Siyuan Zhang, the Dee Associate Professor of Biological Sciences who is also affiliated with the Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, landed a nearly $1.1 million Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award through the Department of Defense in August.
Pinar Zorlutuna, Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and affiliated member of the Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, works to extend the time donated hearts remain usable through cutting-edge cellular research.…
From studying how to get iPS cells to beat like a heart to stimulating retinal regeneration in zebrafish, six outstanding Notre Dame undergraduate students participated in a summer’s worth of research thanks to the Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF): Stephen Landy, Jenny Jang, Seth Tautges, Grace Zhang, Jacob Kalathoor, and Reina Koran (not pictured).
Each year, grants from the Discovery Fund are awarded to researchers who propose novel technologies and diagnostics that can improve human and environmental health.
As part of a new study, researchers at the University of Notre Dame aim to create a more optimal computer network for solving complex problems — using heart cells.
Nine faculty members from the College of Science and College of Engineering have been awarded four grants through the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) Seed Grant Program.
Kimberly Curtis at World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin, Ireland
In describing her work, SCReM 2018 Travel Fellowship recipient, Kimberly Curtis, finds that daily activities, such as walking or running, help bone to maintain a strong and healthy architecture due to its ability to adapt to mechanical loading. Osteocytes are resident cells embedded within the mineralized bone matrix and are able to sense mechanical stimulation and elicit a cellular response to increase bone mass. However, there are various cell types in the bone marrow, some of which are mechanosensitive and contribute to bone formation. In her tissue mechanics lab, they culture cylindrical trabecular bone explants harvested from porcine vertebrae in a custom bioreactor. The bioreactor enables them to mechanically stimulate the marrow independent of the osteocytes residing in the mineralized matrix. Using this system, they were able to detect a significant increase in bone formation in stimulated explants compared to unstimulated explants, indicating that marrow cells are mechanosensitive. They also measured an increase in mechanoregulatory cFos gene expression in stimulated marrow cells.…
The Hastings Center draws its Fellows from across the disciplines and hails them as “an elected group of individuals of outstanding accomplishment, whose work has informed scholarship and/or public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, life sciences research and the environment.”
Meng Jia received a SCRM Travel Fellowship allowing her to present her poster titled, "Hippo pathway regulates Müller glia proliferation in the damaged adult zebrafish retina” at the ARVO 2018 Annual Meeting held April 29-May 3 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Paul Huber, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 Rev. Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Twenty University faculty members have received Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Through the generosity of several donors, the Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine is able to provide summer research fellowships to six outstanding Notre Dame undergraduates this summer.
The ARVO 2018 Annual Meeting, held April 29-May 3, hosted 11,000 international basic and clinical researchers who shared the latest breakthroughs in vision research.
Graduate student Tyson Lager was awarded a SCRM Travel Fellowship to present his research at the April 2018 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois.
Scientists studying tumor growth and metastasis at the University of Notre Dame fabricated a human tissue model to examine how cancer cells interact with connective tissue in the breast.
The 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference was held in April in Philadelphia. This conference is the premier meeting for Drosophila researchers in which they share their research with the fruit fly community and learn about the latest results and techniques.
The Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) is pleased to announce the award for Best Biological Imaging Publication for calendar year 2017.
Cool temps did nothing to chill the heated competition among College of Science Shaheen 3MT competitors Tuesday night at Jordan Hall of Science.
Henry Clay Conner will use the award for his work in Athanasia Panopoulos’ lab.
The Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine will provide partial support for Notre Dame graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to attend research conferences in 2018.