Sixteen St. Louis youth will be in Forest Park on June 13 tracking
box turtles, fitted with telemetry devices — all to help with a project
aimed at studying box turtle movements and their health. The 12- and 13-year-olds are participating in a pilot study designed
by scientists from the Saint Louis Zoo and Washington University in St.
Louis to document box turtle movements and their health status in urban
and rural areas in and around St. Louis.
The American Academy of Microbiology has named two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members as fellows: Robert Blankenship, PhD, and John Heuser, MD.
Some 200 U.S. scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and elsewhere detail findings from the most comprehensive census of the microbial make-up of healthy humans.
Researchers have identified the primary player of the
biochemical bugle call that musters the body’s defenders against viral
infection. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine
in St. Louis have shown that a key molecule, MDA5, is essential for
producing enough interferon (the bugle call) to rally virus-fighting
cells during certain viral infections.
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) honored Barbara Schaal, PhD, the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, with the 2011-12 AIBS Distinguished Scientist Award June 1.
Each spring, the dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences recognizes outstanding teaching assistants who have been nominated by a department or a program. This year, 18 graduate students received the 2011-12 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. A ceremony was held April 19 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.
Robert J. Glaser, Emeritus Trustee and former
Washington University School of Medicine faculty member, died Thursday,
June 7, 2012, at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 93.
From baking birthday cakes to greeting visitors with a smile, Pat Smith, chief administrative assistant for the WUSTL football team, makes it a priority to help all involved with the football program feel special. In recognition of her more than 10 years of dedication, Smith was recognized with the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award in a May 21 Staff Day ceremony in Edison Theatre.
The following people have been recognized for 10 years of service to Washington University in St. Louis: Michael Adrio, Jeffrey Allison, Christiane Auston, Dru Bartos, Debbie Blandford, Gloria Boley, Teresa Braunseis, Jeanette Brew, John Brinley, Wesley Brooks, Susan Caine, Vicki Carlson, John Chapie, Hugh Chou, Adam Comer, Darla Dale, Allison Davis, Katie Diekemper, Mary Dillender, […]
Sports updates for the month of June include items on WUSTL’s finish in the Learfield Director’s Cup standings; all-America honors for a baseball player and a tennis player; and a pitch for the W Club.
