Department News

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. […]

Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Kroll! Dr. Kristen Kroll’s research was recently published in the Associated Press. To read the full article, click here Click here to listen to Dr. Kroll’s radio interview with 3AW Breakfast with Ross and Russel in Melbourne, AU. The interview starts at about 1:07.

Congratulations to Victoria Church! Victoria Church, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Andrew Yoo’s Lab, was granted the Early Career Investigators Innovation Award from the William N. and Bernice E. Bumpus Foundation.

Congratulations to Luci Capano! Luci Capano, Graduate Student in Dr. Andrew Yoo’s Lab, has been selected as one of the winners of the 30th Anniversary Tau Leadership Awards. This honor comes with a $10,000 award (for technology; books; or travel and registration for courses or scientific conferences related to continued scientific discovery in tauopathy research) […]

Congratulations to Dr. Mayssa Mokalled! Mayssa Mokalled has just received the 2022 Junior Faculty Award of Excellence from the Zebrafish Disease Models Society at the virtual ZDM14 conference.