Carole L. Wilson, Ph.D., research assistant professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine, received a two-year, $462,750 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for a research project titled "Modulation of Beta-Defensins by Matrilysin." É
Master of social work student Jenny Brav and about 20 classmates in a "Organizing, Coalition Building and Lobbying" course will be heading to Jefferson City at 5:30 a.m. March 13 to lobby members of the Missouri legislature on bills related to elder abuse, public housing and the establishment of a prisoner ombudsman. The George Warren Brown School of Social Work students are looking for members of the campus community to join them in their efforts. John Robertson, Ph.D., visiting professor of social work, teaches the course, which includes the Lobby Day effort supported by the Missouri Association for Social Welfare. For more information, contact Brav at jvb1@gwbmail. wustl.edu. É
Arthur H. Neufeld, Ph.D., the Bernard Becker Research Professor of Opthamology and Visual Sciences in the School of Medicine, received a one-year, $47,075 grant from Horncrest Foundation Inc., for research titled "Demonstration of Pharmacological Neuroprotection in a Glaucoma Model Using Old Rats." É
Wu Ling-Gang, Ph.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology in the School of Medicine, received a one-year, $120,676 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled "Regulation of the Kinetics of Vesicle Endocytosis in a Central Synapse." É
Stephen M. Highstein, M.D., Ph.D., professor of otolaryngology, and Joel A. Goebel, M.D., associate professor of otolaryngology in the School of Medicine, received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a research conference titled "The Vestibular Labyrinth in Health and Disease Conference." É
Aaron DiAntonio, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology and pharmacology in the School of Medicine, received a three-year, $225,000 grant from the Whitehall Foundation for research titled "Regulated Proteolysis and the Control of Synaptic Growth." É
Michael Brent, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled "Complete Gene Structure Prediction." É
Washington University has received a National Institutes of Health grant to support summer undergraduate research fellowships for 10 students majoring in engineering, math, physics or other physical sciences. The four-year, $325,000 grant will allow students to participate in biomedical research with selected mentors in biology, biomedical engineering, chemistry , biochemistry and molecular biophysics, cell biology and physiology, surgery, genetics and medicine. É
Mary-Jean Cowell, Ph.D., associate professor of performing arts in Arts & Sciences, has been elected to a three-year term on the National Board of the American College Dance Festival Association and to a two-year term as vice-president of the Missouri Dance Educators Organization.
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