Department News

Congratulations to Dr. Dave Butler! Dave Butler, MD, in Dr. Andrew Yoo’s Lab, received a one-year $50,000 Grant Award through the McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, entitled “Aging-associated mitochondrial dysregulation in response to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in human neurons.”

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Andrew Yoo, PhD, received a five-year $9,085,972 multi–PI R01 (Cruchaga-contact, Frost, Karch, Wang, Yoo) from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging beginning August 15, 2022, for their project entitled, “Identification and Characterization of Cell-Specific Transposable Elements Implicated on Alzheimer Disease and Healthy Aging.”

Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel! Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, PhD, received a five-year $2,285,119 competitive renewal from the National Institute of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, beginning June 15, 2022, for her project entitled “Forward and reverse genetic studies of AIS and spine development in zebrafish.”  This project is part of […]

Congratulations to Adelita Mendoza! Adelita Mendoza, Ph.D., Postdoc Research Associate in Dr. Kerry Kornfeld’s Lab, received a two-year $200,000 grant from the National Institute of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, beginning August 1, 2022 for her project entitled “Regulation of zinc-dependent lysosome morphological restructuring, zinc trafficking and low zinc homeostasis in C. elegans […]

Congratulations to Dr. Kerry Kornfeld! Kerry Kornfeld, M.D., Ph.D., received a four-year $1,464,024 research grant from the National Institute of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, beginning September 1, 2022, for his project entitled “Lysosome remodeling mediates high zinc homeostasis”.

Congratulations to Dr. Mayssa Mokalled! Mayssa has been chosen to receive The Rising Star Award by the International Society for Regenerative Biology. Her award will be presented at the EMBO Workshop “The molecular and cellular basis for tissue regeneration and repair” September 26-30, Barcelona, Spain.

Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Johnson! Aaron Johnson, Ph.D. received a one year, $49,808 award, Clinical and Translational Research award through the Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program beginning March 1, 2022 for his project titled, “A Functional Genomics Approach to Diagnose Rare Genetic Diseases”. 

Congratulations to Dr. Shin Imai! Shin-ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology, has been granted membership in the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research. Dr. Imai’s  election to the Academy is based on his proven leadership and academic contributions to the field of longevity.

Congratulations to Kitra Cates, Graduate Student in Dr. Andrew Yoo’s Lab! Kitra Cates has received a $32,687 award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for her project entitled, “Investigating non-coding RNA 7SK in Huntington’s Disease neurodegeneration using direct neuronal conversion”.

Over the last nearly two years, the Covid-19 Pandemic challenged us individually, our families and the Washington University community.  During this time, many Washington University School of Medicine Faculty, Students, Fellows, and Staff have been sharing their expertise, risking their health and life and working tremendously hard to protect the entire Washington University community, St. […]