: ‘Documented’ at Missouri History Museum
LaTanya Buck, director of Washington University’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion, recommends Jose Antonio Vargas’ film “Documented,” which explores what it means to be an American. It will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Missouri History Museum.
Treatment study seeks African-Americans with asthma
Pakrasi receives grant for U.S.-India synthetic biology workshop
Himadri B. Pakrasi, PhD, received a $49,448 grant from the National Science Foundation to support the “Indo-U.S. Workshop on Synthetic and Systems Biology” being held this November in New Delhi. Pakrasi is the Myron and Sonya Glassberg/Albert and Blanche Greensfelder Distinguished University Professor and director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES).