Anatomy & Cell Biology
For Rosalyn Jurjus, MD, PhD ’09, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences associate professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, a project to help with medical student knowledge retention of basic anatomy turned into something much larger than she ever imagined.
A study by Jyoti K. Jaiswal, MSC, PhD, at Children's National and Adam Horn, graduate student at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was published in Science Signaling. The study looks at how mitochondria help repair injured muscles by triggering increased production of reactive oxygen…
Xiaoyan Zheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, recently received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study the underlying mechanisms of the Hedgehog receptor.
Sally Moody, Ph.D., interim chair of Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, and professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was interviewed by Science Node for an article discussing how future generations can build an appreciation for science.
If you have a goal, always strive for it and never give up. That’s the advice Susan Koering, sister of SMHS Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Cell Biology Marilyn Koering, Ph.D., gave to first-year anatomy students before presenting the 8th annual Marilyn Koering Award.
On the cover page of the immunology textbook Victoria Shanmugam used in medical school was a quotation that resonated with the young Londoner: “Immunology is the invention of the devil, who is making it up as he goes along because he is not too clear about this stuff either.”
Rosalyn Jurjus, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, wrote an article for AnatomyNow about managing a research team.
Mary Ann Stepp, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and regenerative biology and of ophthalmology, received a $2.8 million, five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her 27 years of research on corneal wound healing.
Sally A. Moody, Ph.D., interim chair of the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology and professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was elected to a two-year term as vice president of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology.
The Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology has for many years operated a willed body donor program. Under this program, individuals generously donated their bodies to be used for the advancement of science and medical education. These selfless gifts have been essential to the training of…