by Amanda Parker | Jun 2, 2021 | Research
In the four years since its opening, the UChicago Cyclotron Facility has made canonical and novel radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals more accessible, stimulating nuclear medicine research at UChicago and beyond.
by Amanda Parker | Jun 1, 2021 | Research
The idea of using mRNA modifications to fight disease is taking off—but what is it and how does it work?
by Amanda Parker | Apr 23, 2021 | News
Zeresenay “Zeray” Alemseged, Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Alemseged is a paleoanthropologist studying human evolution. His research methods span extensive...
by Amanda Parker | Apr 21, 2021 | News
The BSD Chicago Fellows Program supports the career advancement of exceptional and creative postdoctoral scientists. This year’s fellowships have been awarded to three outstanding early-career scientists; two Chicago Fellowships have been awarded to Shiri Kult and...
by Amanda Parker | Apr 8, 2021 | News
On April 8, the CDAC Discovery Challenge program awarded funding to four new interdisciplinary projects that will develop and utilize computational tools. Three of these four projects are co-led by BSD faculty: Machine Learning to Improve Targeted Cancer...
by Amanda Parker | Mar 30, 2021 | News
It wasn’t until the mid-20th century that scientists discovered experimental evidence of a brain’s ability to dynamically strengthen, weaken and reconfigure its neural networks in response to stimuli. This phenomenon, called neuroplasticity (or brain plasticity or...
by Amanda Parker | Mar 29, 2021 | Research
Get to know the new Cancer Center Director through his research…