Pest control
June 20, 2017
The Pesika Lab Group works to help control mosquito-related diseases worldwide.
Sports medicine clinic treats the 'person under the helmet'
June 19, 2017
The Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine has created the new Professional Athlete Care Team within the Tulane Medical Center designed to meet the needs of former professional athletes. Learn more about the effort in this video.
Study explains why Zika may not take root in US
June 13, 2017
As we head into peak mosquito season, a recent study in Nature co-authored by a Tulane University researcher has some good news for those worried about Zika this summer.
Tulane professor to work with Isle de Jean Charles tribe in collaborative project
June 13, 2017
A Tulane University research professor is teaming up on a $200,000 grant to help the Isle de Jean Charles community of Native Americans build resilience in the face of climate change and other social and environmental challenges.
Tulane researchers help find possible explanation for unparalleled spread of Ebola virus
June 06, 2017
The world may be closer to knowing why Ebola spreads so easily thanks to a team of researchers from Tulane University and other leading institutions that discovered a new biological activity in a small protein from the deadly virus. The team’s findings were recently published in the Journal of Virology.
Does the sex of a cell matter in research?
June 06, 2017
A Tulane endocrinologist has co-authored a guide in the latest issue of Cell Metabolism to help scientists who study obesity, diabetes or other metabolic diseases better account for inherent sex differences in research.
Students train for perfect storm
May 24, 2017
Graduate students from Tulane University’s Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy were tasked with working through Category 4 hurricane conditions coupled with a military uprising.
Tulane team wins International Business Model Competition
May 16, 2017
An interdisciplinary team from Tulane University’s bioinnovation and biomedical engineering departments has won the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) in Mountain View, California, receiving a first-place prize of $30,000.
’80s-themed fundraiser supports HIV awareness
May 15, 2017
Benefiting the HIV Outpatient Program (HOP) at University Medical Center New Orleans, the HOPfest fundraiser will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the clinic’s founding in 1987.
Prostate cancer immunotherapy works better for African-American men
May 15, 2017
New study results released by Tulane University oncologist Dr. Oliver Sartor hold promising news for African-American men fighting advanced prostate cancer.
Tulane School of Science and Engineering dean to step down
May 11, 2017
After 17 years as dean, Nick Altiero is leaving his post. He looks back with pride at a record of accomplishment and forward to a bright future for the school.
2017 grad applies math to track Ebola outbreak
April 28, 2017
Jessica Conrad, who will graduate from the Tulane schools of Science and Engineering and Public Health and Tropical Medicine in May, co-authored a textbook chapter on behavioral changes in an epidemic.
Safety network
April 28, 2017
Annual event raises risk awareness and promotes safety within the Tulane community.
Tulane grad student lands Silicon Valley biotech deal
April 27, 2017
A team from one of the nation’s hottest biotech sectors tapped Tulane Bioinnovation PhD student Nicholas Pashos to join an intensive, four-month program in San Francisco to fast-track high-potential startups.