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Feb 5 2:30 pm

MEMS Seminar: Cell migration and morphogenesis in viscoelastic matrices at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Feb 12 2:30 pm

MEMS Seminar: Amy Wagoner Johnson, PhD at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Mar 5 2:30 pm

MEMS Seminar: Bioelastic state recovery for haptic sensory substitution at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Hosted by the Center for Teaching & Learning, the iTeach conference featured sessions on AI pedagogy and ethics, alternative assessments and creative course design. The center hosts dozens of panels and workshops every year for faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. (Courtesy photo)

STEM Exchange to boost learning, support faculty

Effort launched at iTeach, biennial conference to improve teaching on campus.

01.23.2026

Images of roots studied as part of new research exploring the molecular underpinnings to how plants twist their roots. (Image: Dixit Lab)

Plant science with a twist

Researchers at WashU find mechanism for twisted growth of plant organs.

01.06.2026

Ramesh Agarwal receives 2025 IDSAI Lifetime Achievement Award

Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the fields of data science and artificial intelligence.

01.06.2026

The modern digitally connected world was built from many technologies adapted from the military. WashU engineers are continuing to push that tech forward with grants from the U.S. Department of Defense that fund multidisciplinary research into new manufacturing techniques, greater performance of electronics and more intelligent machine learning systems. (Image: Shutterstock).

Best defense? Invest in research

WashU engineers have earned highly sought-after Department of Defense grants for network engineering, energy storage.

12.15.2025

Balancing act

Alumna Kameryn Furman finds success in engineering and ice skating.

12.05.2025

Two McKelvey faculty awarded Global Incubator Seed Grants

Joshua Yuan, Sang-Hoon Bae recognized for environmental research projects.

11.24.2025

Clockwise from top left: faculty members Pappu and Zhang, students Treiman, Najjuuko and Kim

McKelvey Engineering faculty, students receive Provost’s Research Excellence Award

Honor recognizes exemplary researchers and scholars across the university.

11.13.2025

Washington University researchers have shown discovered why cells communicate mechanically through the extracellular matrix, but only within a critical distance of approximately 100-200 micrometers. When cells are close enough, their contractile forces recruit and align collagen fibers into stiffened "tension bands" (visible as aligned fibers between cells) that transmit mechanical signals between neighbors, while cells beyond this threshold (right pair) remain mechanically isolated despite being in the same tissue. This distance-dependent mechanical communication drives a sharp phase transition where tissues switch from disordered to coordinated states, explaining why fibrotic diseases often progress in abrupt jumps. Scale bar 10 micrometers. (Credit: Wenyu Kong, Tsinghua University)

Tissue ‘tipping points’: How cells collectively switch from healthy to disease states

Collaborative research from Guy Genin’s lab and Tsinghua University identifies phase transitions in living tissue that could explain why fibrosis suddenly accelerates.

10.14.2025

Mechanical engineering alumnus Bruce Myrehn competed in the Ford Mustang Challenge Le Mans Invitational in June.

Not slowing down

Alumnus Bruce Myrehn goes from tinkering in a garage to the track at Le Mans.

09.22.2025