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Welcome to the Department of Chemistry of Washington University in St. Louis. We occupy five buildings, of a total size of 242,000 square feet . The Department provides rigorous training in all areas of chemistry at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Approximately 50 chemistry majors graduate each year, many of whom go on to further study at the best graduate schools in the world.
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| An alternative to chemotherapy Nanoparticles tackle pediatric brain tumors (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11996.html) July 14, 2008 --
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| Facing extinction New book portrays day in the life of a bonobo (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11970.html) July 1, 2008 --
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| Math and science can be fun! Summer science camp develops the minds of young Einsteins (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11885.html) June 10, 2008 -- If a young Albert Einstein could have picked a summer activity he may have opted to participate in the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Washington University in St. Louis, June 16-27. An exciting two-week adventure filled with field trips and science experiments, the summer camp proves that math and science can entice a crew of middle school students and lead them to rewarding opportunities. |
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| Ralph Quatrano Ralph S. Quatrano, Ph.D., is the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences and chair of the Department of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is internationally known for his plant science work on patterns of embryo formation, and how the patterns lead cells to acquire traits or ... Expertise: Plants, plant biology, botany, moss, genome, algae, genes, … Direct contact: (314) 935-6850 / rsq@wustl.edu |
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| Michael Welch Professor of radiology (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/713.html) Welch, an expert in synthetic chemistry, has been a leader for more than 30 years in the development of synthetic imaging agents that have allowed doctors to use positron emission tomography (PET) to diagnose an increasingly wide variety of disorders. He is also head of the Radiochemistry Institute ... Expertise: PET, nuclear medicine, synthetic chemistry, oncology, imaging agents, radioisotopes, radionuclides Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu |
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| William Buhro Professor of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/539.html)
William H. Buhro, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and associate director of the Center for Materials Innovation, specializes in nanotechnology. He and his group are engaged in synthesis on the nanometer-scale. They design reactions and mechanisms for the growth of inorganic crystals having dimensions ... Expertise: nanomaterials, materials, inorganic chemistry, nanotubes, nanowires Direct contact: (314) 935-4269 / buhro@wustl.edu |
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| Joseph Ackerman William Greenleaf Eliot Professor of Physical Chemistry in Arts & Sciences (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/496.html)
Joseph J. H. Ackerman, Ph.D. is William Greenleaf Eliot Professor of Chemistry and chair of the chemistry department. His work is concerned primarily with the development and application of magnetic resonance spectroscopic and imaging techniques for the study of functional biophysical and physiologic ... Expertise: magnetic resonance techniques, spectroscopic techniques, imaging techniques, functional biophysical, physiologic events, intact biological systems, isolated cell preparations, … Direct contact: (314) 935-6593 / ackerman @wuchem.wustl.edu |
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| Richard Loomis Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/498.html)
Richard Loomis, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, is a physical chemist making inroads into high-speed computing. Loomis received his doctorate in chemistry in 1995 from the University of Pennsylvania and then received a prominent National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship with the National ... Expertise: reaction dynamics, atomic resolution, quantum computing, radical molecule clusters, linear laser spectroscopy, nonlinear laser spectroscopy, quantum wave packet dynamics, … Direct contact: (314) 935-8534 / loomis@wuchem.wustl.edu |
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| Finding Industry Funding
Science Magazine March 14, 2008 -- WUSTL's Karen Wooley, professor of chemistry, comments on the difficulties and approaches academic researchers use to garner industry funding. |
| Mimicking plant evolution proves fruitful
MSNBC.com Jan. 11, 2008 -- By mimicking plant evolution, a team of Illinois researchers has improved upon nature's design to build a leafy energy-producing powerhouse — or at least a virtual one on a supercomputer. In a study published within the journal Plant Physiology, WUSTL biology and chemistry professor Robert Blankenship comments on the Illinois study. |
| Universities selected for nanotech research
San Francisco Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 10 others Oct. 4, 2005 -- WUSTL is one of seven university consortia selected by the National Cancer Institute to spearhead research hubs called Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, which will bring together academic laboratories and private firms to develop anti-cancer products. The research involves the use of molecular-scale nanotechnology devices to detect and destroy tumor cells. From the Post-Dispatch article -- the WUSTL center will be headed by Samuel Wickline. In April, WUSTL got another grant, worth $12.5 million, for a separate nanotechnology center headed by chemist Karen Wooley. |
| Depression: hidden cause of heart attack?
The Wall Street Journal and 2 others April 26, 2004 -- You may have one of the biggest risk factors for heart attack, and your doctor doesn't even know it. While doctors screening for heart problems know to monitor smoking, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, few pay attention to a potentially more serious foe: depression. "In cardiology there have been dozens of studies done on hypertension," said Kenneth Freedland, professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, who has been studying the link between depression and heart disease since the 1980s. "We need to make sure the public and medical community understand that this is an important problem, too." |
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