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The View From Here 8.21.19

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Jackrel’s lab discovers information on proteins in sarcoma and liposarcoma, findings that can combat disease

Researchers in the laboratory of Meredith Jackrel, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, discovered that proteins implicated in Ewing’s sarcoma and liposarcoma can be dissolved by protein disaggregases, a finding that could be used to combat disease. The new research is published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Read more about […]

Campus & Community

Sam Fox School announces fall Public Lecture Series

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will launch its fall Public Lecture Series Sept. 19 with Swiss architect Patrick Gmür. Other events will include a Q&A with Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei and the symposium “Decoys & Depictions: Images of the Digital.”

Medicine

Why initial UTIs increase susceptibility to further infection

Researchers at the School of Medicine have discovered that an initial urinary tract infection (UTI) triggers changes to immune and other cells in the bladder that can prime the bladder to overreact to bacteria, worsening subsequent UTIs.

Student speaker Chibueze Agwu’s address to the Class of 2023

Senior Chibueze Agwu, a philosophy-neuroscience-psychology major in Arts & Sciences and a residential advisor, gave the student address to the Class of 2023 at Convocation. Read his remarks.

Campus & Community

Investigative journalist casts critical eye on industry influence, pesticide science

Investigative journalist Carey Gillam will deliver the first talk of the fall 2019 Agri-Food Workshop lecture series, “Monsanto Trials and Monsanto Papers,” casting a critical eye on industry influence and pesticide science, Aug. 30.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s Convocation address to the Class of 2023

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin addressed the Class of 2023 at Convocation. “We chose you because we saw something about you that goes way beyond your academic achievements, your test scores or your impressive extracurricular resume,” he said. Read his full remarks.

Downtown St. Louis Is Rising; Black St. Louis Is Being Razed

Imagine if St. Louis and Detroit counted progress in some other way than number of vacant buildings demolished and number of downtown jobs added this year.

Galburt receives NIH grant to study kinetic regulation of mycobacterial transcription

Eric Galburt, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine, received a four-year, nearly $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his research titled “Kinetic regulation of mycobacterial transcription.”

Chemistry

NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers grant renewed

The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) has been awarded a $20 million grant renewal from the National Science Foundation in support of its research. The CSP, based at the University of Minnesota, partners with researchers from around the country, including William Tolman in Arts & Sciences.