Brian Allan, graduate fellow in biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $10,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for research titled “Predator Role in Prey Disease Reduction.” …
Timothy M. Lohman, Ph.D., the Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biological Chemistry, has received a four-year, $1,994,128 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Helicase Catalyzed DNA Unwinding.” …
Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, professor of biomedical engineering, of cell biology & physiology, of medicine, of radiology and of pediatrics, and director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center (CBAC), was elected as the Hein J.J. Wellens Distinguished Professor in Cardiology at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Rudy will conduct workshops on cardiac electrophysiology at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM) during September 2008 and May 2009. He will also host visiting scientists from Maastricht University in his WUSTL laboratory as part of a CBAC-CARIM collaboration in heart research. …
Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D., the James. S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, received a $13,200 grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to sponsor a joint ONR/AMBIO project workshop in 2007.