Year: 2021
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Next-Gen Sequencing
Northwestern’s investment in next-generation sequencing is leading to unprecedented avenues of discovery.
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Northwestern Medicine Scientists Track COVID-19 Variants
Since March 2020, a team of Northwestern Medicine scientists have been tracking the evolution of SARS- CoV-2, specifically in the city of Chicago. Their work has been pivotal in understanding how the virus spread to Chicago and what new variants have emerged in the city.
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Conformational Switch Implicated in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a conformational “switch” that determines the function of the SNARE protein Ykt6, with implications for synucleinopathies, according to a recent study.
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Immune Receptor Linked to Chronic Heart Transplant Rejection
The AXL immune cell receptor has been linked to cardiac allograft vasculopathy, a thickening of vessel walls in transplanted hearts years after implantation, according to a recent study.
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Celebrating Feinberg’s 2021 Residency Match
Fourth-year students celebrated their residency matches and reflected on their Feinberg experience during a socially distant Match Day.
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Medical Honor Society Welcomes 2021 Inductees
Forty-four new members were inducted into Northwestern’s chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society during a virtual ceremony on March 17.
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Lurie Children’s Receives $4 Million to Study Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Northwestern and Lurie Children’s Hospital investigators have been approved for a $4 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.
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Department of Pharmacology Looks Ahead to New Discoveries and Collaborations
Feinberg’s Department of Pharmacology has expanded in size, faculty, and research focus, and is looking ahead to future growth in the field.
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Suleiman and Youmans Honored as Leaders in Minority Health
Linda Suleiman, MD, ’17 GME, and Quentin Youmans, ’15 MD, ’18 GME, have been included in the National Minority Quality Forum’s 2021 “40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health” list.
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Gastrointestinal Surgical Technique Linked to Lower Recurrence of Cancer
Endoscopic submucosal dissection can be performed as safely and effectively as alternative techniques and is associated with lower cancer recurrence, according to a recent study.
