Research Ania Majewska, PhD, named co-director of UR-IDDRC By Kelsie Smith Hayduk May. 15, 2023 Ania Majewska, PhD, professor of Neuroscience, joins John Foxe, PhD, as co-director of the University of Rochester Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (UR-IDDRC).
Research Research continues to rule out brain’s immune system as key to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders By Kelsie Smith Hayduk May. 8, 2023 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester continue to find evidence that the brain’s immune system may not be the culprit behind fetal alcohol spectrum ...
Community David Satcher Returns to Recognize Local Community Health Contributions By Susanne Pallo May. 3, 2023 Four URMC faculty and two staff members were honored at the May 2 ceremony following a keynote address by the award’s namesake, David Satcher, MD, PhD, an internationally renowned champion of public ...
Research Pulling the Plug on Viral Infections: CRISPR isn’t Just About Cutting By Emily Boynton Apr. 27, 2023 A new study published in Science reveals a membrane protein that enhances anti-viral defense – simultaneously broadening our understanding of and raising more questions related to the complexities of ...
Research Halting the Rise of Parkinson’s By Mark Michaud Apr. 24, 2023 The University of Rochester’s leadership in the field of environmental medicine stretches back to toxicology research programs developed at the University under the Manhattan Project. These programs ...
Research Researchers find rhythmic brain activity helps to maintain temporary memories By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 24, 2023 New research shows that rhythmic brain activity is key to temporarily maintaining important information in memory. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of ...
People Student Spotlight: Mark Osabutey, MBChB By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 24, 2023 Mark Osabutey, MBChB, is a 2nd-year Neuroscience graduate student at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Osabutey has a medical degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and ...
Research Wilmot Researchers Discover How to Steer Army of Immune Cells toward Cancer By Leslie Orr Apr. 17, 2023 Life-extending immunotherapies, like CAR T-cell cancer therapy, sometimes migrate to places they shouldn’t go. A Wilmot team discovered the molecule that guides T cells toward tumors, setting the ...
Research Uncovering How the Biological Clock Impacts Lung Health By Susanne Pallo Apr. 17, 2023 URMC study uncovers the mechanism by which a circadian clock molecule contributes to lung scarring and reveals new drugs and drug targets along the way.
Research Possible ‘steps’ to revealing super-agers By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 13, 2023 On the quest for the proverbial fountain of youth, scientists have long looked for evidence of super-agers—people whose brain ages slower than their body. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for ...