Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016

Top Stories

Antibody protects developing fetus from Zika in mouse study

Researchers from the School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University have identified a human antibody that prevents — in pregnant mice — the fetus from becoming infected with the Zika virus.

Changing cell behavior could boost biofuels, medicine

Michael Brent, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has developed a way to coax cells to do natural things under unnatural circumstances. The work could be useful for stem cell research, gene therapy and biofuel production.

Debate Diary: students’ behind-the-scenes look

More than 65 million people tuned in to the Oct. 9 presidential debate on campus between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. A group of Sam Fox School students sought to document the energy and intimacy of life at ground level.

Events

4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9

‘The tensions of black refusal in a photographic frame’

4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10

‘Media studies at the crossroads’

7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10

Global poverty conference keynote address

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Campus Announcements

Medical school to celebrate Epigenome Day Nov. 21

Epigenome Day will be held Nov. 21 on the Medical Campus. The free, public event includes a full slate of seminars and workshops highlighting epigenomics resources.

WashU in the News

SNL’s ‘Black Jeopardy’ way more accurate than people realized

The Washington Post

Eight types of cancer you’re more likely to get if you’re overweight

Prevention

A look at Supreme Court database

HEC-TV

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Research Wire

Michael Avidan, MBBCh, of the School of Medicine, and Yixin Chen, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, are co-principal investigators on a two-year, $589,998 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and assess machine-learning, forecasting algorithms that predict adverse outcomes for patients.

The Record