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Joining forces to tackle a public health challenge

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Brown School are working together to decrease the burden of COVID-19 on a vulnerable group. The School of Medicine will offer 50,000 saliva tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to students, teachers, and staff in the six special education schools operated by the Special School District of St. […]

Cancer Research

Promising role for whole genome sequencing in guiding blood cancer treatment

A new study from the School of Medicine shows that whole genome sequencing is at least as accurate — and often better than — conventional genetic tests that help determine the treatment for a patient’s blood cancer.

Medicine & Health

Folding@home quickly pivots to fight COVID-19

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When the crowdsourced supercomputing project Folding@home first announced a shift to coronavirus research and asked for new volunteers to run its software and expand its computing capacity, organizations and citizen scientists from all walks of life heeded the call. Now, about four months later, the number of volunteers has increased a hundredfold. Based at Washington University School of […]

Biology

Barbara Kunkel: Prolific researcher, exceptional educator

As professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, Barbara Kunkel has made significant contributions to understanding the strategies plant pathogens use to manipulate their plant hosts. In addition to her research, Kunkel is an exceptional educator, beloved by her students.

Academics

Washington University launches strategic planning process

With an aim to be bold, transformative and collaborative, Washington University has officially begun its strategic planning process to develop a roadmap that will guide the university’s future over the next decade.

Humanities & Society

How to cope with pandemic anniversary emotions

Rebecca Lester, professor of sociocultural anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, offers advice for coping with the emotions brought on by COVID-19 anniversaries and moving forward.

Humanities & Society

Comparing pandemic spending patterns in U.S. and Israel

The pandemic is exacerbating preexisting social and economic inequalities in the U.S. and abroad, finds a new study from the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.

Space

How WashU scientists are helping NASA study the moon

An Arts & Sciences research team will help build a rover-mounted drill sensor to quantify the 3D distribution of water at the moon’s south pole. The team includes local St. Louis company Impossible Sensing.

Climate & Environment

Aerosol researchers turn toward COVID-19

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis are at the forefront of aerosol science. The Center of Aerosol Science and Engineering (CASE) conducts research from as high as 250 miles above Earth at the International Space Station all the way down to remote marine environments: their expertise ranges from the broadest scale to […]

Medicine

Immune cell implicated in development of lung disease following viral infection

Scientists at the School of Medicine have implicated a type of immune cell in the development of chronic lung disease that sometimes is triggered following a respiratory viral infection. The study was published in The Journal of Immunology.