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Understudied cell in the brain could be key to treating glioblastoma
In a new study in NPJ Genomic Medicine, researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found that a largely understudied cell could offer new insight into how the aggressive, primary brain cancer is able to resist immunotherapy.
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Too much like us? Researchers uncover key reason a promising cancer therapy is often unsuccessful
Neoantigens, which are molecules found on tumor cells that incorporate mutations, help our immune system fight cancers and could be the most promising components of future cancer vaccines—if only scientists knew with a high degree of certainty which neoantigens work.
A collaboration of scientists led by Brian Baker…
Looking back in time: Saurja DasGupta investigates the origins of life on Earth
Saurja DasGupta, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, attempts to pull back the curtain on four-plus billion years of history to investigate the origins of life itself.
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Schnell receives SACNAS Distinguished Scientist Award
Santiago Schnell, the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, will receive the Distinguished Scientist Award…
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Schnell joins inaugural statewide rare disease advisory council
Santiago Schnell, William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to a new statewide advisory council to explore new directions for assisting patients with rare diseases in Indiana.…
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Notre Dame tops $200 million in annual research funding for third straight year
During fiscal year 2023, the University of Notre Dame received nearly $216 million in new research award funding, topping $200 million for the third year in a row.
This total includes 824 separate awards, the largest number the University has ever received.
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Fighting Irish, Fighting Cancer: University of Galway signs a cancer research agreement with the University of Notre Dame
Cancer researchers at the University of Galway and Notre Dame’s Harper Cancer Research Institute have come together to establish the Biseach Initiative, a strategic cancer research collaboration, which aims to build on the ideas, talent, and infrastructure of both Universities for global cancer impact.…
Holly Goodson Elected as Fellow of The American Society for Cell Biology
Holly Goodson, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, has been selected as a Fellow of The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). She joins 18 other distinguished scientists from across the globe in the 2023 cohort of fellows. Her formal recognition will take place in Boston later this year at Cell Bio 2023, the joint meeting of the ASCB and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
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Seven Notre Dame faculty receive Early Career Awards from the National Science Foundation
During the 2022-2023 academic year, seven researchers at the University of Notre Dame received prestigious early career awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Champion appointed Associate Dean; Gezelter and Kolberg receive promotions
Patricia A. Champion, Ph.D., has been appointed the next Associate Dean for Research, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies effective July 1, 2023. She replaces Michael Hildreth, who transitions to his new role…
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STIR grants energize new science/engineering research projects at Notre Dame
The first Seed Transformative Interdisciplinary Research (STIR) grants, announced in early 2023 by the Notre Dame College of Science and College of Engineering, have been awarded to four new research projects led by multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers.
The one-year seed grants are designed to jumpstart new “high-risk, high-reward” science and engineering research projects that may lead to new discoveries or applications — especially in human health, the environment, and information technologies. The grants may be renewed for a second year.…
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Collaboration leads to discovery of how ovarian egg cells may develop
Groundbreaking science can happen where disciplines intersect, and scientists team up.
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Notre Dame selected to join Association of American Universities
The University of Notre Dame has been selected for inclusion in the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of the nation’s leading public and private research universities, Notre Dame’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced today.
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Awards honor Notre Dame faculty excellence
On Tuesday (May 23), John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of several awards as part of a broader recognition of all those Notre Dame faculty members who have…
Sanders named associate director of Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility
Sheri Sanders considered becoming a veterinarian, but after one semester of coursework she realized she preferred working in a laboratory and tinkering with programming.
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Twenty-six Notre Dame students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
More than two dozen University of Notre Dame students have been named National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows, the most since 2016.
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Arnaldo Serrano and Katharine White Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Arnaldo Serrano, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Katharine White, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, have been selected as recipients of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The award is given to recognize outstanding research and its integration with education, and it is one of NSF’s most prestigious awards for junior faculty members.
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South Bend high school students represent the Harper Cancer Research Institute at regional, state, and international science fairs
This spring, students from South Bend area high schools who took part in the Harper Cancer Research Institute's Research Cures Cancer Corps (RC3) program shared their research at both regional and state science fairs—and came home with a long list of awards.
Notre Dame Biochemist Patricia Clark receives the 2023 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award
The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announced today that Patricia L. Clark, the Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara Professor in the University of Notre Dame's Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry…