October 2008
- Cindy Bir named 2008 Crain’s Women to Watch Honoree
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
On September 15, 2008, Crain’s Detroit Business named 15 Detroit-area women as Crain’s Women to Watch, and the College of Engineering’s own Dr. Cindy Bir was among the honorees. Dr. Bir, associate professor of Bioengineering, is the lead scientist for the popular...
- David Rueda’s new paradigm for RNA folding paves way for breakthroughs in treatment of deadly disease and understanding gene diversity
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
David Rueda, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scieces, a prestigious scientific journal. The article discussed the development of a new paradigm for...
- WSU/KCI faculty receive over $2 million from Komen
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
A joint release from Wayne State University, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Komen’s distribution of $100 million in grants to scientists across the U.S. and internationally. In addition, local Komen affiliates announced additional...
- Michigan’s role in National Children’s Study expanded with $57 million NIH grant: WSU spearheads prenatal assessment portion of study
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wayne State University is playing a major role in the most ambitious children’s health research project in history. The National Institutes of Health has expanded Michigan’s role in its National Children’s Study with a $57 million grant announced today. The National...
- Dan Kashian investigates potential link between beetle outbreak in Yellowstone and climate change
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Scientists may soon be closer to understanding the intricate connection between a large scale insect outbreak in Yellowstone National Park and global climate change, thanks to the work of one Wayne State researcher. Dan Kashian, Ph. D., assistant professor of Biological Sciences in the College...
- BIO 101: Introductory Topics in Biology for Collaborators
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
All WSU faculty, postdocs and graduate students are invited to attend this academic year’s BIO 101 series. All talks are in Room 1200 Engineering Building (Hall of Fame) and are from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. On October 17, Dr. Phil Cunningham, associate professor of Biology, will...
- Major changes on NIH submissions of amended proposals - New limit set to one amendment
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a significant change to the policy on resubmission (amended) applications. As of January 25, 2009, NIH will accept only a single amendment to the original application of original new applications and competing renewal applications. Failure to...
- Meera Chitlur developing new method to reduce complications of severe hemophilia in children
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Meera Chitlur, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics, Department of Hematology/Oncology in WSU's School of Medicine, recently received a grant from the Children's Research Center of Michigan to further develop a laboratory method that could dramatically improve the management of children...
- Dr. Fernandez-Madrid receives grant to develop simple blood test for detecting breast cancer
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
A Wayne State University research team led by Felix Fernandez-Madrid, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine was awarded a three-year, $1.67 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate the possibility of a...
- WSU to host climate change conference Oct. 21
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wayne State University is hosting “Assessing the Implications of Climate Change for Southeastern Michigan,” a one-day conference on Tuesday, October 21st at WSU’s Bernath Auditorium in the David Adamany Undergraduate Library. Seven scientists and experts will address climate...
- Neuropsychology: Past, Present and Future - Colloquium with Dr. Jeffrey T. Barth, University of Virginia
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Department of Psychology and Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University are pleased to invite the WSU community to a special colloquium with guest speaker, Jeffrey T. Barth, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN, John Edward Fowler professor, head of the Neurocognitive Study Section, director of the Brain...
- Research Enhancement Program in Arts Announced
- Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
WSU’s Research Enhancement Program (REP) is designed to strengthen the University’s position as a nationally recognized research university and as a center of scholarship consistent with our emphases on the urban mission and global presence as described in our Strategic Action...