One bacterial pathogen is responsible for a range of diseases, from pharyngitis and impetigo to more severe diagnoses such as toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating disease), a serious bacterial skin infection that spreads quickly and kills the body’s soft tissue. The pathogen, known as Group A Streptococcus,...

Investigators in the Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI) are dedicated to conducting innovative and integrative research that confronts the complex challenges of cancer.  Our programmatic structure fosters multi-disciplinary cancer research by promoting interactions…

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On Tuesday January 19, members from the Harper Cancer Research Institute at Notre Dame, traveled to the Indiana State Capitol for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Lobby Day. Advocates from across our state, gathered together to lobby for Senate Bill 272, Improving Quality of Life for...

Zachary Schultz, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has accepted an invitation to join the Features Panel of the journal Analytical Chemistry. This appointment is for a three-year term beginning in 2016.

Did you ever wonder how to differentiate a stage III tumor from a stage I? or how to tell a macrophage from a mast cell? To assist you with these and other perplexing questions, HCRI is pleased to introduce our Pathologist-in-Residence, Dr. William (Bill) Kaliney. Read more...

During Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a new initiative to cure cancer, which would be lead by Vice President Joe Biden. Harper Cancer Research Institute Director Dr. Sharon Stack shared her thoughts with local reporters from ABC 57, check it out: Local…

Physicists around the world were puzzled recently when an unusual bump appeared in the signal of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, causing them to wonder if it was a new particle previously unknown, or perhaps even two new particles. The collision cannot be...

Zachary Schultz, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has accepted an invitation to join the Features Panel of the journal Analytical Chemistry. The Features Panel suggests scientists and topics to be covered in the journal’s Feature, Perspective, and Review articles. This appointment is for a three-year term beginning in 2016. Read...

The Graduate Physics Students 2015 Annual Conference was held in December. The first day of the event featured research talks by six students: Chris Seymour,…