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For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Igor Smirnov, D.V.M. His main interest is in developing animal models of traumatic and degenerative injuries of the nervous system to assess the role of the immune system during normal brain function, after an injury, and during the course of a neurodegenerative diseases. Tell us about your background. […]

Kevin Blake, PhD, scientific editor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology’s Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been honored for an essay he wrote titled “Missing Microbiomes: Global Underrepresentation Restricts Who Research Will Benefit.” The piece calls for scientists to increase representation of understudied populations […]

The Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine is proud to announce that Vahid Azimi, MD and Stephen Roper, PhD were part of a multidisciplinary team that was recently named a Univants of Healthcare Excellence Team of Distinction by Abbott.  The team sought to reduce the barrier in prenatal care for black […]

Kathleen Byrnes, MD, FASCPCM, Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology, has been named a 40 Under Forty honoree by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). ASCP’s program “recognizes members under the age of 40 for their achievements and leadership qualities that are making an impact on pathology and laboratory medicine.” Kathleen Byrnes, MD, […]

The Office of Technology Management recently hosted the seventh annual Celebration of Inventors, an event to honor and recognize Washington University inventors, researchers and faculty entrepreneurs. Honorees included 2023 United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awardees; National Academy of Inventors Fellows and Senior Members; and the recipient of the 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Innovation […]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a strain of gut bacteria can boost immune responses and enhance cancer immunotherapy to fight sarcoma tumors in mice. This paper also demonstrates the power of collaboration from leaders in the fields of immunology, cancer immune therapy, and gut microbiome. https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/gut-bacteria-boost-immune-response-to-fight-tumors/

Alzheimer’s disease starts with a sticky protein called amyloid beta that builds up into plaques in the brain, setting off a chain of events that results in brain atrophy and cognitive decline. The new generation of Alzheimer’s drugs — the first proven to change the course of the disease — work by tagging amyloid for […]

Dr. Ammar Abdelrahman, a post-doctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Kodi Ravichandran, has received a one-year grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation for his project “Targeting Retinal Glial Efferocytosis as a Novel Intervention Strategy in Retinopathy of Prematurity.”