With two generous gifts to the University of Notre Dame totaling $1 million, Anne Laflamme and George and Theresa Gee have established the Ella McKeirnan Memorial Endowment. The endowment—funded through $500,000 from Laflamme and $500,000 from the Gees—will permanently support the Ella McKeirnan Memorial Fellowship within the Harper Cancer Research...

The Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) at the University of Notre Dame has installed a new research instrument—a hybrid tool that combines materials characterization with nanoscale precision machining and sample preparation. The instrument is operational…

Shahriar Mobashery, Navari Family Professor in Life Sciences, has been selected as the winner of the 2027 Abeles and Jencks Award for the Chemistry of Biological Processes…

During the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the University of Notre Dame continued its trajectory of research growth, submitting the most proposals and receiving the highest value of external research awards in the institution’s history. “I want…

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center who study the spread of cancer away from the original tumor, called metastasis, hypothesized that the first cells to arrive in the new location make it easier for future waves of cancer cells to take hold.…

Researchers in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Biological Sciences are developing an innovative solution to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), which affect approximately one million patients in the United States each year. Led by Ana Flores-Mireles,…

Some scientific research takes place on a scale so small that scholars need specialized tools to get a good look at their work. These instruments, which can capture images down to the size of an atom, operate much like a high-end camera, turning light and touch into results via advanced...

A genetic vulnerability in clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most aggressive type of kidney cancer, may lend itself to a combination treatment strategy that causes the cancer cells to self-destruct, according to recent research in PNAS.…

While most believe artificial intelligence is changing science, researchers at the University of Notre Dame are exploring the reverse.

Relying on a urinary catheter is a standard part of medical care for hundreds of thousands of patients each year. Unfortunately, the device carries the risk of catheter-associated urinary infections (CAUTIs), where bacteria are widely recognized as the primary cause. And yet, many patients…

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have disclosed the core assembly of the germinosome, which is alarm system that awakens the dormant spores of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a health threat that causes about half a million infections and about 30,000 deaths a year.…

Five researchers at the University of Notre Dame earned a Faculty Early Career Development Program Award (CAREER), the most prestigious award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for early-career faculty. Those who win CAREER…

Stained lung tissue showing tumor reduction with use of TICTACs…

In a study published in Nature Communications, Saurja DasGupta, a biochemist at the University of Notre Dame, and colleagues present a key mechanism for sustaining RNA-based life: an engineered enzyme that selectively recognizes and repairs broken RNA.

The protein PA2854 (shown in red) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa links the outer-membrane protein OprI (shown in blue) to the cell wall (depicted in white), a process that is necessary for the health of the bacterium. (Graphic provided by the Mobashery Lab) Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators...

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have published the first known detailed study of breast cancer tissue from Native American women. The study, published in npj Precision Oncology, reveals important molecular differences that may impact the efficacy of therapies for female, Native American breast cancer patients.

  More than 1 million people in the U.S. live with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that damages the brain, optic nerves and spinal cord by attacking myelin, the protective coating around nerve cells. Katrina Adams and her research team at the University of Notre Dame are studying how myelin...

Douglas and Diana Berthiaume have made a transformational gift to the University of Notre Dame to advance biomedical research through strategic investments in critical infrastructure. The gift, totaling $35 million, establishes the Center for Biomedical Discovery. It includes $5 million in seed funding for multidisciplinary research teams, promoting new collaborations...

Steve Corcelli, Ph.D., William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, has announced the college’s faculty award recipients for the 2025–26 academic year. Father James L. Shilts, C.S.C./Doris and Gene Leonard Teaching Award Bestowed annually on a faculty member…

When Notre Dame students go to access their course materials online, it’s highly likely their instructor is sharing them through the Canvas learning management system. The Canvas Legends Awards, sponsored by the Office of Information Technology’s Teaching & Learning Technologies team, place the spotlight on faculty turning that seemingly routine...