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How to build better highways in plants
As a plant grows, it moves cellular material from its version of manufacturing sites to the cell wall construction zone. Transporter proteins, called motor proteins, are thought to move these cell wall...
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Antibiotic-destroying genes widespread in bacteria in soil and on people
Shown above are two different 3D views of TetX7 (green), a tetracycline-destroying enzyme that causes resistance to all tetracycline antibiotics (the small multicolored molecule in the center)....
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Silicon ‘neurons’ may add a new dimension to computer processors
When it fires, a neuron consumes significantly more energy than an equivalent computer operation. And yet, a network of coupled neurons can continuously learn, sense and perform complex tasks at energy...
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New microscopy method provides unprecedented look at amyloid protein structure
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are often accompanied by amyloid proteins in the brain that have become clumped or misfolded. At Washington University in St. Louis, a...
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Maffly-Kipp named interim dean of Graduate School, vice provost for graduate...
Maffly-Kipp Laurie Maffly-Kipp, the Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed interim...
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‘Ring Their Names’ virtual vigil scheduled Friday
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion is inviting Washington University in St. Louis students, staff and faculty to come together at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 5, for “Ring Their Names,” a virtual vigil...
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Modeling study: COVID-19 stay-at-home policies to be relaxed before pandemic...
Relaxing stay-at-home social and business policies should occur prior to the peak and could be accompanied by increases in the infection rate of COVID-19. And the race for a vaccine will lose its value...
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Medical students assist health departments in tracking COVID-19
Washington University medical student Sharon Abada is one of more than 100 students at the School of Medicine who has undergone training to become a volunteer contact tracer for the St. Louis County...
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Students, employees benefit from university’s crisis response fund
When the COVID-19 crisis hit, Danny Lawrence, a University College student at Washington University in St. Louis, immediately lost his part-time job. Soon Lawrence, who is 50 and blind, had a mortgage...
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University called to action at ‘Ring Their Names’ vigil
At the virtual vigil “Ring Their Names,” Adrienne Davis, vice provost and the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, urged faculty, students and staff to direct...
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Disch named university registrar
Keri Disch, associate university registrar at Northwestern University, has been named university registrar at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, according to Marion Crain, interim...
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Ancient micrometeoroids carried specks of stardust, water to asteroid 4 Vesta
The formation of our solar system was a messy affair. Most of the material that existed before its formation — material formed around other, long-dead stars — was vaporized, then recondensed into new...
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$3.7 million aimed at studying effect of manganese exposure on cognitive skills
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $3.7 million grant to investigate the link between manganese and cognitive problems. Understanding how the metal...
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Scientists generate early stem cells that form human placenta
Despite researchers’ efforts to understand pregnancy — both healthy and high-risk — the human placenta remains something of a mystery. Tissue samples are nearly impossible to obtain until after birth,...
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Researchers forecast stable, slightly declining levels of COVID-19 entering fall
The rate in which COVID-19 cases spread is not proportionate with the number of contagious individuals – as prior models assumed – but rather concave, meaning that the impact of one more infected...
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COVID-19 mouse model will speed search for drugs, vaccines
The global effort to quickly develop drugs and vaccines for COVID-19 has been hampered by limited numbers of laboratory mice that are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
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Washington University statement on presidential proclamation on Chinese...
At Washington University, we are committed to fostering a diverse, global academic community. The faculty and students who come to us from around the world play a vital role in making the university...
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An ion channel senses cell swelling and helps cells to choose a response
After a dry spell, a rainy day can feel rejuvenating. But for plants, a downpour can mean trouble. Faced with water suddenly rushing into its tissues, a plant must control its cells’ volume or risk...
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Cutting-edge computing paves way to future of NMR spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy helps chemists and other scientists identify and explore atomic structures. However, NMR is limited by the availability of catalogs of reference data to...
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Scientists map how human retinal cells relay information to brain
To understand how we see the world and how diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma impair vision, scientists need to understand how the retina communicates vision signals to the...
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