Research

Grant targets staphylococcus infections

New $11.8 million grant brings National Institutes of Health grant total to $31 million for the research.

Sep 27, 2019

From left, Vinai Thomas, Ph.D., Ken Bayles, Ph.D., Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and Paul Fey, Ph.D., are part of the research team.

UNMC surveys community health workers

Study by the Center for Reducing Health Disparities was commissioned by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

Sep 25, 2019

Nominations open for UNMC Research Awards

Deadline is Oct. 11 to nominate for Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Awards.

Sep 24, 2019

$11.8 million grant funds continued discovery on staphylococcus infections

Includes expanded ‘mutant library’

Sep 23, 2019

From left to right are: Vinai Thomas, Ph.D., Ken Bayles, Ph.D., Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and Paul Fey, Ph.D. Not pictured is Alex Horswill, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado.

UNMC grant funds free community education sessions in Omaha on continence issues

Common reasons for incontinence in women include childbirth, diabetes, obesity, smoking, stroke and menopause.

Sep 10, 2019

Jennifer Cera, D.N.P.

Pediatric Cancer Research Group holds symposium

Second annual event was an example of collaboration between patient advocates and families, organizer said.

Sep 4, 2019

Don Coulter, M.D., director of the Pediatric Cancer Research Group, speaks at last week's symposium.

UNMC receives $650,000 for research in cancer, smoking diseases

Thirteen scientists at UNMC have received a cumulative $650,000 in grant funding to further their research in cancer and diseases related to smoking.

Aug 29, 2019

Global team evaluates CRISPR gene editing methods

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., is a corresponding author on the paper in Genome Biology.

Aug 28, 2019

From left, Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., of UNMC, and Gaetan Burgio, Ph.D., of Australian National University
National Institutes of Health

UNMC scientist part of global team evaluating CRISPR gene editing methods

Findings show that gene editing field has become much more safe, efficient

Aug 27, 2019

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D. (left), and Gaetan Burgio, Ph.D., were corresponding authors on the paper that appeared in Genome Biology.
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