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Distinguished Scientists Honored
Each year, when UNMC’s emerging and top researchers are recognized, it is clear that the depth and breadth of their work continues to expand.
Aug 20, 2015
Storm chaser to headline 2015 Nebraska Science Festival
Reed Timmer will kick off the biggest science festival in Nebraska in April.
Feb 13, 2015
Time travel with a disease detective
His first time in Africa, Dr. Khan’s job was to identify patient zero and attempt to determine the natural reservoir – from which the disease had come. He had one major drawback – he couldn’t speak French and would need an interpreter. Fortunately, two other teammates knew the language.
Feb 13, 2015
Dr. Smith’s COBRE grant renewed for phase 3; projects being considered
Shelley Smith, Ph.D., director of developmental neuroscience at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute and professor of pediatrics, recently learned her COBRE grant, “The Molecular Basis of Neurosensory Systems” was renewed for five years by the National Institutes of Health.
Feb 13, 2015
COBRE renewal expands nanothechnology research
UNMC researcher Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D., is the principal investigator on the grant. Dr. Bronich is the Parke-Davis Professor in Pharmaceutics, UNMC College of Pharmacy, and co-director of the Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine.
Feb 13, 2015
Cellular signaling is focus of COBRE
To Keith Johnson, Ph.D., director of the Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling (NCCS) in the College of Dentistry, reaching phase III status, with a $4.9 million grant renewal, means the opportunity to turn a corner.
Feb 13, 2015
UNMC sets the gold standard for Ebola care
The 2014 Ebola outbreak has been one of the most devastating public health crises in recent history.
Feb 13, 2015
Research leads to best practices in fight against highly infectious diseases
Designed to handle everything from smallpox and SARS to avian influenza and Ebola, UNMC’s biocontainment unit is staffed by more than 40 highly trained professionals who have special training in disaster management, cardiac life support and bioterrorism.
Feb 13, 2015
Lab testing for Ebola requires thinking ‘outside the box’
Professionals in laboratories across the UNMC campus are on the front line in helping physicians get the information they need to treat Ebola patients.
Feb 13, 2015
UNMC research team working on vaccine for Ebola virus
A UNMC research team has been working on one phase of a concerted U.S. effort to develop a vaccine for the Ebola virus, which has infected more than 21,000 people in West Africa and killed more than 8,600 people.
Feb 13, 2015
