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Last week, 13 Bond Life Sciences Center investigators were honored as MU's Top Faculty Achievers. Congratulations to all!

Pictured, left to right: Lloyd Sumner, Scott Peck, Jack Schultz, Walter Gassmann, George Stewart, Chris Lorson, Cheryl Rosenfeld, Stefan Sarafianos and David Pintel

Understanding how microbes function in the body might help us better understand a host of liver diseases and other conditions such as gastroenteritis and inflammatory bowel disease. Now, there's a center at MU dedicated to helping scientists process DNA and other related data about microbial populations in a "one-stop shop" fashion. Join Dean Patrice Delafontaine, MD, and other campus leaders as they celebrate the open house for MU's Metagenomics Center from 2 to 4 p.m. at Discovery Ridge:
https://news.missouri.edu/2015/dna-research/

DNA Research The MU Metagenomics Center is a one-stop shop for DNA science

More than 130 undergraduates will present their work at the Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements Forum, which is scheduled for 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 30, at McQuinn Atrium in the Bond Life Sciences Center on the MU campus.

In addition to MU students, 50 visiting students from schools such as Truman State University, William Woods University, Princeton University, Columbia University, Vanderbilt University and the University of Western Cape in South Africa also will present their work. For more information, visit the link below.

Summer Forum 2015 | Undergraduate Research From 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., we will have a ceremony to recognize interns and faculty mentors in Monsanto Auditorium in Bond Life Sciences Center. Interns are expected to attend and all research team members are welcome to attend.

Blood vessels can actually get better with age, according to researchers at Mizzou. Steven Segal, PhD, led the study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published in The Physiological Society's Journal of Physiology.

Richelle Koopman, MD, associate professor of family and community medicine at the MU School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop an easy-to-read graph of a patient’s blood pressure numbers. Learn more at http://medicine.missouri.edu/news/0283.php.

Congratulations to Harold Williamson Jr., MD, executive vice chancellor of the MU Health System, on retirement! Thank you for your leadership and service to the University of Missouri for more than 30 years.

MU research finds that patient outcomes could improve by preparing nursing homes in using an electronic communication system known as a health information exchange. Get more details at http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2015/0624-patient-outcomes-could-improve-by-preparing-nursing-homes-for-health-information-exchange/.

MU News Bureau | MU News Bureau Alexander is the co-principal investigator on a $14.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aimed at reducing avoidable re-hospitalizations among nursing home residents.

Snacking on Protein Can Improve Appetite Control and Diet Quality in Teens http://news/news-releases/2015/0521-snacking-on-protein-can-improve-appetite-control-and-diet-quality-in-teens/

Celebrating National Clinical Trials Day by recognizing patients and professionals who help improve health care through clinical research. MU is proud of its state-of-the-art Clinical Research Center and partners like Quintiles http://www.quintiles.com
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Mizzou researchers have discovered a new cause for arterial stiffness. Read an article about their findings in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology at http://www.invasivecardiology.com/news/new-cause-discovered-arterial-stiffness-contributor-cardiovascular-disease.

New Cause Discovered for Arterial Stiffness, a Contributor to Cardiovascular Disease | Journal... COLUMBIA, Mo. – May 19, 2015 — Increased vascular stiffness has been identified as an important part of hypertension in aging adults. Previous studies of aortic stiffness have focused on changes in structural proteins that alter the properties of vascular walls causing them to become rigid. Now, a r…