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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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…
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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Santiago Schnell, the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, will receive the Distinguished Scientist…
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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…
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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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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…
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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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).
The Early…
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…
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The one-year seed grants…
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Groundbreaking science can happen where disciplines intersect, and scientists team up.
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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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On Tuesday (May 23), John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University…
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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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, 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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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.
The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announced today…
The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are incredibly well-adapted to humans,…
An international collaboration of scientists, including Santiago Schnell, William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, developed a new markup language to improve the way experiments can be reproduced in the biomedical sciences, especially within fields that study how enzymes speed up chemical reactions.
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Five faculty members at the University of Notre Dame have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as lifetime fellows. The fellows include Patricia A. Champion, Jon P. Camden, Yih-Fang Huang, Ahsan Kareem and Rebecca Surman. All are being recognized for scientifically and socially distinguished achievements in their respective fields of study.