Vice Chancellor Research

Clinical Trial Spotlight: Pancreatic cancer

People with new onset diabetes will be prime candidates to participate in clinical study, which is seeking up to 1,250 people.

Oct 3, 2019

Kelsey Klute, M.D.

Nominations open for President’s Excellence Awards

Nominations for IECA, IDEA, ORCA and OTICA awards open through Nov. 1.

Sep 30, 2019

University of Nebraska Interim President Susan Fritz, Ph.D.

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.

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

Biomedical research has robust economic impact

Christopher Kratochvil, M.D., testified Friday before members of the legislature on the impact of tobacco settlement funds.

Sep 23, 2019

Chris Kratochvil, M.D.

$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 for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Sep 13, 2019

Matt McCarthy, M.D.

UNMC team uses dyes to ID, analyze bacterial pathogens

Work by UNMC team was recently published in the journal ACS Sensors.

Sep 13, 2019

From left, Denis Svechkarev, Ph.D., and Aaron Mohs, Ph.D.

Time out with T.O. – The universal language

International Student Research Forum strengthens relationships.

Sep 11, 2019

Attendees at this year's International Student Research Forum pose at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. UNMC coordinators of the ISRF Keith Swarts and Jayme Nekuda, Ph.D., are at left in the front row.

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