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Luchini named as Maritz professor in architecture Adrian Luchini has been named the Raymond E. Maritz Professor in the School of Architecture; a position established through an earlier gift from the late William E. Maritz and his wife, Jackie Maritz. Full story More Stories
				25 years of service At the School of Medicine's Central Administration Recognition Luncheon, Robert J. Engeszer, left, manager of Application Programming and Development, and William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, admire the clock Engeszer received for 25 years of service. View in full Protein linked to Alzheimer's to be studied Researchers in the School of Medicine have received a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences to continue studying Notch, a protein critical for normal embryonic development. Notch abnormalities in adulthood can lead to conditions such as stroke and cancer. Full story Type 2 diabetics needed for heart disease research Volunteers with type 2 diabetes are needed for a study in the School of Medicine. The study, called BARI 2D (bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation of type 2 diabetes), is part of an international effort to prevent and control the progression of coronary disease, a dangerous clogging of the heart's blood vessels that recently has been identified as a significant problem for people with diabetes. Full story				Cell-surface molecules could affect birth defects Saunders During pregnancy, an egg composed of one cell develops into a baby with more than 200 types of cells and all the tissues and organs needed for life. Investigators in the School of Medicine reported progress in understanding this puzzle of human development in the Jan. 18 issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry. A team led by Scott Saunders, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology and pharmacology and of pediatrics, is unraveling the role played by a little-understood family of molecules called heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) in determining a cell's ultimate fate. Full story Nicotine dependence genes focus of study Researchers in the School of Medicine will lead a five-year program project grant that will attempt to uncover genetic factors involved in nicotine dependence. Theodore Reich, M.D., the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Psychiatry and professor of genetics, will lead the multicenter study, which is funded by an $8.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. Called the "Collaborative Genetic Study of Nicotine Dependence," the study hopes to identify biological mechanisms, genes and environmental factors that determine nicotine consumption and predispose or protect individuals from the onset and persistence of nicotine dependence. Full story

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