A transatlantic effort is transforming cancer research and care. The University of Notre Dame's Harper Cancer Research Institute is conducting collaborative, cutting-edge research with the University of Galway's Cancer Centre. The initiative is aptly titled Biseach — an Irish word meaning “to heal,…

At 10 one-millionths of a meter wide, a single human cell is tiny. But something even smaller exerts an enormous influence on everything a cell does: proton concentration, or pH. On the microscopic level, pH-dependent structures regulate cell movement and division. Altered pH response can accelerate…

The symptoms come on quickly — acute fever, followed by debilitating joint pain that can last for months. Though rarely fatal, the chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne illness, can be particularly severe for high-risk individuals, including newborns and older adults. While the virus is common…

BELS, which is a joint initiative of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering and College of Science and a key priority in the University’s strategic framework, supports research that applies engineering principles to biological systems. The BELS Initiative works to create new technologies and approaches to the detection, prevention, and treatment...

Three collaborative, multi-unit teams have been awarded funding by the University-wide Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative to advance health-related research and education.…

Robbi competes sucessfully for the prestigious F31 fellowship from NIH Figure 1. The potential…

A breakthrough by researchers at the University of Notre Dame has uncovered a crucial step in the life of a protein that may determine whether it works properly or instead ends up misfolded and non-functional. Their findings reveal a surprising race at the heart of protein folding, and offer new...

Research from the University of Notre Dame is shedding light on why Black women are likely to have early-onset or more aggressive subtypes of breast cancer. The study published in iScience found that a population of cells in breast tissues, dubbed PZP cells, send cues that prompt behavioral changes that...

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Argha Manna and Saurja DasGupta at a science and art panel at Caltech…

Twelve-year-old Lauren Eglite was thrilled to attend a Notre Dame football game with her father, Erik, in 2017, even though her acute peanut allergy demands constant vigilance. She was even more excited when the stadium’s brand-new video board aired an NBC Fighting…

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On Tuesday, May 13, John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of the 2025 faculty awards. …

Holly Goodson, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Chemistry &…

Sintim brings a wealth of expertise in both basic science and entrepreneurship to his new role.  

Rosenbaum and his collaborators published a new paper in Nature titled “Functional connectomics reveals general wiring rule in mouse visual cortex” (…

Ell Handy, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame with the Bioengineering Life Sciences Initiative (BELS), seeks to uncover new ways to diagnose and treat endometriosis,…

Graduate students from the University of Notre Dame joined peers from across Indiana at the Statehouse for the 2025 Indiana Science Communication Day, an event aimed at encouraging doctoral students to apply their research on a broader scale and bridging the gap between researchers and policymakers.…

Notre Dame researchers are advancing rare disease research and patient advocacy, driving groundbreaking discoveries to bring hope to patients and families. …

Notre Dame’s Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative has announced significant investments aimed at enhancing and growing biomedical research at the University. These include funding of four new cross-disciplinary faculty research teams and a milestone instrument…

Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus found in more than 70% of the population in the United States. The virus remains dormant in healthy people. But for those with a weakened immune system, CMV can cause severe illness and death. CMV is the primary focus of Pilar Pérez Romero, associate...

Tengfei Luo and Matthew J. Webber have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), making them the first Notre Dame faculty members to receive this honor.

A leading evolutionary hypothesis puts the RNA molecule—a messenger of genetic information and a builder of proteins—at the center of early life.

The lymphatic system plays a vital role in many health issues, such as heart disease, neurodegenerative conditions, inflammation, metabolic disorders, cancer, and lymphedema. Despite its importance, scientists still lack many details about how the lymphatic system grows and functions, and this prohibits…