Membership is one of highest U.S. honors in health and medicine
Avidan, England, Miller elected to National Academy of Medicine (Links to an external site)
Author: Leslie Roettger
Gordon receives Albany Prize (Links to an external site)
One of 3 researchers honored for their research on how microbiomes function
WashU Gap Fund Makes First Two Awards
Washington University in St. Louis recently launched a fund to facilitate the commercialization of technologies created by its researchers. The Gap Fund, operated by the Office of Technology Management (OTM), has made its first two awards to WashU researchers to support the advancement and commercialization of technologies to improve maternity outcomes and treat diabetes. “The Washington […]
‘She Leads’ to empower women through panels, presentations (Links to an external site)
The Ann W. and Spencer T. Olin-Chancellor’s Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis will host the 2023 “She Leads Symposium @ WashU” from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 20 in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium.
Noninvasive, ultrasound-based brain biopsy is feasible, safe in people (Links to an external site)
Sonobiopsies generate genetic, molecular data to inform treatment decisions for brain diseases
WashU leads new multi-omics production center for NIH research consortium (Links to an external site)
Researchers will analyze materials from six disease study sites across US
Academy honors six university faculty (Links to an external site)
Profiles in Innovation: Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month is recognized annually from September 15–October 15 by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans. Here we profile two Washington University faculty members and how their Hispanic and Latino backgrounds have helped shape their academic careers and approach to innovation. Jonathan Silva, PhD: Professor, Department of Biomedical […]
Welcome to the Wall: An event to celebrate WashU faculty startup companies
How do you tell the story of a company? 50 companies? 100? For the Washington University Office of Technology Management (OTM), one way of sharing the story of WashU innovation is commemorating every WashU startup company with a custom logo sign affixed to the walls of OTM’s office lobby in the Cortex Innovation District. The […]
O’Brien wins awards at national pitch competition (Links to an external site)
Christine O’Brien was awarded both the People’s Choice and Judges Award at the 2023 Equalize Pitch Competition
Scientists develop breath test that rapidly detects COVID-19 virus (Links to an external site)
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a breath test that quickly identifies those who are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. The device requires only one or two breaths and provides results in less than a minute.
Equalize 2023 Pitch Competition Results Announced (Links to an external site)
Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes (Links to an external site)
Proof-of-concept device could also monitor for flu, RSV, other respiratory viruses
Curiel, Diamond receive innovation award (Links to an external site)
OTM’s Gina Smutz profiled in AUTM newsletter
Gina Smutz, Compliance Manager, Office of Technology Management was recently featured in the AUTM Insight newsletter’s Big Reveal, a recurring section that profiles AUTM members. Read the full article here.
Gordon wins Spain’s Asturias Award (Links to an external site)
Gut microbiome pioneer receives one of highest honors in Spanish-speaking world
EMBA alum’s startup wins $250K in Texas competition (Links to an external site)
A WashU-based life sciences startup that patented a groundbreaking bloodstream marker that flags potential cardiovascular disease recently won a $250,000 investment prize in a major national pitch competition.
Wearable, light-based brain-imaging tech to be commercialized with aid of NIH grant (Links to an external site)
Scientists, engineers receive small-business development grant
OTM’s Gina Smutz honored with University Operations Award
Washington University Office of Technology Management’s Gina Duncan Smutz was awarded the University Operations Award for 2023. The award recognizes a Central Fiscal Unit (CFU) employee who provides exceptional customer service to the University’s employees, students and community members and who demonstrates extraordinary contributions to WashU missions of education, research and patient care. In her […]
WashU Celebration of Inventors 2023
On May 11, 2023, the Office of Technology Management hosted the sixth annual Celebration of Inventors, an event to honor and recognize Washington University inventors, researchers and faculty entrepreneurs. Honorees included 2022 United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awardees and the National Academy of Inventors fellows and senior member. This year’s event also recognized […]
Class Acts: Carolyn Duncan (Links to an external site)
Energized by St. Louis startup scene, Duncan will work for a bioscience firm with WashU roots
Findings may lead to improved insulin-secreting cells derived from stem cells (Links to an external site)
Researchers ID shortcomings in stem cell-derived beta cells, paving way to improved diabetes treatments
Washington University receives NSF Engines Development Award (Links to an external site)
Award will help advance neuroscience technologies aimed at improving cognitive wellness
Needleman innovation program seeks proposals for therapeutic development (Links to an external site)
Up to $4 million in funding available to pursue ‘investigational new drug’ status
Commission presents venture capital funding gap solutions (Links to an external site)
Recommendations include tracking progress, policy changes, increased public awareness
Yang elected senior member of National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Lan Yang, the Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Scientists aim to develop vaccine against all deadly coronaviruses (Links to an external site)
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis scientists Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, and Sean Whelan, PhD, lead a team working to minimize the risk of another devastating coronavirus pandemic by designing a vaccine that reduces sickness and death caused by all potentially deadly coronaviruses, including ones that have not yet affected people. The research is supported by an $8 million grant from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Improving women’s health with engineering (Links to an external site)
Tools and techniques of engineering can be applied to diagnosis, treatment and prevention in women’s health
Imaging tech produces real-time 3D maps of uterine contractions during labor (Links to an external site)
Noninvasive technique could shed light on preterm birth
New diagnostic test is 1,000 times more sensitive than conventional tests (Links to an external site)
When Srikanth Singamaneni and Guy Genin, both professors of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, established a new collaboration with researchers from the School of Medicine in late 2019, they didn’t know the landscape of infectious disease research was about to shift dramatically. In a conference room […]
WashU Medicine reaches new heights as it climbs to No. 3 in NIH research funding (Links to an external site)
Research flourishes despite the immense challenges of the pandemic
Gordon receives Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (Links to an external site)
‘Father of the field’ honored for gut microbiome research
O’Brien team wins NIH prize to further develop maternal health device (Links to an external site)
Christine O’Brien, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and her team have received a $20,000 prize from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Technology for Maternal Health Challenge.
Genin, Guilak named to National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Faculty members honored for ‘facilitating outstanding inventions’
Nasal COVID-19 vaccine approved in India based on Washington University technology (Links to an external site)
The world’s first nasal vaccine for COVID-19 was approved Tuesday, Sept. 6, in India for emergency use. The vaccine, called iNCOVACC, is based on technology licensed from Washington University in St. Louis and developed in collaboration with Bharat Biotech International Limited in India.