Researchers at Tulane University benefit from work conducted in multiple disciplines on three campuses. It's one of the reasons why sponsored research awards in 2007 reached the highest level in the history of Tulane University, exceeding $157.5 million.
 Zhiqiang Mao, a physics professor in the Tulane School of Science and Engineering, has received a $450,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Defense meant to enhance research and engineering capabilities in disciplines critical to national security. Full Story... |
 Could the salamander's natural ability to grow back severed appendages lead to a scientific breakthrough for humans who have lost limbs? With the help of a $6.25 million U.S. Department of Defense grant, Tulane University professor Ken Muneoka, who holds the John L. and Mary Wright Ebaugh Chair in Science and Engineering, will lead a team of researchers from the University of California–Irvine and the University of Kentucky to identify the genes that trigger regeneration in the axolotl, a Mexican salamander. Full Story... |
 Obesity is a serious health risk, increasing the chances of millions for developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer. Tulane University researchers are engaged in a study focusing on why some people become obese and others do not. Full Story... |
 Chronic stress following Hurricane Katrina contributed to a three-fold increase in heart attacks in New Orleans more than two years after levee breaches flooded most of the city, according to researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine. Full Story... |
 For Mark Fox, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tulane, the impact of severe storms on wetland diversity must be studied at the microscopic level. Full Story... |
 The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study holds hope for prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease, which afflicts 26.3 million patients in this country. Full Story... |
 Losses inflicted by Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast forest trees are enough to cancel out a year's worth of new tree biomass (trunks, branches and foliage) growth in other parts of the country. Full Story... |
 Hank Ashbaugh is working hard to unravel the mystery of unstructured proteins in the human genome, and he's on a roll. Full Story... |
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