Gerald L. Andriole
Urologist combats prostatic diseases
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Neff helps high school senior to award
Michael M. Neff, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has been working with Michael Kalishman, a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, on plant science research for the past 18 months. Kalishman recently was named an Intel Science Talent Search Award semifinalist. Kalishman and his school each will receive $1,000 for this honor. Kalishman's project in Neff's lab involved the use of DNA sequencing to identify the exact mutation (base-pair change) in an Arabidopsis mutant, cry1-102, that does not respond normally to blue light. Kalishman sequenced the cryptochrome 1 gene in this mutant and identified the DNA base-pair change responsible for the cry1-102 mutation. He then developed a PCR-based test useful for rapid identification of this particular mutation. Other members of Neff's lab now use this test. Kalishman is in the running to be chosen as a national finalist, which could grant him up to $100,000 in scholarships. Ph.D., professor of neurology and pharmacology, has received a five-year, $2,166,155 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for research entitled "Biomedical Research Training in Drug Abuse."
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