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.
Chemical engineering professor Lawrence Pratt honored by American Chemical Society
September 26, 2017
Chemical engineering professor Lawrence Pratt of Tulane University's School of Science and Engineering has won the American Chemical Society’s 2018 Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids sponsored by Exxon-Mobil.
Uncommon cartography
September 26, 2017
Copies of the 1876 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas at the Southeastern Architectural Archive at Tulane are only known copies in existence.
Tulane University awarded $6.28 million to study blood pressure control in low-income patients
September 26, 2017
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University a five-year, $6.28 million grant to test ways to best implement new guidelines to more aggressively manage high blood pressure in adults, especially among low-income patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
Tulane research aids in reading Earth’s diary
September 26, 2017
A Tulane University geologist has concluded a study on climate change, which will help develop climate models that simulate the effects of climate change and the Earth’s response to it.
Tulane inventions go from lab to marketplace
September 22, 2017
From breast reconstruction for cancer survivors to more accurate and easier to perform biopsies and more rapid viral diagnostics for the cattle industry, Tulane doctoral students in bioinnovation and biomedical engineering are taking their inventions from the laboratory to the marketplace.
Community health workers can help lower blood pressure
September 19, 2017
Community health workers using proactive strategies such as home visits, health coaching, home blood pressure monitoring and other tactics were more successful in helping low-income patients control their hypertension than doctors using traditional approaches, according to new Tulane University research published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Tulane receives grant to reduce auto emissions
September 19, 2017
Members of Tulane University’s Shantz Lab will work with industrial scientists to assist in the development of next-generation materials designed to reduce harmful automotive emissions. The three-year-old lab and its group of students have received a grant and equipment resources from SACHEM, Inc., a chemical science company.