I am ND: Meet Jon Camden
Jon Camden first found his home at Notre Dame 25 years ago when he declared a chemistry major and signed up to take a credit course on playing the organ.
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Paper Analytical Devices that detect falsified versions of drugs are effective, tech review program shows
The Paper Analytical Devices created in the laboratory of Marya Lieberman, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, are effective for detecting falsified versions of several different medications, according to a new report by the United States Pharmacopeia’s (USP’s) Technology Review program.
Two Notre Dame professors listed as Highly Cited Researchers for 2020
Stuart Jones and Prashant Kamat, both professors in the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, have been named Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Web of Science.
Hildreth to serve as interim dean, McDowell as interim associate dean of research in the College of Science
Michael Hildreth, associate dean of research in the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, will serve as interim dean of the College of Science beginning January 1, 2021. That day, Mary Ann McDowell, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will begin serving as interim associate dean of research in the college.
Endowment honors legacy of Dean Mary E. Galvin
The College of Science at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to announce the endowment of the Science and Engineering Scholars Program. The program, started in 2018 as a pilot program to bolster student academic success in science and engineering majors, will be named in honor of the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, Mary E. Galvin.
Science and Engineering Scholars Program propels students to success
“This program is, wow,” said Chelsea Popoola, a math major who plans to attend medical school. The small classes allowed her to learn the material in a tight-knit environment. “I wish I had better words to explain how much this program has done for me. Whenever we need help with anything, there are many people willing to help.”
Notre Dame announces the Institute for Precision Health
Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics has become the Institute for Precision Health, a re-envisioning that engages scientists, engineers, and clinical practitioners in research, education, and entrepreneurship programs that advance individualized health and wellness.
Materials Science and Engineering Doctoral Program announces 2020 fellows
Two graduate students at the University of Notre Dame are the inaugural recipients of fellowships for the Materials Science and Engineering Doctoral Program. Each fellow will receive a stipend for one year to support their research and dissertation as part of the new doctoral program that launched in 2020.
CEST moves to new campus location
The CEST office and laboratory space that was previously on the first floor of Fitzpatrick Hall have been relocated two floors down to the B-level of Fitzpatrick Hall.
Katharine White receives NIH New Innovator Award
Katharine White has been granted a highly competitive Director's New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health.
Mary Galvin to step down as dean of Notre Dame’s College of Science
Mary Galvin, the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, will step down from the position effective Dec. 31.
Notre Dame pivots funding and research to tackle COVID-19
The Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics (AD&T) research center announced new awards that will enable faculty researchers to pivot or expand their existing research to address the detection, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of COVID-19 viral infections and related serious medical conditions.
How T-cell targets look in three dimensions may facilitate new cancer vaccines
T-cells, which hunt for traces of disease within other cells, work by identifying fragments of outsider proteins on a diseased cell’s surface and then go in for the literal kill.
With cancer, some of the mutated fragments of outsider proteins, called neoepitopes, can be recognized by T-cells and are ideal candidates for cancer vaccines. Unfortunately, those candidates are difficult to predict from genetic data alone.
A study published this month in Nature Chemical Biology by Brian Baker, the Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Structural Biology and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, and collaborator Alexandre Harari at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) in Lausanne, Switzerland shows that to improve those predictions and develop cancer vaccines, researchers need to think more about what neoepitopes look like in three dimensions.
I am Here: Kelley M. H. Young
Editor’s note: As classes resume on campus during this unprecedented time, faculty and staff members are, as always, HERE for Notre Dame students. Whether work is done physically on campus or remotely, the collective purpose remains to offer an unsurpassed undergraduate education that nurtures the mind, body and spirit; and to advance human understanding through scholarship, research and post-baccalaureate programs that heal, unify and enlighten. …
Melander Lab Reports Compound that Increases Antibiotic Efficacy for MRSA
Christian Melander, George & Winifred Clark Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Roberta Melander, Research Associate Professor, with Professor Cassandra Quave and colleagues from Emory University, have reported new research showing that an extract from the American beautyberry plant increases the efficacy of certain antibiotics in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Adam Jaffe to Join Faculty in 2021
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes Dr. Adam Jaffe to the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Materials Chemistry. Jaffe is currently completing an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California Berkeley with Prof. Jeffrey Long, studying the separation of O2…
Francis Castellino Receives 2020 ISTH Esteemed Career Award
Francis J. Castellino, Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Esteemed Career Award. This prestigious award is given to those who “have made significant contributions to the understanding, treatment and diagnosis, research and education in the thrombosis and hemostasis field.” Five recipients are selected annually.
Notre Dame launches materials science and engineering doctoral degree program
Students can now earn a distinctive, interdisciplinary doctoral degree in materials science and engineering through the College of Engineering and the College of Science.
2020 Naughton awardees announced
Twenty-three students and faculty have been announced as awardees of the Naughton Fellowships for 2020.
Student research to combat cancer, COVID-19 inflammatory reaction
Two students from the University of Notre Dame have received fellowships through the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics' Berry Family Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program.