Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are defined by structural diversity, and the determinants of this diversity are an important area of biophysical investigation. IDPs are involved in a range of important biological processes, including cell signaling and regulation, that allow healthy cells to respond to environmental factors appropriately, but they are also associated with human diseases […]
Research from labs of Rohit Pappu, collaborators sheds light on condensate characteristics
Song Hu, Yong Wang team up to find quantitative biomarkers for clinical pain management
Our brains consume huge amounts of energy and rely on oxygen supplied by blood vessels. When the brains of infants are deprived of oxygen for any reason, it can lead to brain injury that causes cerebral palsy, epilepsy or cognitive impairment. Song Hu, PhD, associate professor of biomedical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering […]
Hong Chen’s lab develops technique to generate Airy beams for ultrasound focusing
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that arises from abnormal electrical activity in the brain leading to seizures. These seizure events can have a variety of causes, including genetic variants in a family of proteins that regulate potassium ions in the brain. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have led an international team to take […]
ShiNung Ching, collaborators seek to develop predictive model for secondary brain injuries
Song Hu combines hardware and machine learning for precision imaging technique
A submarine can inadvertently reveal its location because of cavitation, a condition that creates bubbles underwater that burst, then emit sound waves that can be detected by sonar. A team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis plans to use the same concept to detect cavitation in human brains that may contribute to […]
Philip Bayly, collaborators to use imaging, modeling to look at waves in the brain
Hong Chen’s lab created an $80 device that is accurate and easy to use
Hong Chen, medical school faculty to collaborate on NIH-funded work
Song Hu, Lan Yang, Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD collaborate on NIH-funded work
Jai Rudra, Meredith Jackrel to use nanofibers to develop new vaccines
It is the first work to show that sonothermogenetics can control behavior by stimulating a specific target deep in the brain
Dezhuang Ye in Hong Chen’s lab tests novel method in brain tumor model