NIH awards $11.3 million grant to Tulane Center for Aging
October 31, 2017
The National Institutes of Health awarded an $11.3 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to the Tulane Center for Aging. The grant, which helps the university support and mentor junior researchers, means an additional five years of funding for the multidisciplinary project that began in 2012.
Community concern
October 24, 2017
The Louisiana Research Collection at Tulane is the official archive for a number of social agencies from the New Orleans area.
NIH awards Tulane $2.65 million to boost research in women’s health, sex differences
October 24, 2017
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University $2.65 million to continue its successful program to develop more researchers studying women’s health and how disease progression and treatment differ in women.
Inventor of noir, gangster and heist films is subject of English professor’s latest research
October 24, 2017
While researching for his book The Origins of Cool in Postwar America, Joel Dinerstein, professor of English at Tulane University, discovered screenwriter W. R. Burnett’s role in developing the first film noir, gangster and heist films.
Study looks at link between traumatic stress and alcohol abuse
October 24, 2017
Sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to abuse alcohol, but a Tulane researcher is hoping a study of the brain can provide insight into the problem and catch it before it escalates.
Working on a miracle
October 17, 2017
Researchers in Tulane’s PolyRMC labs work on assessing drugs that are changing lives.
Researchers hunt for Lassa Fever cure
October 13, 2017
Tulane researchers Robert Garry and James Robinson won’t give up until they unravel the mystery of the Lassa virus, saving lives from a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever that infects more than 300,000 people annually and is wrecking West African communities.
Tulane poll finds New Orleans poised to elect first female mayor
October 13, 2017
In the race to become the next mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell is far ahead of her rivals with Desiree Charbonnet in second place and Michael Bagneris in a distant third place, according to a new Tulane University poll.
Tulane lab looks to create 'dream reaction'
October 10, 2017
Tulane University’s Shantz Lab has received a two-year grant of $110,000 from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund to find a solution to one of the chemical industry's most demanding transformations, the direct conversion of benzene to phenol.
Housing analysis looks at affordable options for Tremé
October 10, 2017
A neighborhood analysis of housing and health-related issues by Tulane School of Architecture students and staff at the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design will be used to understand the impacts of potential regulatory changes in Tremé.
Rules on the road
October 10, 2017
Film producer turns to Amistad Research Center to explore African American travel during the Jim Crow era.
Tulane Brain Institute researchers focus on epilepsy, autism and schizophrenia
October 03, 2017
Tulane University’s Laura Schrader, a cell and molecular biology professor and Brain Institute member, received a two-year grant from the National Institute of Health to study the role of a Shox2, a protein in the brain important for development and function of the thalamus.
Pipe down
October 03, 2017
A graduate student in the lab of Stryder Meadows uses a pipette to load protein into a gel.
Researchers work to understand why HIV patients are more likely to contract tuberculosis
October 03, 2017
Researchers in the Tulane National Primate Research Center want to know more about why patients with HIV are highly susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB). Using two new grants, totaling $8.4 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Tulane team lead by Deepak Kaushal hopes to figure out how the bacterium that causes TB invades T-cells depleted by HIV. The researchers will also study if B-cells can be a source of protection against tuberculosis for patients battling HIV.
Primate Center celebrates 15 years of student outreach
September 27, 2017
For 15 years, students enrolled in summer fellowships at the Tulane National Primate Research Center have gained first-hand experience in scientific research and veterinary medicine.