Tulane researchers discover new type of kidney cells key to fighting infection
May 13, 2020
Macrophages are a type of white blood cell central to the immune system. They detect harmful pathogens – viruses, bacteria, and fungi – and engulf them, serving as helpful scavengers to keep infections at bay. They also cause or suppress inflammation and secrete molecules that allow communication between different cell types, all which provide a healthy immune response in fighting any infection or disease.
From proposals to funded research in 48 hours: Tulane scientists receive Fast Grants
May 08, 2020
Three Tulane University researchers are the recipients of new Fast Grants, awards designed to quickly fund COVID-19 related projects. Mairi Noverr, Monica Vaccari and Tracy Fischer received a total of $350,000 for their proposals, all of which progressed from mere proposals to fully funded projects in just 48 hours.
Tulane to use artificial intelligence to study how nation’s schools are responding to coronavirus
April 24, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences has awarded the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) at Tulane University a $100,000 contract to collect data from approximately 150,000 school websites across the country to see how the nation’s education system is responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
Go spy a kite: a good quarantine hobby, expert says
April 20, 2020
Jennifer Coulson, PhD, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty member, and current president of the Orleans Audubon Society, studies raptors — birds of prey — in the Gulf South.
Tulane University awarded $10.3 million to test therapeutics, vaccines for novel coronavirus
April 06, 2020
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane National Primate Research Center a contract of up to $10.3 million to evaluate the nation's most promising vaccines and treatments to fight COVID-19.
School of Medicine launches COVID-19 testing lab to improve capacity
April 01, 2020
Tulane University has added a second avenue for COVID-19 testing, this one taking place at a Tulane School of Medicine repurposed research lab where results can be processed within a day.
Tulane researchers discover possible pathways to treating drug-resistant infections
March 30, 2020
Researchers at Tulane University have developed a novel way to identify a new class of antibiotics for use in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
Study: Coronavirus pandemic sparked by nature, not bioengineering
March 18, 2020
The coronavirus behind the global COVID-19 pandemic likely evolved from nature and not a lab, according to a new genetic study in Nature Medicine co-authored by Tulane University virologist Robert Garry.
Destination Antarctica: Research takes Tulane professor to Florida-sized glacier
March 16, 2020
Tulane geologist Brent Goehring recently returned from Antarctica as part of a five-year quest to understand the Thwaites Glacier and its future contribution to global sea level.
Researchers identify marker that may predict whether lung cancer likely to spread
March 11, 2020
Researchers at Tulane University have identified a protein on tumor-derived extracellular vesicles that indicates if a NSCLC tumor is likely to metastasize, according to a new study in Science Advances.
Tulane scientist named Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
March 03, 2020
Chad Steele, professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM)
Tulane professor hopes to demystify artificial intelligence
March 03, 2020
Researcher Nicholas Mattei has been named a Public Engagement Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Tulane researchers developing rapid test for tuberculosis with DOD grant
February 21, 2020
Led by Tony Hu, the Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation at Tulane University School of Medicine, researchers at Tulane, Baylor College of Medicine and NanoPin Technologies, Inc. are now developing a rapid, reliable and highly specific test to allow rapid diagnosis of all forms of Tuberculosis (TB), the leading worldwide cause of death from infectious disease.
Tulane University launches new coronavirus research program to develop a vaccine and advanced diagnostics
February 19, 2020
From working to develop one of the first nonhuman primate models for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to designing new therapeutic strategies and nanotechnology-based tests to rapidly diagnose infections, researchers at Tulane University are responding across disciplines to the emerging coronavirus epidemic.