Research
Update from the University of Nebraska (NU) System
From the Office of the President: Nebraska rises among world’s best for earning patents
Mar 11, 2024
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Bartee Lectureship, Award showcase science advocacy
Mary Woolley, president of Research!America, will deliver the lecture; Mark Rupp, MD, will be honored at the March 26 event.
Mar 7, 2024
![Bob Bartee, former UNMC vice chancellor for external relations](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BobBartee050123-900x600.jpg)
Grant workshop to offer advice on securing research funding
The event organized the Child Health Research Institute and UNMC Department of Pediatrics will be held March 22.
Mar 6, 2024
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Research highlights, March 2024
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in January.
Mar 4, 2024
![Danita Velasco, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/VelascoCOM-900x600.jpg)
UNMC showcases groundbreaking research
UNMC researchers are leading the way in infectious diseases, biosecurity, national defense, cancer, child health, heart disease and more.
Mar 4, 2024
![The National Institutes of Health recently awarded more than $11.8 million to UNMC's Center for Heart and Vascular Research, under the direction of principal investigator Rebekah Gundry, PhD, to create a Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence focused on finding answers for heart and vascular diseases.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/RebekahGundry030424-900x600.jpg)
New sampling device created at UNMC gains investment boost
A UNMC startup led by a team from the emergency medicine department invented the nasal sample collection device called MicroWash.
Feb 29, 2024
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Virtual Incision robotics tested aboard ISS
The surgical robotics company was formed in a collaboration that involved a UNMC surgeon and assistance from UNeMed.
Feb 26, 2024
![Michael Dixon, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Dixon062520.jpg)
UNMC researchers studying secrets behind cute, cuddly therapy seal
Pediatric patients certainly take to the robotic therapy seals Paro, Pickles and Pepe Le Pew. So the question is: How so?
Feb 21, 2024
![Breanna Hetland, PhD, and her daughters, Layla, 5, and Tully, 19 months, enjoy Paro, the robotic therapy seal in their home.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Paro2022124-900x600.jpg)
UNMC Parkinson’s research leads to licensing partnership
UNeMed licensed a UNMC-developed monotherapy to Coya Therapeutics for further development in multiple inflammatory diseases.
Feb 20, 2024
![Howard Gendelman, MD, and Lee Mosley, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GendelmanMosely022024-900x600.jpg)
Grant opportunities available through CHRI
Applications will be accepted through April 15.
Feb 15, 2024
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