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Research

UNMC, Moderna study explores Parkinson’s therapy

Proof-of-concept study used Moderna’s mRNA platform to reprogram the immune system to fight Parkinson’s.

May 11, 2021

From left, UNMC researchers R. Lee Mosley, PhD, Howard Gendelman, MD, and Katherine Olson, PhD

Dr. Surinder Batra named Dr. Alfred and Linda Hartmann Chair

Will support work in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other diseases

May 11, 2021

Surinder Batra, PhD

Genomics Core marks two decades of growth

In 2020, core provided services to approximately 167 different laboratories at all University of Nebraska campuses.

May 7, 2021

Jim Eudy, PhD

Nebraska Cures honors biomedical research advocates

Bob and Helen Bartee and Don Coulter, MD, recognized in online ceremony.

May 4, 2021

From left, Bob and Helen Bartee, recipients of the Lifesaver Award

Drs. Van Hook, Wang named Kinman Oldfield scholars

The scholarships are awarded annually by the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund.

Apr 28, 2021

From left, Xinglong Wang, PhD, and Matthew Van Hook, PhD

Center for Biomedical Informatics Research and Innovation offers opportunities

Center is culmination of two decades of development of biomedical informatics infrastructure at UNMC and UNO.

Apr 27, 2021

Babu Guda, PhD, professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, is a co-director of the center

Dr. Bartels is anesthesiology’s inaugural vice chair of research

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, aims to build a research program that spans the complete translational spectrum.

Apr 26, 2021

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD

Grants available for new technology development

Attendees will learn about Nebraska Business Development Act, how to gain access to ‘valley of death’ funding.

Apr 22, 2021

Michael Dixon, PhD, president and CEO of UNeMed

Project reveals asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 in schools

OPS PROTECTS pilot project showed much higher infection, case rates in OPS schools.

Apr 21, 2021

Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD

Saddle Creek development project to transform area

Site will be home to an ‘innovation hub.’

Apr 21, 2021

Campus leaders will preserve as much as possible from the historic Omaha Steel Works facilities as they develop the Innovation Hub.