Remembering Barbara G. Pickard
With great sadness, we share the loss of our friend, Prof. Barbara G. Pickard of Washington University in St. Louis. Barbara passed on December 6, 2019, from complications related to hip surgery. She served ...
Organ-Level Function on a Chip: Bile Duct-on-a-Chip
In a recent paper published in Hepatology, CEMB’s Rebecca G. Wells, reports on creating the first bile duct-on-a-chip, making it possible for more-complete research to be conducted without the need for human or animal ...
Plant Cell Mechanobiology Blossoming at WashU
Plant biologist Lucia Strader in the School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis discovered a cellular transporter that regulates root initiation and progression. Roots anchor plants in place and allow ...
Dan Huh Wins 2018 Lush Science Prize for Organ-on-a-Chip Work
The Lush Prize is a major initiative aiming to bring forward the day when safety testing takes place without the use of animals. It focuses pressure on toxicity testing for consumer products and ingredients, ...
When Cells Go Rogue: Pathak wins NIH MIRA grant to study cell group behavior and role in metastasis
(News item prepared by Patience Graybill, Wash U) Researchers have thought that cancer begins when a single cell goes rogue in the body then begins to grow and multiply. Now, they are investigating evidence ...
Restoring the heart’s elasticity: new path against heart failure
Ben Prosser, Assistant Professor of Physiology and CEMB faculty researcher and his colleague, Ken Margulies recently reported in Nature Medicine, promising work into restoring elasticity to previously 'damaged' and stiff cardiac muscle cells. The work ...
