GEM fellowship awarded to computational biology doctoral student studying neurodegenerative diseases As a computational biology graduate student, Gimon hopes she can be part of finding therapies for diseases including ALS and... October 03, 2022
Astrophysicists find evidence for the presence of the first stars An international group of researchers, including a professor at the University of Notre Dame, have found evidence for the earliest stars... September 29, 2022
Lannon and Phillips named associate deans in the College of Science Kevin Lannon, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named associate dean of faculty affairs for the... September 21, 2022
Doctoral student Sean Murphy awarded NIH Fellow Transition Award Only around 24 predoctoral to postdoctoral fellow transition awards (F99/K00) are awarded each year by the National Cancer Institute, a... August 10, 2022
Study about PFAS in cosmetics gains distinction with 2021 Best Paper Award Editors with the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science and Technology Letters (ES&T) selected the article,“Fluorinated Compounds in North American Cosmetics,”... August 09, 2022
Two-ton Gemini Planet Imager arrives at Notre Dame for upgrades A key to potentially finding habitable planets rests in Nieuwland Hall of Science at the University of Notre Dame, after... July 27, 2022
Newly described, atypical transporter gene shown to have role in antifungal resistance In a recent paper, Santiago-Tirado and his colleagues describe a gene they discovered that increases the chance for drug resistance... July 27, 2022
Notre Dame chemists identify compound that speeds healing in bed sores An experimental drug created at the University of Notre Dame for diabetic foot ulcers, (R)-ND-336, also improved pressure ulcers, a... July 22, 2022
Lymphatics help ‘seed’ early brain cells in zebrafish A recent paper in Nature Neuroscience by University of Notre Dame biologist Cody J. Smith demonstrated how lymphatics — which... July 19, 2022
University of Notre Dame researchers discover how proteins move cargo across TB cell wall A new study conducted at the University of Notre Dame unraveled a mystery scientists had previously not been able to... June 23, 2022
Simulation model of Midwest forests could aid in predicting future climate change Gains in carbon stored in upper American Midwest forests continued for more than 8,000 years before the industrial revolution were... June 23, 2022
Migliore named to the Latin American Academy of Sciences Juan Carlos Migliore, professor in the Department of Mathematics, is one of 30 scientists elected to the Latin American Academy... June 20, 2022
Kamat named Fellow of Materials Research Society; recipient of Porter Medal A researcher in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has been named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS),... June 20, 2022
Bike Ride for a Cure raises funds for Niemann-Pick Type-C research and support Thirty-two students from the ESTEEM graduate program participated in the annual Bike Ride for a Cure in May, with proceeds... June 08, 2022
Faculty members receive awards for teaching, research, and advising Three College of Science faculty members received awards during the 2022 Dean’s Luncheon for their work in either research, teaching,... May 24, 2022
Class of 2022 College of Science Seniors honored at annual luncheon More than 50 seniors and 11 faculty members were recognized for outstanding achievements during the University of Notre Dame’s College... May 24, 2022
Of Faith and Reason: Reflecting on Sr. Kathleen Cannon's 32 years at Notre Dame As she plans for her retirement in June 2022, her passion for everything—from advising to preaching to championing women and... May 20, 2022
New discoveries from Baker laboratory may help usher in new era of cancer immunotherapy Scientists at the University of Notre Dame contributed to research published in Nature Medicine outlining the identification of a long-sought-after... May 19, 2022
Umesh Garg receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India for physics research Umesh Garg, a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar... May 13, 2022
Analysis of telescope data unveils unique information about binary star system A sophomore in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics identified an intriguing light curve in a binary... April 20, 2022
Moumita Dasgupta fights disease with immunology and immunotherapy Moumita Dasgupta, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has enjoyed learning more about the field... March 31, 2022
New pathway for DNA transfer discovered in tumor microenvironment University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment,... March 30, 2022
Novel liquid coating on urinary catheters may reduce infections, Notre Dame study finds A new type of catheter, described in a recent paper in eLife, could potentially improve quality of life and reduce... March 30, 2022
New pathway for DNA transfer discovered in tumor microenvironment University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment,... March 28, 2022
Seizing the “Apollo moment”: Notre Dame scientists among the first to experiment with the James Webb Space Telescope During the last week of November 2020, with the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic raging and finals week underway at the University... February 25, 2022
Notre Dame researchers awarded grants to study treatments for breast cancer Two researchers at the University of Notre Dame have received grants for breast cancer research through the Breast Cancer Alliance... February 25, 2022
Chemical history of the Milky Way revealed by new catalog of tens of millions of stars University of Notre Dame researchers, along with collaborators in China and Australia, published a new sample catalog of more than... February 04, 2022
Toroczkai and team win BMW quantum computing challenge Zoltán Toroczkai and collaborators won the BMW quantum computing challenge, which called for a method to optimize millions of combinations... January 21, 2022
D’Souza-Schorey and Smith named as journal editors “I have been a proponent of open-access publishing because of the broad and inclusive reach it engenders,” D'Souza-Schorey said. “It... January 19, 2022
Two Notre Dame College of Science professors named as Highly Cited Researchers Prashant Kamat, the Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Science in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Stuart Jones,... December 15, 2021
