Who Knew WashU?
Question: Recent PhD graduate Alex Quillin, working with mentor Jennifer Heemstra, developed a tool to help unravel the origins of diseases including cancer. What does it detect?
Answer: B) RNA editing errors. Read more about how WashU supported Quillin’s work, which she is now working to commercialize in the private sector.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Reggie Sorter, who works at Siteman Cancer Center in St. Peters and will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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Notables
Four named senior members of National Academy of Inventors
Four WashU researchers have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors: Rajan Chakrabarty, Vijay Ramani, Christina Stallings and Zhude Tu.
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Videos
Komal Shah on ‘Making Their Mark’
Influential collector Komal Shah discusses “Making Their Mark.” Currently on view at WashU’s Kemper Art Museum, the exhibition places work by renowned figures such as Howardena Pindell, Joan Mitchell and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith in dialogue with contemporary practitioners such as Katharina Grosse, Lorna Simpson, Sarah Sze and Mary Weatherford.
