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Science & Technology
September 10, 2024 | 04:40 pm

Scientists leverage ultrasound to build new blood vessels in living tissue

A technology most often used for medical imaging is being repurposed to treat damaged tissue in a range of applications.

topics: Denise Hocking, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Diane Dalecki, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, research finding, research funding, Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound,
Science & Technology
June 13, 2022 | 03:45 pm

How the brain interprets motion while in motion

New findings about how the brain interprets sensory information may have applications for treating brain disorders and designing artificial intelligence.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Greg DeAngelis, National Institutes of Health, Ralf Haefner, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
March 16, 2022 | 12:29 pm

Connecting the dots between aging, Alzheimer’s, and ‘junk DNA’

Biologists Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov join colleagues at Brown and NYU in the quest to find potential targets of treatments and therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.

topics: Andrei Seluanov, Department of Biology, National Institutes of Health, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Vera Gorbunova,
Science & Technology
February 17, 2022 | 11:20 am

Grant helps biologist study ‘complex interplay’ of nature and nurture on genes

Jennifer Brisson, an associate professor of biology, will further her study of phenotypic plasticity, which describes how an organism’s development is influenced by its environment, with a five-year, $2 million NIH grant.

topics: Department of Biology, Jennifer Brisson, National Institutes of Health, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Campus Life
November 14, 2019 | 04:05 pm

Six Rochester graduate students offered National Institutes of Health fellowship grants

Five graduate students from the University of Rochester Medical Center and one from the School of Arts and Sciences have been offered National Institutes of Health F31 fellowship grants to support their health-related research.

topics: awards, Department of Biology, fellowships, Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
February 25, 2019 | 11:02 am

Grant marks two decades of NIH support for muscular dystrophy research

The $8 million to the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center will fund ongoing work that has led scientists to the threshold of potential new therapies.

topics: Charles Thornton, Department of Neurology, Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, research funding,
Science & Technology
November 6, 2017 | 08:01 am

Medical Center awarded nearly $6 million to study deadly bone infections

A five-year award from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease will allow the Center for Musculoskeletal Research to create a new multidisciplinary research program.

topics: Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Edward Schwartz, Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, research funding,
Science & Technology
October 25, 2017 | 09:07 am

‘Microbubbles’ boost search for head, neck cancer treatment

A Medical Center team recently received a $3.8 million grant to continue their investigation of an innovative technology that could lead to preventative treatments for radiation damage in patients.

topics: cancer, Catherine Ovitt, Center for Oral Biology, Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Lisa DeLouise, Materials Science Program, National Institutes of Health, research funding,
Science & Technology
September 25, 2017 | 10:17 am

Medical Center joins landmark brain development study

Rochester is participating in the largest long-term study of brain development and child health, following the biological and behavioral development of more than 10,000 children from ages 9-10 through early adulthood.

topics: child development, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, featured-post-side, John Foxe, Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, research funding,
Science & Technology
October 11, 2016 | 08:41 am

Director of National Institutes of Health visits Medical Center

Francis Collins met with graduate students and junior researchers to discuss the importance of communicating science to the public and policymakers, and increasing diversity in biomedical research.

topics: events, government, Medical Center, Meliora Weekend, National Institutes of Health,