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Chemical engineering professor Lawrence Pratt honored by American Chemical Society

Lawrence Pratt, a chemical engineering professor in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane University, has won a prestigious American Chemical Society award.

Pratt was named winner of the 2018 Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids sponsored by Exxon-Mobil.

He, along with several other award recipients, will be honored at the ACS national meeting awards ceremony on March 20, 2018, in New Orleans.

Tulane research aids in reading Earth’s diary

A Tulane University geologist has concluded a study on climate change, which will help develop climate models that simulate the effects of climate change and the Earth’s response to it.

Tulane inventions go from lab to marketplace

The world of bioinnovation is the science that propels mere mortals known as scientists into visionaries who solve the most complicated medical conundrums today. In the relatively new field that constantly strives to solve the perplexing puzzles at the nexus of mechanics and biology, Tulane University is producing dynamic solutions to some very complex problems. If curing lung disease and cystic fibrosis, for instance, seems like it could be decades away, there is one researcher who has a decidedly different notion of that timetable.

Tulane receives grant to reduce auto emissions

Members of Tulane University’s Shantz Lab will work with industrial scientists to assist in the development of next-generation materials designed to reduce harmful automotive emissions.  The three-year-old lab and its group of students have received a grant and equipment resources from SACHEM, Inc., a chemical science company.

Tissue box

Small test tubes of processed tissue stand ready to be analyzed for genotyping in the lab of professor Fenglei He. The information will be used to verify cleft-lip abnormality in affected embryos compared to normal ones.

Tulane student hopes research will lead to protection from volcanoes, earthquakes

East Africa may be a long way from the Crescent City, but it is top of mind for Tulane PhD student Sarah Oliva, who is studying data from volcanoes and earthquakes in that region. Her goal is a better understanding of how a 3,000-kilometer long deep valley — the East African rift system — formed. Ultimately, she hopes her research will enable her to work with scientists and help governments protect residents living near the rift.

Get smart

Aide Wu, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in materials science, works with a second generation automatic continuous online monitoring of polymerization reactions instrument (ACOMP) in the Tulane University Center for Polymer Reaction Monitoring and Characterization (PolyRMC). Wu works at PolyRMC under the supervision of professor Wayne Reed to develop means of monitoring and controlling the synthesis of “smart polymers,” which can react to changes in their environment, such as temperature and light, to yield desired properties.

Depression treatment may be improving, Tulane study says

In a new study published in the journal Cell Reports, researchers associated with the Tulane Brain Institute say they have moved a step closer to improving treatment for chronic depression.

The study involves deleting a subunit of the NMDA receptor complex in a specific type of brain cell in an effort to understand exactly how drugs like ketamine provide antidepressant relief.

Tulane student spends summer conducting vital tumor research at NIH

Tulane rising sophomore James Rogers made the most of his summer in a big way.  Rogers was selected for an internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and worked in the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). 

Rogers’ research focused on the total number of mutations found in a small subset of rare central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients.  He completed the project based on data obtained from a current study.

Tulane duo chases history for total solar eclipse

The historic total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 has taken the nation by storm with thousands, if not millions of Americans flocking to cities centered along the direct path of the eclipse, or the path of totality. Among those making the trek to these areas are Tulane alum David Katz and current student Chase Schober.