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• Corn genome sequenced published

  
  PolITiGenomics — Authority: 111
  Chalk another one up for the corn lobby (damn those Iowa caucuses!), the maize genome has been published . More seriously, this maize genome reference sequence, much like the human genome reference sequence, provides a foundation for truly revolutionary research into the relationship between genotypes and specific ...
  2 weeks ago

• Corn genome sequenced

  
  PolITiGenomics — Authority: 111
  Chalk another one up for the corn lobby (damn those Iowa caucuses!), the maize genome has been published . More seriously, this maize genome reference sequence, much like the human genome reference sequence, provides a foundation for truly revolutionary research into the relationship between genotypes and specific ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tomato slices slashed from campus dining menu in winter

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  BLTs at Wash. U. have just dropped the T. Effective this past Monday, Bon Appétit—the subcontractor that provides catering for Dining Services—no longer serves tomato slices or wedges on campus. This decision stems from an agreement that Bon Appétit Management Company signed with The Coalition of Immokalee ...
  3 weeks ago

• Eric Green new head of NHGRI

  
  PolITiGenomics — Authority: 111
  Eric Green , head of NHGRI Intramural Research and the NHGRI Intramural Sequencing Center, has been named as the new National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Director . A Washington University in St. Louis alum and former faculty member, Dr. Green has deep experience in genomics and will no doubt be a good ...
  3 weeks ago

• Connect 4 roundtable addresses student response to Mothers bar

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  Following the town hall forum on the Mothers bar incident held two weeks ago, student group Connect 4 hosted a roundtable on Monday to create task forces for addressing racial discrimination and profiling on campus and to bring greater awareness of diversity issues to the student body. The student group hoped to focus ...
  3 weeks ago

• University architecture reflects freemason legacy

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  Graham Chapel is filled with the influence of the Freemasons. The pillars, King Solomon in the eastern window, and the hexagrams in the windows are all symbols of Freemasonry. (Matt Lee | Student Life) With lore about the Freemasons sensationalized in novelist Dan Brown’s latest book, “The Lost Symbol,” ...
  3 weeks ago

• Stimulating research

  
  PolITiGenomics — Authority: 111
  Yesterday on NPR there was a story that questioned the utility of using stimulus funds for long-term research . I am not sure exactly why they use the phrase “long-term” since all of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funds need to be spent within two years; perhaps two years is long-term ...
  3 weeks ago

• SU enacts some of its proposed election reforms

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  Election Co-Commisioner Colin Towery speaks on Student Union election reforms at the Oct. 7 Senate meeting. (Matt Mitgang| Student Life) Student Union Senate and Treasury voted on several SU election reforms, which were proposed by the election commissioners. The reforms aim to make elections more competitive, open ...
  5 weeks ago

• Students reach agreement with Original Mothers bar

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  Senior Class Treasurer Regis Murayi speaks at a news conference Wednesday held in the DUC. Murayi, along with Senior Class President Fernando Cutz and the five other students alleging racial descrimation, announced an agreement with the Original Mothers bar. (Matt Mitgang | Student Life) Senior Class President ...
  5 weeks ago

• Despite committee recommendation, search continues for sexual assault prevention coordinator

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  After more than two decades of discussion, efforts to create an office to lead Washington University’s sexual assault prevention efforts are picking up pace, but there remains no consensus on how soon the position will be filled. The committee of faculty and students tasked with finding a candidate to fill the new ...
  5 weeks ago

• Mothers settlement should be a model for rectifying racism

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  In America today, it is easy to forget that there are some things that lawsuits cannot settle, things that legislation cannot change. It makes sense to sue those who embezzle money for financial damages; similarly, it makes sense to put dangerous criminals behind bars. The former ensures that wealth is redistributed ...
  5 weeks ago

• State of cancer genome sequencing

  
  PolITiGenomics — Authority: 111
  The Genome Center’s Elaine Mardis and Rick Wilson have just published a review article on cancer genome sequencing . The article focuses on the application of next-generation sequencing technologies to the study of cancer, covering structural variation studies using low coverage paired-end sequence data, ...
  6 weeks ago

• Students discuss penalty for Mothers, issues of racism at town hall forum

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  Students expressed anger at the Original Mothers bar and demanded that the establishment issue an apology and return students’ money at a town hall forum Monday night. Some students called for another protest against the bar. Others demanded that the bar’s managers be given anti-discrimination training or be ...
  6 weeks ago

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