As a computational biology graduate student, Gimon hopes she can be part of finding therapies for diseases including ALS and Alzheimer's, even if they are many years away.
An international group of researchers, including a professor at the University of Notre Dame, have found evidence for the earliest stars in the Universe, called Population III (Pop III) stars, in the spectrum of a distant quasar, according to a paper in Astrophysical Journal.
Dr. Dasari learned firsthand the delicate dance of partnering with resources on campus, including the Graduate School’s Office of Grants and Fellowships. Through her many interactions with the office — first as a fellowship applicant and then later as a consultant to other students — she slowly began to see...
The University of Notre Dame’s Naughton Fellowship program has announced 33 faculty member and student awardees in its 2022-2023 cohort. Funded by a gift from the Naughton family in 2008, Naughton Fellowships foster leadership through international partnerships and stimulate collaborative research efforts. Fellows from Ireland have the opportunity to study...
In a study published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters, scientists at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University, the University of Toronto and the Green Science Policy Institute analyzed a variety of children’s textiles. Fluorine was detected in 65 percent of samples tested.
Updated annually, ND-GAIN’s Country Index quantifies the climate vulnerability and readiness of more than 180 countries by aggregating 45 core indicators over 20 years.
Kevin Lannon, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named associate dean of faculty affairs for the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame. Additionally, L. Arielle Phillips, associate professor of the practice in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named associate dean...
The University of Notre Dame dedicated a new hydroelectric facility, ND Hydro, along the St. Joseph River during a ceremony Monday (Sept. 12) in downtown South Bend.
Notre Dame engineers have joined forces with microbiologists at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, to further investigate a promising strategy for managing cystic fibrosis lung infections. Cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that causes patients’ airways to fill with a thick and sticky mucus, affects many people around the world. Ireland...
Dyne Therapeutics, a leading muscle disease company focused on advancing innovative, life-transforming therapeutics for people living with genetically driven diseases, has made a commitment of $500,000 over five years in support of the University of Notre Dame’s Patient Advocacy Initiative.
In this study lead by Chen and Bibby, a model-based framework was used to predict the likelihood of detecting Monkeypox in wastewater under various circumstances.
Support from Horizon Therapeutics will enable the Patient Advocacy Initiative to provide comprehensive programming that advances training, outreach and research to better serve the rare disease community.
New research from the University of Notre Dame examines about 6.6 million papers published across the medical sciences since 2000 and reveals that a team’s gender balance is an under-recognized, yet powerful indicator of novel and impactful scientific discoveries.
This summer, ten local high school students had the rare opportunity to conduct cancer research alongside University of Notre Dame professors. The experience was part of the Research Cures Cancer Corps (RC3), a new program from the Harper Cancer Institute at Notre Dame. The program aims to build a broader...
Marie Lynn Miranda Researchers affiliated with the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative today published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
