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Potential new therapy relieves chronic itch

Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified immune signaling molecules that are essential for activating neurons in the skin to cause chronic itching.

Medicine & Health

Human skin cells transformed directly into motor neurons

Scientists at the School of Medicine have converted skin cells from healthy adults directly into motor neurons without going through a stem cell state.

Postdocs sought for translational science program

The TL1 Translational Sciences Postdoctoral Program is recruiting postdoctoral researchers to fill training grant slots under the Clinical Translational Science Awards. Funding is available to trainees.

Bike commuter buddy system launches

The Office of Sustainability is starting a bike commuter buddy system. The program aims to support and encourage more of the university community to commute by bike by connecting experienced with less experienced riders who live in the same area.

Science & Technology

Pushing science and engineering to create new soft materials

A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and Duke University has been award a prestigious National Science Foundation grant. The challenge: Push the boundaries of science to create new materials with a wide range of uses and applications.

Science & Technology

Joining forces to advance the study of life on earth

Washington University is joining forces with the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Saint Louis Zoo to create the Living Earth Collaborative, a new academic center dedicated to advancing the study of biodiversity to help ensure the future of Earth’s species in their many forms.

Science & Technology

Decade of work pays off

For more than a decade, an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has sought a better way for pulse design using the similarity between spins and springs by using numerical experiments.

Ciorba named chief of gastroenterology division’s IBD program

Matthew A. Ciorba, MD, of the Division of Gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named chief of the division’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Team WashU previews Solar Decathlon house Sept. 7

Students and faculty from Team WashU will preview CRETE House, a sustainable, solar-powered concrete home designed and built as part of the 2017 Solar Decathlon competition. at 10am Thursday, Sept. 7.

Humanities & Society

Trump’s DACA decision regrettable

The Trump administration on Sept. 4 announced plans to end DACA, which protects nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. The president’s decision is not only regrettable, it was entirely unnecessary, says Stephen Legomsky, the John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus and renowned expert on immigration law.