$12 million grant funds studies of role of genes in autism, similar diagnoses

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an $11.85 million grant to create a resource for the WashU and national research communities to study the growing number of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders known to be caused by a single gene mutation. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health of […]

Mitra receives innovation award

Robi Mitra, PhD, the Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for developing new genomic technologies that have allowed dramatic reductions in the cost of DNA sequencing. The award was presented at […]

Leuthardt, Mitra selected as AIMBE fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has named two new fellows from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The two faculty members join 30 of their WashU colleagues already in the organization, including seven who were inducted last year. Robi Mitra, PhD, the Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology in […]