On the corner
Photo by David KilperA worker installs one of seven wind turbines on the roof of the University’s Corner Building on Skinker and Delmar boulevards Sept. 18.
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Obama taps Beachy to lead new federal agency
President Barack Obama has asked Roger Beachy, Ph.D., president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, to lead a new federal agency that will transform the way that plant science research is funded in the United States.
Frog fungus hammering biodiversity of communities
A frog fungus is causing patterns of extinction among the frog population of Central America.
Young age at first drink may affect genes, alcoholism risk
The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.
Registry to track children with infantile spasms
School of Medicine researchers have launched an online registry that aims to help children with a severe type of epilepsy that strikes in infancy.
Cells in fruit fly gut can prompt tumor growth
Tumor growth can start from stem cells in the gut, say School of Medicine researchers studying fruit flies.
Gene regulates immune cells’ ability to harm the body
A recently identified gene allows immune cells to start the self-destructive processes thought to underlie multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Murray named chief of pediatric anesthesiology
David J. Murray, M.D., has been appointed as chief of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Nominees for Goldstein Leadership Awards sought
Nominations of School of Medicine faculty for the 2009 Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education are due Oct. 12.
Genes and beans
Photo by Robert BostonCentral Visual and Performing Arts High School students participated in an exercise in natural selection during a visit to the medical school Sept. 14.