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Apr 14 2:00 pm

BME Dissertation Defense: Dom Marticorena at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Apr 27 8:30 am

BME Day 2026 at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Apr 27 1:00 pm

Frank C. P. and Grace C. Yin Distinguished Lecture: Mikhail G. Shapiro at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

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

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

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

Raman named Dennis and Barbara Kessler Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Barani Raman developing ‘electronic nose’ with applications in medicine, homeland security.

03.03.2026

Song Hu and his collaborators have developed super-resolution functional photoacoustic microscopy (SR-fPAM), which allows researchers to image blood flow and oxygenation at single-cell resolution in the mouse brain. It bridges a critical gap in functional microvascular imaging and could provide new insight into microvascular health and disease, such as stroke, vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. (Credit: Song Hu, created with Manus)

Functional photoacoustic microscopy reaches super-resolution by tracking red blood cells

New tool developed in Song Hu’s lab may advance understanding of cerebral small vessel disease.

03.03.2026

WashU's Fall 2025 Ignite Interdisciplinary Grants were awarded to researchers with projects on pressing public health problems, including studies on air pollution from wildfires, managing opioid pain relief safely, sustaining healthy eating programs, and improving outcomes for children with cancer. (Illustration: Emily May at WashU Public Health/Getty Images/Unsplash)

Ignite Interdisciplinary Grant awardees announced

Program supports innovative, interdisciplinary research focused on public health across WashU.

02.18.2026