A Northwestern University faculty member since 1955, Laszlo Lorand, PhD, is credited with promoting cross-campus collaboration between Evanston and the medical school, while making groundbreaking discoveries in the field of blood coagulation.
Within the United States, the majority of retinoblastoma patients are diagnosed before their second birthday, and many lose their sight due to this disease. In developing nations, advanced retinoblastoma is an even greater clinical challenge and the mortality rate is as high as 70 percent.
New research published by Kristin Swanson, PhD, in PLOS ONE highlights the use of a biomathematical model and optimization algorithm to decrease the amount of radiation received by normal tissue and to increase its impact on brain tumors.
Research findings from the lab of Xiaorong Liu, PhD, show how visual experiences and proper developmental timing shape neural circuits during a critical period in early life.
In a recent paper published in Nature Immunology, Jing Liu, PhD, assistant professor of medicine-pulmonary, explains the relationship between Miz1 and inflammation.
Annual event is a key component of the education and outreach activities of Northwestern’s Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery. The symposium featured a keynote address and scientific poster presentations by scientists working on drug discovery projects across a range of disease areas.
A distinguished physician-scientist and international leader in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, will join the medical school on January 1, 2014, as the Clifford Joseph Barborka Professor of Medicine and the medical director of the Digestive Disease Center.
The director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University helped usher in an era of international prominence during his nearly quarter-century at the helm.
P. Hande Ozdinler, PhD, has been awarded three grants totaling more than $2.5 million. The funds will be used to increase her research efforts into the mechanisms behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Professor Paul Greenberger, MD, was recognized for the impact he has made in the field of allergy and immunology.