Princeton’s Koval and Simpkins Awarded NJ ACTS Translational Science Fellowships
2023 marks the fifth year of the NIH-funded New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) TL1 fellowship program. Two of this year’s Fellows, graduate student Sophia Koval and postdoc Devin Simpkins, hail from the Princeton University Department...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Donia's article in the journal eLife titled, "Bacterial DNA on the skin surface overrepresents the viable skin microbiome." The skin is the largest organ in the human body, providing roughly 25 square meters for potential host–microbe interactions. It...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Kumar's article in Advanced Therapeutics titled, "Comparison of SGLT1, SGLT2, and Dual Inhibitor Biological Activity in Treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus." Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is characterized by pancreatic β-cells insufficiency in either inadequate...
Here’s how NJ governments plan to counter opioid epidemic.
Mobile treatment centers for drug users living on the streets. Transportation to services, recovery housing and peer coaches to help people navigate life after addiction. Drug-sniffing dogs, police training, youth leadership programs and safe-disposal sites for unused...
Join NJ ACTS Special Populations Core Seminar Series on 11/28 at 1pm
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Zoom 1–2 pm ET Alcohol and Tobacco Use among Older Adults in the US: A Lifecourse Perspective with Pia Mauro, PhD Older adults bear the brunt of negative alcohol- and tobacco-related health consequences and mortality, yet they are often left...
NJ ACTS Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series on 11/10 at 1 pm
NJ ACTS Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series: Detecting Gene-Environment Interactions for Complex Traits: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges (and Some Solutions) Join us Friday, November 10, 2023 1:00pm – 2:30pm over Zoom View Flyer and Register Here...
Adults with ADHD are at Increased Risk for Developing Dementia.
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia than adults without ADHD, according to a Rutgers study. The study, coauthored by Michal Schnaider Beeri, director of the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger...
Join RITMS for the Visiting Professor Lecture Series on 11/7 at 12pm
KENNETH B. ADLER, PhD Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE: Studies with MARCKS Protein November 7, 2023 12 pm - 1 pm Child Health...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Ghaddar's article in Nature Computational Science titled, "Denoising sparse microbial signals from single-cell sequencing of mammalian host tissues." Existing genomic sequencing data can be used to study host–microbiome ecosystems; however,...
Rutgers, CMIC to create Center for Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing — bring additional jobs to N.J.
CMIC CMO USA has been based in Cranbury for 16 years. And few people know that. It’s something the leaders of CMIC publicly acknowledge — and something they want to change. The Memorandum of Understanding it signed with Rutgers University on Monday in Japan may help...