Tulane researchers studying challenges of food service workers during COVID-19 pandemic
October 29, 2021
Tulane psychologists are leading a project that aims to address pandemic-related issues among food service workers, including health and safety issues, stress and other long-term consequences.
Fall 2021 Hathaway Lectureship to be presented by evolutionary biologist Catherine Peichel
October 28, 2021
The Tulane University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology will host Catherine (Katie) Peichel as the speaker for the Fall 2021 Hathaway Lectureship Series.
Researcher receives $1.7 million grant to study faulty DNA repair and cancer risk
October 27, 2021
James Jackson, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was recently awarded a five-year, $1.71 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Researcher plan to look at the long-term effects of BRCA1 loss on different tissues and how they depend on BRCA1 differently for maintaining the fidelity of DNA replication and repair.
Tulane professor wins $2 million grant to make coffee growing more sustainable
October 27, 2021
Tulane professor Caz Taylor has won a $2 million NSF grant to help make coffee growing more sustainable.
Tulane University researcher awarded $4.1 million to study impact of malaria, HIV co-infection in pregnant women
October 25, 2021
Jennifer Manuzak of the Tulane National Primate Research Center has been awarded a $4.1 million grant to identify key factors that drive poor maternal and fetal outcomes for women living with HIV who become infected with malaria during pregnancy.
Tulane scientists unravel 50-year-old medical mystery behind toddlers’ deaths from RSV vaccine
October 22, 2021
Tulane University researchers have explained why two toddlers died in 1967 after participating in an infamous clinical trial for an experimental vaccine against RSV, the most common cause of pneumonia in children.
Tulane ecologist recruiting students for new scholars’ program
October 19, 2021
Tulane ecologist Jordan Karubian is recruiting 15 students — from any discipline and including faculty — to the first Ecuador Scholars Program Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Qatar Ballroom at the LBC.
Indigenous knowledge key to healthier global future, ethnobotanist says
October 18, 2021
Knowledge of the power of medicinal plants has been passed down for thousands of years by native healers worldwide. Science confirms that plants and other organisms often hold the solutions to numerous human medical problems. There is an urgent need to protect the environment of critical ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest.
Tulane professor part of $15 million institute to establish field of imageomics
October 11, 2021
Tulane scientist Hank Bart is teaming up with researchers across the country as part of $15 million NSF initiative to establish a new field of study called imageomics.
National Academies selects Tulane for new undergraduate Gulf Scholars Program
October 05, 2021
The National Academies’ Gulf Research Program (GRP) has selected Tulane University to join the newly launched Gulf Scholars Program (GSP), a five-year, $12.7 million pilot program that prepares graduates to address the most pressing environmental, health, energy and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf of Mexico region.
Tulane scientists and engineers to use recycled glass ‘sand’ to prevent coastal erosion
September 30, 2021
A team of Tulane University engineers and scientists has received funding to establish a recycling program that uses glass sand to prevent coastal land loss.
With the help of more than $700,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator Program, the Tulane team will work with the New Orleans-based glass recycling center Glass Half Full to develop a plan to divert glass from landfills and turn it into glass sand products to restore coastal communities and preserve historic sites.
Tulane scientist to lead research project on sustainability of Gulf of Mexico ecosystem
September 29, 2021
Ehab Meselhe, a professor in the Tulane Department River-Coastal Science and Engineering, has received a grant to plan the creation of an online forecasting tool to help scientists, ecologists and engineers evaluate how freshwater diversion and other coastal restorations projects may impact The Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Tulane geologist wins national award for research and outreach
September 28, 2021
Tulane geologist Nicole Gasparini has been named the winner of the Marguerite T. Williams Award by the American Geophysical Union.
Tulane researcher wins funding for major initiative to advance imaging technologies
September 22, 2021
Tulane researcher Carolyn Bayer is among 23 early career scientists to win funding for research to accelerate the development of the next generation of imaging technologies.
Tulane scientists develop ‘living nerve circuit’ to fight opioid epidemic
September 21, 2021
Michael J. Moore, a professor of biomedical engineering at Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, is part of a national study that aims to turn statistics on opioid addiction around by creating a living bioengineered nerve circuit that mimics the pain transmission pathway in the spinal cord.