The Hope Center is pleased to announce that Fernanda Laezza and Biyu He are the winners of Hope Center prizes for the Fall of 2006. Read More >

We are delighted to announce a major redesign of the Hope Center web site. The new site uses a "content management system" web design, which allows flexible, modular, and collaborative programming. Read More >

Hope Center member Eugene M. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. Read More >

Washington University is one of only four institutions to receive an NIH Neuroscience Blueprint Interdisciplinary Center Core Grant. Read More >

A clinical trial in Parkinson's Disease showed promising results for a gene therapy based on a discovery by Hope Center scientists. Read More >

The Hope Center regrets that Stephen Heywood, age 37, lost his battle against ALS. Stephen and his brother Jaime have had a significant impact in raising awareness about ALS. Read More >

Three Alzheimer's disease researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been named to the 2006 Scientific American 50, an honorary list of the year's "prime movers" in a variety of scientific disciplines. Read More >

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, a research leader in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke and schizophrenia, will be among the first recipients of a major new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to facilitate study of nervous system disorders. Read More >

Hope Center scientists Jin Moo Lee, M.D., Ph.D. and David Holtzman, M.D. have discovered a new brain pathway involved in Alzheimer's Disease. Read More >

Russell N. Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D., is the new Bernard Becker Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced the appointment. Read More >

The Hope Center for Neurological Disorders is pleased to announce that Anneliese Schaefer, JD, PhD, research assistant professor of neurology, has accepted the position of Deputy Director. Read More >

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics hosted "Symposium at 77" in honor of Hope Center investigator, Carl Frieden, Ph.D., the former department head and longtime professor. Read More >

Hope Center researcher Alan Pestronk, M.D., tests new drug to treat degenerative disease. Read More >

A team led by Hope Center members Randall Bateman and David Holtzman, the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology, has developed a test to monitor amyloid beta peptide, the long-suspected cause of Alzheimer's Disease, in humans for the first time. Read More >

Hope Center researcher James Galvin, MD, MPH, receives a top award for his research into geriatric dementia. Read More >

Second annual "Evening of Hope" music and performance enchants donors. Read More >

Elizabeth Tank and Chris Weihl, M.D., PhD, were awarded annual Hope Center Research Prizes. Read More >

A team lead by Hope Center Member Alison M. Goate, D.Phil, has identified a gene that appears to be associated with a higher risk for Alzheimer's Disease. Read More >