Shaun Lee, Monahan Family Associate Professor of Rare and Neglected Diseases in the Department of Biological Sciences and member of the Eck Institute for Global Health, discusses his lab's exciting research, their collaboration with computer scientists, and what he finds most rewarding about working with students.

Sixteen faculty members from the University of Notre Dame have been awarded funding from the University’s Science of Wellness Initiative’s Catalyst Seed Grant program. Nearly 100 pre-proposals were submitted and faculty from five different colleges and schools received awards.

More than 80 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers gave either podium or poster presentations during the 2018 Colleges of Science and Engineering Joint Annual Meeting (COSE-JAM), held in early December in the Jordan Hall of Science galleria.

Alex Perkins, Eck Family Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, and Sean Moore, research assistant professor of biological sciences, have been accepted to join the Vaccine Impact Modeling Consortium. 

The University of Notre Dame and the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) have signed a strategic alliance agreement to encourage collaborations between Notre Dame and IBRI researchers.

In a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, scientists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) releases RNA into infected cells.

COSE-JAM highlights the achievements of graduate students and postdoctoral trainees. The event helps them foster interdisciplinary research and interactions, develop presentation and mentoring skills, and obtain advice on career development.

Faculty are now invited to apply for awards within the Notre Dame Research Internal Grants Program. The deadline to apply to the available grants is Monday, February 4, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

Mark Fraser, MD/PhD student through the IU School of Medicine and the University of Notre Dame, member of the Lee Lab, and recent Eck Institute for Global Health Fellow, discusses his area of research and experiences in the Master of Science of Global Health program.

Mark your calendars! Rare Disease Day 2019 will be held on March 1st and 2nd, 2019.  More information to follow…   Originally published…

Pinar Zorlutuna, Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and affiliated member of the Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine,…

Siyuan Zhang, the Dee Associate Professor of Biological Sciences who is also affiliated with the Harper Cancer Research Institute, landed a nearly $1.1 million Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award through the Department of Defense in August.

The University of Notre Dame has opened its annual competition for the Naughton Fellowships. The prestigious international fellowships provide funding for exceptional students with an aptitude for the STEM disciplines to complete research or study in Ireland or at Notre Dame (ND).

From Saturday, October 28 through Thursday, November 1, members of the University of Notre Dame research community will travel to New Orleans, LA for the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) meeting. Of the over 40 Notre Dame faculty, researchers, and students in attendance, many will be...

Guido Camargo España, postdoctoral research associate of biological sciences, has received a Postdoctoral Training Award inTranslational Research from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI).

What role can Notre Dame play in the revolution building around rare disease research? A collaborative team of stakeholders discussed different options during a working session in October.

Xin Lu, the John M. and Mary Jo Boler Assistant Professor of biology, was awarded a 2018 Susan G. Komen research grant to identify potential new therapies for treating metastatic breast cancer.

Submission Deadline: Dec 10th, 2018 5:00 PM Earliest Start Date. March 1, 2019.   …

Predicting how mutations in proteins alter their ability to function is critical to understanding what drives health and disease in humans. A new study in Structure, Cell Press by scientists at the University of Notre Dame and their colleagues demonstrates how a minor mutation can have far-reaching effects on a...

Perlara, a rare diseases drug discovery company based in the San Francisco Bay area, recently announced a collaboration called PerlQuest with the University of Notre Dame’s Warren Family Research Center for Drug Discovery and Development.