New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Glasser's article in Substance Use & Misuse titled, "Effect of a State-Level Vaping Prevention Campaign on Beliefs and Behaviors in Young People." Vaping prevention media campaigns have promising effects on harm perceptions but have yet to...
Princeton researchers awarded NJ ACTS grant to study dendritic plasticity in neuropsychiatric disorders.
Princeton neuroscience researchers Sam Wang, Ph.D., and Esra Sefik, Ph.D., were recently awarded a New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS)(Link is external) pilot grant to investigate how dendrites, the nerve-cell branches that connect...
Exercise Improves Brain Function, Possibly Reducing Dementia Risk.
A study led by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting that physical activity may directly improve brain function. A recent...
Join NJ ACTS Biostatistics and Epidemiology for their Workshop Series on 2/20 at 12pm
Join us for the NJ Acts Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series: Enhance Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease with Generative AI Presented by Dr. Chenxi (Chelsea) Yuan Assistant Professor - Department of Informatics - Ying Wu College of Computing - New Jersey...
Scientists Discover Potential Blood Test for Asthma Diagnosis and Severity.
Scientists at Rutgers Health have discovered that a simple blood test could diagnose asthma and determine its severity, a breakthrough that could transform how the disease is identified and monitored. The paper, which will appear in the Journal of Clinical...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Muir's article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry titled, "The spread of chemical biology into chromatin." Contemporary chromatin research continues to exert a considerable gravitational pull, drawing in scientists from fields as diverse as...
Rutgers Scientists Seeking Thousands of Participants for Major Cancer Study.
People across the U.S. can now contribute to critical cancer research without leaving the comfort of their own home. Rutgers University professors have launched a major study into the underlying genetics of breast cancer that makes it easy for any U.S. resident age 18...
Join Us on 3/10 for Principal Investigator Roles and Responsibilities: A Review of FDA 483’s and BIMO Inspection Findings
Join us for an insightful session on Principal Investigator Roles and Responsibilities: A Review of FDA 483's and BIMO Inspection Findings. Gain valuable insights into common compliance pitfalls and best practices to ensure regulatory success. Don’t miss this...
As the Protein Data Bank Thrives, Its Funding Is Renewed at Increased Levels.
Federal science agencies have renewed and increased funding for a world-renowned digital archive of protein structures housed by Rutgers University-New Brunswick, an open-access data resource that has enabled research in everything from agriculture to zoology and has...
Rutgers Health Professor Receives Presidential Early Career Award.
Antonina Mitrofanova, an associate professor in the Department of Health Informatics and associate dean for research at the Rutgers School of Health Professions, has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) – the highest...