Helen McNeill, Ph.D., has been elected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science

Congratulations to Dr. Helen McNeill! “Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.” McNeill, the Larry J. Shapiro and Carol-Ann Uetake-Shapiro Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology at WashU Medicine, is recognized for […]

Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D., has been named as a winner of the 2025 MIND Prize

Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Pollina honored for innovations in neuroscience MIND Prize funds research into neurodegenerative diseases Elizabeth Pollina, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2025 MIND Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation. The MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize […]

Yuxiao Xu and Billy Liu have been selected to receive the 2024 Irving Boime Graduate Student Fellowship Award

Congratulations to Yuxiao Xu and Billy Liu! Yuxiao Xu, Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Mayssa Mokalled’s Lab, and Billy Liu, Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Kerry Kornfeld’s Lab, have been selected to receive the 2024 Irving Boime Graduate Student Fellowship Award! This fellowship is made possible by scientific discoveries by Professor Boime and his trainees […]