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JBS Classmates Make Memorial Gift

Members of the John Burroughs School Class of 1983 made a special gift in honor of what would have been Chris Hobler’s 42^nd birthday on August 27, 2007. The gift was used to purchase a special machine called a “Fujifilm FLA-7000 Image Reader.”

The machine was on display Monday, February 18, 2008, for the dedication of the Christopher Wells Hobler Laboratory for ALS Research.

Dr. Timothy M. Miller, Asst. Professor of Neurology at Washington University, who was recruited to the medical school to head this lab, is very excited to have this special piece of equipment. “The Image Reader allows us to image and quantify proteins, DNA, RNA, or lipids that have been labeled with either radiation or fluorescence,” he said. “Compared to using regular X-ray film, the Image Reader is faster and much more accurate for quantification. Understanding how much individual proteins or RNA have changed in disease models may give important clues to the cause of a particular neurodegenerative disease.”