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Keesey awarded 2026 James L. O'Leary Prize

BME graduate student honored for excellence in neuroscience research at WashU.

04.01.2026

Research by Elena Gracheva in Chao Zhou's lab used optical coherence microscopy to image the heart tube, or cardiovascular system, of a fruit fly model of a rare human disease. (From top left) These images show a heart tube with the gene removed; one of a normal fruit fly; one with the human TREX1 gene; and one with a mutated human TREX1 gene. (Credit: Elena Gracheva)

Fruit fly model provides inside look into progression of rare human disease

Elena Gracheva in Chao Zhou’s lab uses optical coherence microscopy to monitor disease progression in fruit fly cardiovascular system.

03.31.2026

Three McKelvey faculty elected to AAAS

Yixin Chen, Lori Setton and Joshua Yuan were among eleven WashU faculty members elected.

03.30.2026

WashU launches doctoral program in neuroengineering

The program, to begin in 2027, is among only a few in the United States.

03.30.2026

Kraus named executive director of finance and budgeting for McKelvey Engineering

She has more than 30 years of experience at WashU.

03.30.2026

Yifan Dai and his collaborators address how biomolecular condensates create oxygen-based radicals without the presence of enzymes and uncover what are the chemical origins of the radical sources. Such findings provide the molecular basis for the study of the roles of condensates in cellular physiology and diseases. (Credit: Dai lab, created with Google Gemini)

New research on cellular redox reactions sheds light on the path to neurodegenerative diseases

Yifan Dai and colleagues are reshaping our understanding of disease origins and revealing how these condensates can tip cells from normal behavior to dysfunction.

03.27.2026

Scientists have long thought that enzymes were needed to regulate our metabolic cycle, but Yifan Dai and his collaborators have found that biomolecular condensates can perform the same role. (Credit: Dai lab, created with ChatGPT)

Biomolecular condensates have surprising new role

Yifan Dai’s lab and collaborators find that biomolecular condensates drive carbon-nitrogen bonds.

03.25.2026

WashU Data Science Network making connections across campus

Interdisciplinary student group provides hands-on data science experience.

03.25.2026

Confocal microscopy reveals the characteristic features of cardiac cells: well-defined striations of the z-discs (α-actinin; blue) and colocalization of Nav1.5 (purple) at the z-disc and intercalated disc nanodomains. This patient-specific tool developed in Jon Silva’s lab allows investigation of unique drug responses that can inform arrhythmia therapy in individuals carrying common variants of the cardiac sodium channel gene. The image on the left is of patient heterozygous hiPSCs, and the image on the right is S1103Y homozygous hiPSCs, the one gene variant that changed in response to the drug mexiletine. (Credit: Silva lab)

Common gene variant creates paradoxical drug response for irregular heartbeat

Research in Jon Silva’s lab highlights call for importance of genetic testing for precision medicine.

03.25.2026

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Apr 3

Center for Women’s Health Engineering Mini-Research Symposium at Whitaker Hall 100, Danforth Campus, Washington University in St. Louis.

Apr 3 11:00 am

EECE Seminar ~ Dr. Simon Pang at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Apr 6 4:00 pm

Part-Time Masters Information Session Hosted by Graduate Student Services

Engineering management online program ranked No. 15 nationwide

The part-time online program, offered through the Sever Institute, was recognized as among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

01.28.2026

Mbatai wins Dean James E. McLeod First-Year Writing Prize

Sophomore Izzy Mbatai has been awarded the Dean James E. McLeod First-Year Writing Prize from the College of Arts & Sciences and the College Writing Program.

10.17.2025