Diamonds aren’t forever
June 04, 2020
Geologists publish a study in Nature showing that as the African continent is slowly stretched apart by plate tectonic forces, carbon, including one the hardest forms of carbon — diamond — is released as the gas CO2.
Tulane scientists find a switch to flip and turn off breast cancer growth and spread
June 02, 2020
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine identified a gene that causes an aggressive form of breast cancer to rapidly grow. More importantly, they have also discovered a way to “turn it off” and inhibit cancer from occurring. The animal study results have been so compelling that the team is now working on FDA approval to begin clinical trials and has published details in the journal Scientific Reports.
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 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