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 | Of note Carl Frieden, Ph.D, professor of biochemistry and of molecular biophysics, will receive the 2007 Christian B. Anfinsen Award at the 21st Symposium of the Protein Society July 21-25 in Boston. This award recognizes significant technical achievements in the field of protein science. ... Junqian Xu, graduate research assistant, has received a two-year, $75,928 grant from the U.S. Army for research titled "Noninvasive Localization of Prostate Cancer via Diffusion Sensitive MRI." ... Elaine Majerus, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $60,000 grant from the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation for research titled "Study of Characterization of ADAMTS13 and Its Interaction with Endothelial Cells." ... Christina Gurnett, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in neurology, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the American Epilepsy Society for research titled "Determination of Seizure Susceptibility Gene Common to Mendelian and Complex Epilepsy." ... Rakesh Nagarajan, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $50,000 grant from Microsoft Research for research titled "Function Express Gold: A caBIG Grid-aware Microarray Analysis Application." ... C.J. Larkin, administrative director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program and lecturer in law, received a three-year, $244,000 grant from the State Department to establish exchanges between Washington University and Kathmandu law schools, and between Washington University and two civil society non-governmental organizations in Nepal. Along with the International Institute in St. Louis, Larkin received an ASC Foundation grant to train and mentor mediators within the immigrant-refugee communities and to develop an Ethnic Mediation Council in St. Louis. Notables policy Submit all Notables to | |