PRF Cycle 17

PRF Cycle 17 applications are now being accepted, with a due date of January 15, 2020. There will be a single application cycle with three application types. The application and review process will remain the same as last year. Please see the PRF site for full details. More

John Tavis Honored at ACS Gala

John Tavis, Ph.D., was honored at the American Cancer Society of St. Louis’ Champions of Hope Gala for his dedication to research and science. More

Salvemini Lab Receives Two NIH Grants

Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., and her research team received two NIH grants, one to study chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment and to study the use of opioids for pain management during cancer treatment. More

Hotel Influenza

Daniel Hoft, M.D., Ph.D., announced the opening of a new Extended Stay Research Unit at SLU. The new research unit will allow investigators to take vaccine testing to the next level and will further efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine. More

Missing Protein Leads to Hypoglycemia

Gina Yosten, Ph.D., received a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support her studies on hyopglycemia in Type 1 diabetics. More

Cause of Premature Aging in Children

Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D., and her lab group published a paper in Cell Reports detailing her lab’s studies on Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), which is caused by a single mutation in the LMNA gene that encodes the lamin A protein. More

Crystal Structure Solved For Key Inflammation Protein

Sergey Korolev, Ph.D., and his lab group published findings in Nature Communications revealing the crystal structure of the calcium-independent form of phospholipase A2β (iPLA2β). The structure sheds new light on the function, cellular localization, and regulation of this enzyme. More

A Link Between Sepsis and ARDS

David Ford, Ph.D., and Jane McHowat, Ph.D., published a paper linking sepsis to lung injury and death in patients with elevated levels of chlorinated lipids. Their findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight. More

Gemini Computing Cluster

The Department of Biochemistry maintains a state-of-the-art, high performance computing cluster that can be used for GPU computing, advanced molecular analyses, and rapid macromolecular conformation sampling. More

About

The RPC is the advisory body to the Dean of the School of Medicine about policies, activities, and long-term objectives pertaining to research in the School of Medicine.

Members are appointed by the Dean to a 3-year term, with the recommendations of the Committee on Faculty Affairs.

Activities of the RPC include:

Review of nominations for awards and fellowships
Reviews of Research Centers and Cores
Review of major equipment requisitions
Administration of Internal Study Section
Administration of Presidential Research Fund

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