Category: Research
Shantanu Jadhav named Sloan Research FellowFeb. 25, 2015Assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience Shantanu Jadhav has won a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship to explore memory and decision-making in mammalian brains.
Evolution may hold the key to rational drug designFeb. 20, 2015In the journal Science, Dorothee Kern outlines a new approach to studying cancer-causing proteins that may have a major impact on the development of rational drugs to fight cancer.
Jose Vargas ’15 brings astrophysics down to EarthFeb. 12, 2015In professor John Wardle's lab, Jose Vargas ’15 has seen further into the night sky than most people on Earth. After graduation, he will take his physics degree back to New York City and teach high school physics through Teach for America.
- Brandeis alumni and scholars win prestigious book awardsFeb. 11, 2015
Students make another splash on the fashion sceneFeb. 10, 2015Careers defined by red carpets and runways await two Brandeis students who have carved a unique niche in the fashion world.
Why all-nighters don’t workJan. 23, 2015Graduate students Paula Haynes and Bethany Christmann in the Griffith Lab are unraveling the connection between sleep and memory.
Professor Emeritus Stanley Deser awarded Einstein MedalJan. 14, 2015In May, the Albert Einstein Society will honor Deser's career and his groundbreaking formulation that offered a new approach to General Relativity.
University of Bern honors BrootenJan. 12, 2015The University of Bern has awarded an honorary doctorate in theology to Bernadette J. Brooten, the Robert and Myra Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies.
Big news for little ciliaJan. 7, 2015Professor Daniela Nicastro and postdoctoral fellow Jianfeng Lin have captured the highest-resolution images of human cilia ever, providing new understanding of cilia and cilia-related diseases.
The hunt for dark matterJan. 7, 2015In 2015, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN will reboot after two years of upgrades, with double the energy of its first run. The Brandeis High Energy Physics Group will be in the thick of it, exploring the newly discovered Higgs boson and hunting for supersymmetry, dark matter and extra dimensions.
Winter issue of Brandeis Magazine in mailboxes and onlineDec. 22, 2014The latest issue explores what it means to be Brandeisian, from Ebola clinics in Africa to legal courts in the United States.
Ku Klux Klan’s lasting legacy on the U.S. political systemDec. 4, 2014David Cunningham reports in a study that the Ku Klux Klan’s activities in the 1960s have had an enduring effect on U.S. politics.
Learning from past epidemics: What can smallpox tell us about Ebola?Dec. 2, 2014Leff Families Professor of History Michael Willrich discusses the parallels between the U.S.’s response to the smallpox epidemic at the turn of the 20th century and the current Ebola epidemic.
New Brandeis research consortium promotes healthy aging through active livingDec. 1, 2014The National Institute on Aging awarded Brandeis University $1.5 million to lead a research consortium that will develop, test and promote healthy aging strategies.
Finding alternatives to opioids for service members and veterans in painNov. 24, 2014Mary Jo Larson, senior scientist at the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, has received $3 million to study the prevalence of chronic pain among Army service members returning from a deployment.
ADHD pandemic causes researchers to fidgetNov. 18, 2014In a recent paper in the journal Social Science and Medicine, professor Peter Conrad and coauthor Meredith Bergey examined the growth of ADHD in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Brazil.
DNA's Wild West: Bounty hunters, outlaws vie for control of your genesNov. 17, 2014In two recent papers, professor Nelson Lau explored a biological system that hunts down and silences genetic parasites that may contribute to human infertility and other conditions.
Society for Neuroscience honors Eve Marder ’69 and Timothy O’LearyNov. 11, 2014Eve Marder ’69, the Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience, and Timothy O’Leary, a postdoctoral fellow in the Marder lab, will be honored this weekend at Neuroscience2014, the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference.
Child Opportunity Index outlined at Health Affairs eventNov. 11, 2014Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, the Samuel F. and Rose B. Gingold Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and director of the Institute for Child Youth and Family Policy, was among a group of featured authors from the November issue of Health Affairs to speak at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
Kate Moran awarded Humboldt FellowshipNov. 11, 2014Kate A. Moran has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship to support her work on a book that explores how dependence and interdependence fit into Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy, especially his theory of autonomy.
Brandeis IBS announces creation of Hassenfeld Family Innovation CenterNov. 6, 2014Brandeis International Business School has received a $2.5 million gift to establish the Hassenfeld Family Innovation Center, which will to support faculty research while catalyzing innovation on campus.
Ebola in West Africa: The outbreak's impact and a look to the futureNov. 6, 2014Public health physician and adjunct professor Theo J.C. Lippeveld and director of the PhD Program at the Heller School and Chief Economist of the Global Health Bureau for USAID Allyala K. Nandakumar talked about Ebola in West Africa last week.
Improving with age: Regions of the brain strengthen over timeOct. 31, 2014New techniques in cognitive neuroscience are revealing regions of the brain that improve with age, reports assistant professor of psychology Angela Gutchess in the current issue of Science. BrandeisNow spoke with Gutchess about aging and how it changes our brains.
Brandeis to NASA: Developing tech to boldly go where no tech has gone beforeOct. 29, 2014Valerie Scott ’05, an inorganic chemist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, designs small technologies for space and planetary exploration.
Ruderman Scholars committed to improving the lives of people with disabilitiesOct. 28, 2014After completing an internship geared at helping people with disabilities, four Brandeis undergraduates will take part in a research assistantship.
Midterm elections: motherhood, age and gender's influence on political behaviorOct. 27, 2014Associate Professor of Politics Jill Greenlee gives a fresh perspective on understanding voters' decisions at the ballot box.
Gabbay Award honors researchers who developed groundbreaking genomic tool Oct. 20, 2014Three researchers who developed a revolutionary tool that can target and modify specific genes in living cells will be presented with the 17th Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine on Oct. 27 at Brandeis.
Pioneering geneticist Frederick Alt ’71 wins 44th Rosenstiel Award Oct. 15, 2014Geneticist Frederick Alt ’71 will be awarded the 44th Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Biomedical Science by Brandeis University for his pioneering research exploring the mechanisms of genomic instability and its implications for the immune system and cancer cells.
White House neuroscience initiative funds researchOct. 7, 2014Professors Sacha Nelson and John Lisman ’66 were among the first researchers to receive funds from the National Institutes of Health under President Barack Obama’s BRAIN Initiative.
Study: Dengue fever vastly underreported in IndiaOct. 7, 2014The annual number of dengue fever cases in India is 282 times higher than officially reported, and the disease inflicts an economic burden on the country of at least US$1.11 billion each year in medical and other expenses.
Antony Polonsky appointed historian of new Polish Jewish museumOct. 1, 2014The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw will open Oct. 28 with Brandeis Professor Antony Polonsky as its chief historian.
What happens when good genes get lost?Sept. 30, 2014Sometimes, an important gene gets embedded in junk DNA by mistake and scientists have long wondered how those genes get activated. Now, Brandeis University researchers may have solved that mystery. Read how on ReAction: The Brandeis University Science and Research Blog
One-Dimensional Man at 50: Conference explores Marcuse's workSept. 23, 2014Herbert Marcuse arrived at Brandeis with almost no scholarly reputation. He left as a towering intellectual figure.
Obesity and stress pack a double hit for healthSept. 22, 2014If you’re overweight, you may be at greater risk for stress-related diseases like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer, according to a new study by Brandeis University.
Study: Emotional reactions to fiction and 'based on a true story' are about the same Sept. 18, 2014Consumers tend to think they will have a stronger emotional reaction to works based on real events, but recent research by Professor Jane Ebert found reactions were insensitive to whether content was fiction.
New science and research blog brings Brandeis science out of the labSept. 16, 2014ReAction is a new science and research blog being launched today by the Office of Communications. Featuring videos, stories and photography, along with guest posts from students, faculty and alumni, ReAction is the place to learn about what’s hot — and cool — in Brandeis research.
Brandeis physicists unlock secrets of the 2-D world and edge closer to artificial cellsSept. 12, 2014Physicist Zvonimir Dogic's research into active nematic vesicles and the world of two-dimensional physics was recently featured in two of science’s most respected journals, Science and Nature.
Food for the future: A vision for New England farming and food productionAug. 29, 2014Brian Donahue, professor of environmental studies, and colleagues from across New England have published a perspective on the future of the region’s food needs.
New hirings bolster African diaspora studiesAug. 27, 2014Two new professors and a fellow are joining Brandeis as part of a plan to expand studies of the African diaspora.
- How To Spend All That Ice-Bucket Money? Multiple ALS Research Leads Heat UpAug. 22, 2014
Beyond the Ice Bucket: Brandeis scientists work to understand ALSAug. 21, 2014Professors Suzanne Paradis and Avi Rodal are unraveling the molecular mechanics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
Epstein ’96: Ebola outbreak a 'call to arms' for disease preventionAug. 14, 2014The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could have been prevented through education and research, says Jonathan Epstein '96, a veterinarian and epidemiologist.
Waltham High School students get hands-on experience in the labAug. 14, 2014Vivekanand Vimal, PhD '16, launched a program that brings local students to campus to work on research projects.
Decoding sleep, mapping quasars: A day in the life of undergraduate scientistsAug. 4, 2014Every summer, the labs at Brandeis hum with activity as dozens of undergrads work closely with faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows on research projects.
Scholarly collection now freely available digitallyJuly 31, 2014A small trove of scholarly books is now available in multiple digital formats through the Brandeis University Institutional Repository.
Former students, colleagues celebrate Art Wingfield July 24, 2014Nearly 100 colleagues, former students and friends gathered on campus to celebrate long-time professor Arthur Wingfield's storied career.
Small steps and giant leapsJuly 17, 2014Brandeis' Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Lab has advanced our understanding of how humans can live and work in space, among many other achievements.
Revealing the secrets of sandJuly 16, 2014Bulbul Chakraborty, along with Corey O'Hern from Yale University and Robert Behringer from Duke University, have received a three-year, $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop the first predictive theoretical framework for macroscopic assemblies.
Students present at international environmental science summitJuly 15, 2014Three Brandeis University students recently presented research findings on nail salon air quality at the 2014 International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology in Houston.
Kondev receives $1M grant to enhance undergrad researchJune 30, 2014Jané Kondev is among a select group of scientist-educators who were awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor program grant, which provides $1 million over five years to support activities that integrate research with undergraduate education.
Uniting physics, business for the greater goodJune 17, 2014Camille Girabawe and Bernard Hishamunda are joining the laws of physics and the principles of business to improve lives, especially in their native Rwanda.
Sprout Grants encourage innovation, entrepreneurship June 16, 2014The winners of the 2014 Brandeis Virtual Incubator Sprout Grant Program will share $50,000 in funding to support the research and development of technologies that tackle epilepsy, cancer, clean energy, genetic engineering, the treatment of diabetes, and accessible science education.
- Unlocking The Brain: Are We Entering A Golden Age Of Neuroscience?June 13, 2014
Couples, choose your wedding registry wisely May 27, 2014In a recent study, Xin Wang, assistant professor of marketing at the Brandeis International Business School, explored gift giving behavior in online wedding registries, including how guest motivations impact gift choice, what sells and what goes unpurchased in registries, which stores do better than others and why.
Neuroscience’s grand questionMay 21, 2014Eve Marder '69, the Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience, and her lab have built a new theoretical model to understand how cells monitor and self-regulate their properties in the face of continual turnover of cellular components. They published their findings in the journal Neuron.
Prescription monitoring data can reduce abuse, deathsApril 24, 2014A report by the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis recommends that medical insurers monitor prescription data to reduce the overdoses, deaths and health care costs associated with abuse of opioids and other prescription drugs.
David Engerman awarded Guggenheim Memorial Foundation FellowshipApril 22, 2014
A new approach to treating Alzheimer’s diseaseApril 22, 2014A team of researchers from Brandeis University, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and Weill Cornell Medical College have devised a novel approach to the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, focusing on a complex that cleans up amyloid-beta fragments, which causes the plaque that interferes with brain function.
Don’t beat yourself up, you’ll live longerApril 3, 2014In a recently published paper, Brandeis University researchers report they found a connection between a self-compassionate attitude and lower levels of stress-induced inflammation. The discovery could lead to new techniques to lower stress and improve health.
Students’ research addresses air quality in nail salonsApril 2, 2014Justice Brandeis Semester students in the Environmental Health and Justice Program recently presented to the Boston Public Health Commission, sharing research that assessed nail salon workers’ exposure to volatile organic compounds and chemicals.
A new dimension in understanding ciliaMarch 24, 2014Brandeis University researchers have developed a new model to study these tiny but vital cellular structures with more clarity and detail than ever before, providing a clearer picture on how cilia are shaped, structured and how they interact with their environment.
- Ulka Anjaria awarded the Charles A. Ryskamp Research FellowshipMarch 24, 2014
Ulka Anjaria, assistant professor of English, was chosen by the American Council of Learned Societies to receive the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship for her study of contemporary literature and popular culture in India. This fellowship is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Naghmeh Sohrabi awarded the competitive Mellon New Directions Fellowship March 24, 2014
Naghmeh Sohrabi, the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and associate director for research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, was awarded the competitive Mellon New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Leslie Lamport, MA'63, PhD'72, wins the ‘Nobel of Computing’March 19, 2014The Association for Computing Machinery named Leslie Lamport, MA'71, PhD'72, the recipient of the 2013 A.M. Turing Award, an honor widely known as the 'Nobel of Computing.' Lamport, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, received his MA and PhD from Brandeis University in mathematics.
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