Srikanth Singamaneni’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering developed a biosensing microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin, capture a biomarker and allow clinicians to detect its presence. The technology is low cost, easy to use and nearly pain-free.
A new study from the School of Medicine suggests that measuring mitochondrial DNA in the blood of patients with COVID-19 can help predict which are at highest risk of severe disease, requiring more intensive care.
David Cunningham, chair of sociology in Arts & Sciences, said the Biden administration can and should make every effort to defeat the rise of political extremism and white supremacy — but also should be aware of unintended consequences.
Nominations are being accepted for the university’s annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. The deadline is Feb. 12.
David T. Curiel, MD, PhD, the Distinguished Professor of Radiation Oncology at the School of Medicine, has played a role in the genesis of mRNA being used as a vaccine — the technology behind the two COVID-19 vaccines being administered currently. In this Q&A with St. Louis Magazine, he discusses that research as well as a different nasal vaccine he is hard at work on, along with colleagues at the School of Medicine and internationally.
Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, an instructor in medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, has been appointed to the City of St. Louis Board of Health. Her term runs until February 2024.
James L. Gibson, the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government in Arts & Sciences, has been elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa as an honorary foreign associate. Gibson has studied and written extensively about the evolution of South Africa’s democracy in the post-apartheid era.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $2.1 million four-year grant for research led by Chao Zhou, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering. The research team will use cardiac optogenetics to help achieve regular beating in fruit fly hearts as part of a broader investigation into new, less damaging pacemaker options.
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Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, an instructor in medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, has been appointed to the City of St. Louis Board of Health. Her term runs until February 2024.
James L. Gibson, the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government in Arts & Sciences, has been elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa as an honorary foreign associate. Gibson has studied and written extensively about the evolution of South Africa’s democracy in the post-apartheid era.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $2.1 million four-year grant for research led by Chao Zhou, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering. The research team will use cardiac optogenetics to help achieve regular beating in fruit fly hearts as part of a broader investigation into new, less damaging pacemaker options.