Page 318 – The Source | Washington University in St. Louis

Saligrama part of team that received Wellcome Leap funding

Naresha Saligrama, at the School of Medicine, is part of a team that has received multiyear multimillion-dollar funding from Wellcome Leap to study immune responses.

Operations & Strategy

Americans must prepare for cyber warfare

With the war in Ukraine only seeming to ramp up, instead of down, and Vladimir Putin’s aggression against those who defend the Ukrainian people increases, Liberty Vittert, a data science expert at Olin Business School, said it’s only a matter of time until the U.S. faces a cyber attack. But that begs the question: What constitutes an act of war against the United States?

Engineering

Tiny, cheap solution for quantum-secure encryption

Illustration of a padlock "securing" data.

Shantanu Chakrabartty at the McKelvey School of Engineering proposes a new kind of encryption to protect data in the age of quantum computers.

Biology

How geography plays a role in evolution

Biologist Michael Landis has developed a new method to measure the extent to which regional geographic features — including barriers between regions, like mountains or water — affect local rates of speciation, extinction and dispersal for species. He considered anole lizards as a test case.

Law

Russian action may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity

Although not every violation of the law of war amounts to a ‘war crime,” the facts emerging from the conflict thus far are deeply troubling, says international criminal law expert Leila Sadat.

Business & Entrepreneurship

China’s political and economic dilemma

International business experts John Horn and Patrick Moreton offer their perspectives on the developing situation with China, including challenges facing the country and what impact their actions could have on the Chinese and global economies.

Alzheimer's

New strategy reduces brain damage in Alzheimer’s and related disorders, in mice

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered that targeting astrocytes reduces tau-related brain damage and inflammation in mice, a finding that could lead to better therapies for Alzheimer’s and related tauopathies.

Neuroscience & Memory

For accuracy, brain studies of complex behavior require thousands of people

Scientists rely on brainwide association studies to measure brain structure and function — using brain scans — and link them to mental illness and other complex behaviors. But a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota shows that most published brainwide association studies are performed with too few participants to yield reliable findings.

Performing Arts

MFA dance concert returns to Edison Theatre March 26

Four choreographers — Marcus Johnson, Charis Railey, Ashley L. Tate and Jane Tellini — will debut new work in Edison Theatre March 26 as part of the 2022 MFA Student Dance Concert, presented by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Academics

McDonnell International Scholars Academy names new partner

Washington University recently welcomed the Indian Institute of Science as a member of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.