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WashU researchers observe cancer-like nucleoli in healthy cells

A discovery in the lab of Amit Pathak at the McKelvey School of Engineering connects mechanobiology to nuclear condensates in healthy cells.

Cancer Research

Siteman, University of Missouri to collaborate on cancer research, with aim to improve care

Siteman Cancer Center and the University of Missouri will collaborate on cancer research, with the aim to improve care throughout Missouri.

Performing Arts

Hotchner Festival presents two new plays

Zachary Stern’s frenetic comedy “Democratic Airlines” and Melia Van Hecke’s contemporary folktale “The Fern” will receive world premiere staged readings as part of the 2022 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival. The festival is named for alumnus A.E. Hotchner, who famously bested Tennessee Williams in a campus playwriting competition.

Awards & Notables

De Fer, Fraser honored by American College of Physicians

Thomas De Fer, MD, and Victoria J. Fraser, MD, both of the School of Medicine, have been awarded mastership in the American College of Physicians, one of the highest honors available to internists.

Media Advisory: Exhibit preview with artist Katharina Grosse

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will host a press preview of the exhibition “Katharina Grosse Studio Paintings, 1988-2022: Returns, Revisions, Inventions” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22. The exhibition opens to the public the following evening.

Psychology

Roediger presents ‘Presidential Legacies’ session

Most presidents have 100 years until they fade from Americans’ memory. Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger in Arts & Sciences will discuss his research into this and the broader national collective memory on Sept. 29.

Engineering

Machine learning generates 3D model from 2D pictures

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have developed a new model that can accurately create a continuous 3D model from a set of 2D images without being trained on previous images.

Students

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Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Awards & Notables

Kamilov awarded second Scialog grant

Ulugbek Kamilov at the McKelvey School of Engineering has twice been awarded a grant for cutting-edge imaging research.

Awards & Notables

Gordon honored by National Academy of Medicine

Washington University School of Medicine’s Jeffrey Gordon, MD, has received the inaugural David and Beatrix Hamburg Award for Advances in Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine from the National Academy of Medicine. Gordon is regarded as the father of the field of microbiome research.