Research Planning Committee

President's Research Fund

Applications are now being accepted for the Spring 2014 cycle of the President's Research Fund. More

PRF Fall 2013 Awardees

The RPC has announced the recipients of the President's Research Fund awards for the Fall 2013 cycle. More

Pharm/Phys Faculty Member Receives Award

Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacological & Physiological Science, will be awarded an Outstanding Scientist Award by the Academy of Science of St. Louis in April. More

NIAID Contract Continues to Fourth Year

Mark Buller, Ph.D., and William Wold, Ph.D., have received a fourth year of funding for their contract entitled “Animal Models of Infectious Diseases.” More

Sly Syndrome Clinical Trial Begins Soon

Ultragenyx will begin testing a recombinant enzyme replacement therapy for Sly syndrome,
a lysosomal storage disease discovered by Dr. William Sly in 1973. More

Inhibition of "Fork Reversal" Improves Cancer Treatment

Alessandro Vindigni, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, recently published an article in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology describing his lab’s recent research on how cancer cells respond to topoisomerase I (TOP1) inhibitors, a common class of anti-cancer drugs used in chemotherapy. More

Pediatric Researchers Featured in Grand Rounds

Five researchers in the Department of Pediatrics, Stephen Barenkamp, M.D., Robert Fleming, M.D., Noah H. Hillman, M.D., Adriana Montaño, Ph.D., and Joyce Marie Koenig, M.D., are featured in the Spring 2013 issue of Grand Rounds magazine. More

Cancer Drugs Combat Bioterrorism

Mark Buller, Ph.D., of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, received a grant from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to study the antiviral properties of two cancer drugs and their ability to treat monkeypox infections in the event of a bioterrorism attack. More

Bitter Melon Extract May Help Treat Cancer

Ratna Ray, Ph.D., of the Department of Pathology, has received a grant from the Lottie Caroline Hardy Charitable Trust to continue her research on the cancer treatment with bitter melon extract, a common ingredient in Indian and Chinese cuisine. More

Microgravity Advances Protein Crystallization

Sergey Korolev, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, received a grant from the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to advance crystallization of medically relevant proteins using a microgravity environment. More

Biochemistry Faculty Receive Awards

Dale Dorsett, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Ángel Baldán, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, will be awarded Outstanding Scientist Awards by the Academy of Science of St. Louis in April. More

Lupus Researchers Receive NIH Grant

Anil Chauhan, Ph.D. and Terry Moore, M.D. have been awarded an NIH grant to study lupus, a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease. The researchers will use a new technology developed by Dr. Chauhan that will allow for the capture and analysis of immune complexes that could cause the progression of the disease. More

Sharon Frey Honored by YWCA

Sharon Frey, M.D. was recognized as one of the YWCA's Leaders of Distinction in Education. Dr. Frey was among 10 women honored at the 32nd Leader Lunch. More