Elson installed as Honorary University Professor

Elliot Elson, PhD, the Alumni Endowed Professor Of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, was installed as an Honorary University Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi’an, China.

To mark the event, Xi'an Jiaotong University held an international symposium on molecular detection and food safety. The symposium also marked the beginning of a formal alliance between food safety company CibaPure LLC and Xi'an Jiaotong University to promote food safety in Shaanxi Province. Elson's son, Julian, a Washington University graduate student studying public health, founded CibaPure LLC.

Washington University Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science faculty members gave two keynote talks: Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, and a joint talk by Guy Genin, PhD, and Eric Leuthardt, MD.