Vladimir B. Birman, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-and-a-half-year, $35,000 grant from the American Chemical Society for research titled “Total Synthesis of Kinamycin Antibiotics.” …
Roberto Civitelli, M.D., the Sydney M. and Stella H. Schoenberg Professor of Medicine, professor of orthopaedic surgery and of cell biology and physiology, was elected to the board of counselors of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, and Keith Hruska, M.D., professor of medicine, of cell biology and physiology and of pediatrics, was elected secretary-treasurer. Both started serving three-year terms in September. …
Gruia-Catalin Roman, Ph.D., chair and the Harold B. and Adelaide G. Wedge Professor of Computer Science, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “NeTS-NOSS: Fluid Software Infrastructure for Wireless Sensor Networks.” In addition, he has another NSF grant, for three years and $754,000, for research titled “Adaptive Systems for Collaboration in Multi-mode Mobile Environments.” …
Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a two-year, $240,000 grant from the Coulter Foundation for research titled “Rationally Designed Delivery Systems for Nerve Injury.”
Nov. 15-28
Nov. 15
8:23 p.m. — A student reported the theft of his iPod and several DVDs from his locker in his workspace in Givens Hall. The incident occurred over the weekend. Total value is estimated at $470.
Nov. 16
9:18 a.m. — A contractor working in the Stix International H ouse reported that a finish nail gun was taken from the basement between 3 p.m. Nov. 15 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 16. Totall value is estimated at $350.
University Police also responded to two assaults, two auto accidents, two reports of larceny and one report each of trespassing and drug possession.
Through Dec. 3, the WUPD office on Shepley Drive in the South 40 will serve as a drop-off location to donate new or gently used winter coats for disadvantaged St. Louisans.
Medical and graduate students who volunteer for science outreach programs don’t just help underrepresented public school students consider careers in science, according to a survey published last week in Science. They also help themselves.
A $7.7 million grant will establish a new center for asthma research at the School of Medicine. Directed by Michael J. Holtzman, M.D., the Selma and Herman Seldin Professor of Medicine, the center will investigate the cause of asthma to develop new treatments for the disease. The center’s funding comes from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health.
Bollywood film star Shabana Azmi will talk about South Asian social issues filtered through her perspective as an actress and a social justice advocate at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, in Graham Chapel. The program is free and open to the public. Her husband, Bollywood scriptwriter Javed Akhtar, will also give remarks.
More than 80,000 people in the U.S. are on waiting lists for organ transplants. Some will have to wait for the death of a matching donor, but more and more people are receiving organs from living donors. In an effort to close the gap between organ supply and demand, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are studying ways to reimburse living donors for some of their out-of-pocket expenses when they choose to donate an organ.
The Genome Sequencing Center has been awarded a $156 million, four-year grant to use the powerful tools of DNA sequencing to unlock the secrets of cancer and other human diseases. The grant is among the largest awarded to Washington University and one of only three given by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to U.S. sequencing centers.
A current student and a recent alumnus from Washington University in St. Louis have been named Rhodes Scholars. They are Aaron F. Mertz, 22, and Leana S. Wen, 23. The two were among 32 U.S. students chosen for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. Winners of the highly acclaimed award were selected based on high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and physical vigor.