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Computation Leads To Better Understanding Of Influenza Virus Replication
Gregory Voth is the Haig P. Papazian Distinguished Service Professor in Chemistry at UChicago and director of the Center for Multiscale Theory and Simulation (Photo: Jason Smith) Vaccines can prevent...
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Study Shows Long-term Effects of Ocean Acidifcation on Algae
Sophie McCoy works with algae on Tatoosh Island in 2010 (photo by Cathy Pfister) Sophie McCoy, who earned a PhD in from the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago this year,...
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Busted: Most-Wanted Microbe Captured by Microfluidic Cultivation
Eugene B. Chang, MD, the Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago (Photo: Dan Dry) A team led by former University of Chicago chemist Rustem Ismagilov, now at the California...
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John Maunsell takes helm of neuroscience institute
John Maunsell, PhD, Inaugural Director of the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biolo John Maunsell, PhD, a pioneering researcher in the neuroscience of vision and editor-in-chief of...
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Breathing New Life Into Donor Lungs
Demonstration of a pig lung connected to an ex vivo lung perfusion system (Photo: Associated Press) Lungs are the most difficult organs to procure and transplant. Only one out of five donors that...
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The Brain and Human Behavior: A Q&A with John Maunsell, Director of the...
The human brain is only three-pounds of biological tissue, yet it is the source of all our perceptions, thoughts and movements. Every word spoken, every invention realized, every touch of a soccer...
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Prostate Cancer Researcher’s Work Shows the Value of Federal Funding for Science
From left: immunology grad student Edwin Reyes chats with prostate cancer researchers Don Vander Griend, PhD; and Russell Szmulewitz, MD, in their lab at the University of Chicago Surgery Brain...
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University of Chicago opens first Passive House-certified laboratory in North...
Warren Woods Field Station. Credit GO Logic. The University of Chicago has completed the Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, the first Passive House-certified laboratory in North America and only...
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New from old: a novel method for identifying anti-bacterial drugs
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, can develop extensive drug resistance It’s hard to find an innovation in modern medicine that has impacted human life as much as...
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Study traces evolutionary origins of migration in New World birds
A Baltimore Oriole, member of the passerine order of birds. Orioles breed in North America and winter in Central America. Every year, millions of birds make the journey from North America to Central...
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The Brain’s Got It All: a Q&A with John Maunsell, Director of the Grossman...
Neurogenesis, the neuron-formation process, as imagined by artist Greg Dunn (www.gregadunn.com). Courtesy Wikimedia commons. The human brain is only three-pounds of biological tissue, yet it is the...
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UChicago Medicine and Advocate receive NIH grant to establish Type 1 Diabetes...
After volunteers consent online to participate in Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet — a study aimed at discovering ways to delay or prevent type 1 diabetes – they receive a screening kit in the mail, as shown,...
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Sen. Durbin meets with UChicago scientists in push for increased biomedical...
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, discusses the need for more funding in medical research with Kenneth Polonsky, MD, executive vice president for Medical Affairs, dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences,...
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A Mother’s Testimony in Support of The Prenatal and Neonatal Congenital...
Rebecca, Janet, Rob, and Dana Morel, on vacation in Hawaii, 2003. This article is a supplement to our interview with toxoplasmois expert Rima McLeod, MD, on the impact of having nearly 2 billion people...
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John Maunsell takes helm of neuroscience institute
John Maunsell, PhD, Inaugural Director of the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biolo John Maunsell, PhD, a pioneering researcher in the neuroscience of vision and editor-in-chief of...
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Gut bacteria that protect against food allergies identified
Peanut allergies can be a deadly condition Food allergies are a major problem, and it’s one that’s growing fast. For an estimated 15 million Americans, exposure to common foods such as peanuts and milk...
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Are Viruses Causing Celiac Disease?
Transmission electron micrograph of intact rotavirus particles (Image: CDC) By Valentina Discepolo, MD Celiac disease is a complex disorder arising from gluten ingestion in genetically susceptible...
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How the brain finds what it’s looking for
An NFL quarterback must quickly process motion and color in order to find the right receiver Despite the barrage of visual information the brain receives, it retains a remarkable ability to focus on...
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Fighting gender bias in research
University of Chicago researchers receive new supplemental awards to counter gender bias in NIH-funded research. Investment sets the stage for a transformative shift in science. Biology is undeniably...
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Why the sense of touch is like a concert
Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, assistant professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago (seated left on keyboard) with his band, FuzZz (Photo: FuzZz/Guilhem Ibos) For decades,...
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