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A team member wears the Locus Suit. Courtesy photo.

McKelvey Engineering students design device tailored to fit needs of visually impaired

The Locus Suit enables independent navigation.

04.27.2026

BME doctoral student Chukwu wins first place, People’s Choice awards at PhD-in-3D competition

Chinwendu Chukwu won the awards for presenting her research at the McDonnell International Scholars Academy competition.

04.21.2026

Chen selected as AIMBE fellow

Hong Chen, Jennifer Heemstra selected as AIMBE fellows.

04.16.2026

Alumna Isabel Acevedo with her family at Laclede's Landing on the St. Louis riverfront. (Credit: Samantha McRoy)

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BME alumna Isabel Acevedo supports life science innovation in St. Louis.

04.14.2026

Rudra named member of National Institutes of Health study section

Jai Rudra will review applications concerned with vaccine late-stage development.

04.14.2026

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

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