https://news.emory.edu/tags/school_or_unit/emory_national_primate_research_center-enprc/index.html $_EscapeTool.xml($currentPage.metadata.description) Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:35:32 EDT https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_aaas_fellows_annoucement_26-03-2026/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_aaas_fellows_annoucement_26-03-2026/story.html A record number of Emory faculty have been elected to the newest class of AAAS Fellows in recognition of outstanding efforts to advance science. 2026-03-26T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_aaas_fellows_annoucement_26-03-2026/story.html A record number of Emory faculty have been elected to the newest class of AAAS Fellows in recognition of outstanding efforts to advance science. 2026-03-26T12:0:00-04:00 Fourteen Emory faculty named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science A record number of Emory faculty have been elected to the newest class of AAAS Fellows in recognition of outstanding efforts to advance science. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/02/hs_2025_blue_ridge_nih_rankings_24-02-2026/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/02/hs_2025_blue_ridge_nih_rankings_24-02-2026/story.html According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, an independent, non-profit organization, Emory University received more than $511 million in NIH funding in 2025. 2026-02-24T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/02/hs_2025_blue_ridge_nih_rankings_24-02-2026/story.html According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, an independent, nonprofit organization, Emory University received more than $511 million in NIH funding in 2025. 2026-02-24T12:0:00-05:00 Emory ranks prominently in receiving NIH research funding, according to 2025 data released According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, an independent, non-profit organization, Emory University received more than $511 million in NIH funding in 2025. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/09/hs_emory_score_renewal_23-09-2025/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/09/hs_emory_score_renewal_23-09-2025/story.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2025-09-23T12:0:00-04:00 D'Andrea Doyle https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/09/hs_emory_score_renewal_23-09-2025/story.html The Emory Specialized Center of Research Excellence on Sex Differences has received a five-year, $7.4 million renewal to continue advancing women’s health. 2025-09-23T12:0:00-04:00 Emory SCORE awarded $7.4 million NIH renewal $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/11/esc_feature_emotions_in_animals_13-11-2024/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/11/esc_feature_emotions_in_animals_13-11-2024/story.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2024-11-13T12:0:00-05:00 Carol Clark https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/11/esc_feature_emotions_in_animals_13-11-2024/story.html How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? Emory anthropologist Marcela Benítez and colleagues conducted a first-of-its-kind survey to help answer that question. 2024-11-13T12:0:00-05:00 A snapshot of scientific thought on emotions in animals $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/03/er_feature_frans_de_waal_16-03-2024/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/03/er_feature_frans_de_waal_16-03-2024/story.html Beginning with his groundbreaking 1982 book “Chimpanzee Politics,” Frans de Waal pioneered studies of primate cognition and shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal — and a human. 2024-03-16T12:0:00-04:00 Carol Clark https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/03/er_feature_frans_de_waal_16-03-2024/story.html Beginning with his groundbreaking 1982 book “Chimpanzee Politics,” Frans de Waal pioneered studies of primate cognition and shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal — and a human. 2024-03-16T12:0:00-04:00 Emory primatologist Frans de Waal remembered for bringing apes ‘a little closer to humans’ Beginning with his groundbreaking 1982 book “Chimpanzee Politics,” Frans de Waal pioneered studies of primate cognition and shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal — and a human. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/02/hs_brimr_rankings_15-02-2024/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/02/hs_brimr_rankings_15-02-2024/story.html Emory University is among the top 20 in the nation overall for institutional funding from the National Institutes of Health. The School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Public Health were also in the top 20 in their categories. 2024-02-15T11:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/02/hs_brimr_rankings_15-02-2024/story.html Emory University is among the top 20 in the nation overall for institutional funding from the National Institutes of Health. The School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Public Health were also in the top 20 in their categories. 2024-02-15T11:0:00-05:00 Emory ranks among the top recipients of NIH support Emory University is among the top 20 in the nation overall for institutional funding from the National Institutes of Health. The School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Public Health were also in the top 20 in their categories. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/02/hs_love_in_the_lab_11-02-2024/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/02/hs_love_in_the_lab_11-02-2024/story.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2024-02-13T7:15:00-05:00 Jacob Gnieski, Mary Loftus and Tony Van Witsen https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/02/hs_love_in_the_lab_11-02-2024/story.html On Valentine's Day, three of Emory's scientific power couples are proving that the best research is produced in pairs. 2024-02-13T7:15:00-05:00 Love in the labs: Meet Emory’s scientific power couples $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/09/esc_wild_boar_research_25-09-2023/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/09/esc_wild_boar_research_25-09-2023/story.html Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified a potential Achilles heel within SARS-CoV-2. The vulnerable spot can be targeted with a peptide derived from wild boar, which maintains its antiviral activity across known variants. 2023-09-25T12:0:00-04:00 Quinn Eastman https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/09/esc_wild_boar_research_25-09-2023/story.html Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified a potential Achilles heel within SARS-CoV-2. The vulnerable spot can be targeted with a peptide derived from wild boar, which maintains its antiviral activity across known variants. 2023-09-25T12:0:00-04:00 Seeking the ‘Achilles heel’ within SARS-CoV-2 Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified a potential Achilles heel within SARS-CoV-2. The vulnerable spot can be targeted with a peptide derived from wild boar, which maintains its antiviral activity across known variants. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/06/er_early_brain_markers_20-06-2023/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/06/er_early_brain_markers_20-06-2023/story.html New research from Emory University and Marcus Autism Center can potentially identify early brain and behavioral markers associated with social disability, which can inform early-intervention approaches to better support child and family outcomes. 2023-06-20T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/06/er_early_brain_markers_20-06-2023/story.html New research from Emory University and Marcus Autism Center can potentially identify early brain and behavioral markers associated with social disability, which can inform early-intervention approaches to better support child and family outcomes. 2023-06-20T12:0:00-04:00 Maturation of visual pathways spotlights early effects of social status on social development New research from Emory University and Marcus Autism Center can potentially identify early brain and behavioral markers associated with social disability, which can inform early-intervention approaches to better support child and family outcomes. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/04/er_larry_young_19-04-2023/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/04/er_larry_young_19-04-2023/story.html Emory researcher Larry Young is using his scientific discoveries about pair bonding to help end the traumatic cultural practice of female genital mutilation in East Africa. 2023-04-19T12:0:00-04:00 Julie Grisham and Lisa Newbern https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/04/er_larry_young_19-04-2023/story.html Emory researcher Larry Young is using his scientific discoveries about pair bonding to help end the traumatic cultural practice of female genital mutilation in East Africa. 2023-04-19T12:0:00-04:00 The science of love is helping end a human rights violation Emory researcher Larry Young is using his scientific discoveries about pair bonding to help end the traumatic cultural practice of female genital mutilation in East Africa. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/03/hs_niaid_save_avengers_04-04-2022/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/03/hs_niaid_save_avengers_04-04-2022/story.html In the SAVE program, researchers assess whether mutations in emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants such as Delta and Omicron affect virus transmission, severity and immunity, which in turn supports the testing of vaccines and therapeutics and guides public health responses. 2022-04-04T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/03/hs_niaid_save_avengers_04-04-2022/story.html In the SAVE program, researchers assess whether mutations in emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants such as Delta and Omicron affect virus transmission, severity and immunity, which in turn supports the testing of vaccines and therapeutics and guides public health responses. 2022-04-04T12:0:00-04:00 Emory scientists part of global team tracking SARS-CoV-2 variant immunology In the SAVE program, researchers assess whether mutations in emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants such as Delta and Omicron affect virus transmission, severity and immunity, which in turn supports the testing of vaccines and therapeutics and guides public health responses. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/03/er_research_roundup_march_10-03-2022/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/03/er_research_roundup_march_10-03-2022/story.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2022-03-10T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/03/er_research_roundup_march_10-03-2022/story.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2022-03-10T12:0:00-05:00 Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/02/hs_emory_top_recipient_nih_research_dollars_11-01-22/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/02/hs_emory_top_recipient_nih_research_dollars_11-01-22/story.html Emory University continues to be among the top-ranked institutions for research funding from the National Institutes of Health. In 2021, Emory received $479.5 million and held steady in its overall ranking of 18th in the nation. 2022-02-11T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/02/hs_emory_top_recipient_nih_research_dollars_11-01-22/story.html Emory University continues to be among the top-ranked institutions for research funding from the National Institutes of Health. In 2021, Emory received $479.5 million and held steady in its overall ranking of 18th in the nation. 2022-02-11T12:0:00-05:00 Emory remains top recipient of NIH research dollars Emory University continues to be among the top-ranked institutions for research funding from the National Institutes of Health. In 2021, Emory received $479.5 million and held steady in its overall ranking of 18th in the nation. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/02/hs_macaque_behavior_autism_genetics__04-02-2022/story.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/02/hs_macaque_behavior_autism_genetics__04-02-2022/story.html As in humans, spontaneous social behaviors of free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques display significant genetic influences, or heritability. This exploratory study opens new avenues for research on the genetics of autism-related behavior. 2022-02-04T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/02/hs_macaque_behavior_autism_genetics__04-02-2022/story.html As in humans, spontaneous social behaviors of free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques display significant genetic influences, or heritability. This exploratory study opens new avenues for research on the genetics of autism-related behavior. 2022-02-04T12:0:00-05:00 Monkeys’ atypical social behaviors may provide insights into autism genetics As in humans, spontaneous social behaviors of free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques display significant genetic influences, or heritability. This exploratory study opens new avenues for research on the genetics of autism-related behavior. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/11/emory_researchers_pursue_hiv_cure/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/11/emory_researchers_pursue_hiv_cure/campus.html Forty years after the first official report about what came to be known as AIDS, enormous strides have been made in developing anti-HIV drugs and reducing new infections — but efforts to find a vaccine have been unsuccessful. Emory researchers are working to change that. 2021-11-30T1:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/11/emory_researchers_pursue_hiv_cure/campus.html Forty years after the first official report about what came to be known as AIDS, enormous strides have been made in developing anti-HIV drugs and reducing new infections — but efforts to find a vaccine have been unsuccessful. Emory researchers are working to change that. 2021-11-30T1:0:00-05:00 Emory researchers pursue what was once unthinkable: an HIV cure Forty years after the first official report about what came to be known as AIDS, enormous strides have been made in developing anti-HIV drugs and reducing new infections — but efforts to find a vaccine have been unsuccessful. Emory researchers are working to change that. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/11/asap_collaborative_research_network_grant_parkinsons_disease_wichmann/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/11/asap_collaborative_research_network_grant_parkinsons_disease_wichmann/index.html Emory researchers received a three-year, $6.3 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Collaborative Research Network for research into the motor cortical disturbances caused by Parkinson’s disease, which affects more than 6 million people worldwide. 2021-11-05T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/11/asap_collaborative_research_network_grant_parkinsons_disease_wichmann/index.html Emory researchers received a three-year, $6.3 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Collaborative Research Network for research into the motor cortical disturbances caused by Parkinson’s disease, which affects more than 6 million people worldwide. 2021-11-05T12:0:00-04:00 Emory receives $6 million grant to accelerate Parkinson’s disease treatment research Emory researchers received a three-year, $6.3 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Collaborative Research Network for research into the motor cortical disturbances caused by Parkinson’s disease, which affects more than 6 million people worldwide. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/09/nih_grant_hiv_research_kulpa_paiardini_silvestri/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/09/nih_grant_hiv_research_kulpa_paiardini_silvestri/index.html An Emory University-led research collaboration has been awarded a five-year, $23.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fast-track research to cure HIV infection or put it in permanent remission. 2021-09-09T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/09/nih_grant_hiv_research_kulpa_paiardini_silvestri/index.html An Emory University-led research collaboration has been awarded a five-year, $23.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fast-track research to cure HIV infection or put it in permanent remission. 2021-09-09T12:0:00-04:00 A cure for HIV: Emory receives $23.8 million NIH grant to accelerate research An Emory University-led research collaboration has been awarded a five-year, $23.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fast-track research to cure HIV infection or put it in permanent remission. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/08/nih_award_pediatric_hiv_cure_research/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/08/nih_award_pediatric_hiv_cure_research/index.html Emory University and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center will share with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in a five-year, $27.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate the search for a cure for HIV in children and adolescents. 2021-08-20T1:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/08/nih_award_pediatric_hiv_cure_research/index.html Emory University and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center will share with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in a five-year, $27.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate the search for a cure for HIV in children and adolescents. 2021-08-20T1:0:00-04:00 NIH awards Emory and partners $27.6M for pediatric HIV cure research Emory University and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center will share with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in a five-year, $27.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate the search for a cure for HIV in children and adolescents. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/er_acclaim_july/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/er_acclaim_july/campus.html Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Read a sampling of recent accolades, including awards for professional contributions and leadership appointments. 2021-07-27T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/er_acclaim_july/campus.html Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Read a sampling of recent accolades, including awards for professional contributions and leadership appointments. 2021-07-27T12:0:00-04:00 Acclaim: Recent honors for Emory faculty and staff Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Read a sampling of recent accolades, including awards for professional contributions and leadership appointments. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/er_research_roundup_july/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/er_research_roundup_july/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2021-07-20T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/er_research_roundup_july/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2021-07-20T12:0:00-04:00 Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/04/coronavirus_molnupiravir_india/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/04/coronavirus_molnupiravir_india/index.html To address the intensifying COVID-19 crisis in India, the pharmaceutical company Merck has agreed to facilitate the manufacture and distribution of molnupiravir, an investigational antiviral drug that was discovered at Emory. 2021-04-27T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/04/coronavirus_molnupiravir_india/index.html To address the intensifying COVID-19 crisis in India, the pharmaceutical company Merck has agreed to facilitate the manufacture and distribution of molnupiravir, an investigational antiviral drug that was discovered at Emory. 2021-04-27T12:0:00-04:00 Antiviral drug invented by Emory’s DRIVE licensed in India for COVID-19 emergency To address the intensifying COVID-19 crisis in India, the pharmaceutical company Merck has agreed to facilitate the manufacture and distribution of molnupiravir, an investigational antiviral drug that was discovered at Emory. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/04/weiss_niaid_heteroresistance/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/04/weiss_niaid_heteroresistance/index.html NIAID has awarded Emory researchers a five-year, $11 million dollar grant to study heteroresistance, a stealthy form of antibiotic resistance that undermines the treatment of bacterial infections. 2021-04-21T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/04/weiss_niaid_heteroresistance/index.html NIAID has awarded Emory researchers a five-year, $11 million dollar grant to study heteroresistance, a stealthy form of antibiotic resistance that undermines the treatment of bacterial infections. 2021-04-21T12:0:00-04:00 NIAID grants $11 million to Emory to investigate stealthy antibiotic resistance NIAID has awarded Emory researchers a five-year, $11 million dollar grant to study heteroresistance, a stealthy form of antibiotic resistance that undermines the treatment of bacterial infections. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/03/coronavirus_antibodies_vs_B117_variant/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/03/coronavirus_antibodies_vs_B117_variant/index.html A more contagious coronavirus variant known as B.1.1.7 is still susceptible to antibodies induced after COVID-19 infection or vaccination. But another called B.1.351 modestly reduces antibodies' potency. 2021-03-22T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/03/coronavirus_antibodies_vs_B117_variant/index.html A more contagious coronavirus variant known as B.1.1.7 is still susceptible to antibodies induced after COVID-19 infection or vaccination. But another called B.1.351 modestly reduces antibodies' potency. 2021-03-22T12:0:00-04:00 How two SARS-CoV-2 variants affect antibodies from vaccines A more contagious coronavirus variant known as B.1.1.7 is still susceptible to antibodies induced after COVID-19 infection or vaccination. But another called B.1.351 modestly reduces antibodies' potency. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/02/coronavirus_mva_vaccine/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/02/coronavirus_mva_vaccine/index.html Researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center have developed a COVID-19 vaccine that has proven safe and effective in mice and monkeys. 2021-02-04T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/02/coronavirus_mva_vaccine/index.html Researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center have developed a COVID-19 vaccine that has proven safe and effective in mice and monkeys. 2021-02-04T12:0:00-05:00 Emory-developed COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective in animal models Researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center have developed a COVID-19 vaccine that has proven safe and effective in mice and monkeys. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/10/coronavirus_choa_emory_gatech_diagnostic_tests/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/10/coronavirus_choa_emory_gatech_diagnostic_tests/index.html Emory, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Tech have joined forces to evaluate COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The federally-funded project will lead to at-home and other point-of-care COVID tests that could provide results in minutes. 2020-10-05T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/10/coronavirus_choa_emory_gatech_diagnostic_tests/index.html Emory, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Tech have joined forces to evaluate COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The federally-funded project will lead to at-home and other point-of-care COVID tests that could provide results in minutes. 2020-10-05T12:0:00-04:00 Emory shares in $18.2 million NIH award to continue work on COVID-19 tests Emory, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Tech have joined forces to evaluate COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The federally-funded project will lead to at-home and other point-of-care COVID tests that could provide results in minutes. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/09/whsc_synergy_awards_2020/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/09/whsc_synergy_awards_2020/index.html Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center has named award recipients for the latest cycle of Synergy Awards and all 10 selected projects share a common theme: Advancing research on the new coronavirus. 2020-09-04T1:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/09/whsc_synergy_awards_2020/index.html Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center has named award recipients for the latest cycle of Synergy Awards and all 10 selected projects share a common theme: Advancing research on the new coronavirus. 2020-09-04T1:0:00-04:00 New Synergy awardees represent spirit of partnership in COVID-19 research Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center has named award recipients for the latest cycle of Synergy Awards and all 10 selected projects share a common theme: Advancing research on the new coronavirus. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/08/er_research_roundup/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/08/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-08-27T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/08/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-08-27T12:0:00-04:00 Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/08/yerkes_genomics_research/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/08/yerkes_genomics_research/index.html As part of Emory University’s participation in the multi-center Immunophenotyping Assessment in a COVID-19 Cohort (IMPACC), the Yerkes National Primate Research Center has received a one-year, $4.1 million grant supplement from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to track gene expression from 1,000 COVID-19 patients. 2020-08-20T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/08/yerkes_genomics_research/index.html As part of Emory University’s participation in the multi-center IMPACC, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center has received a one-year, $4.1 million grant supplement from NIAID to track gene expression from 1,000 COVID-19 patients. 2020-08-20T12:0:00-04:00 Yerkes genomics research will help predict COVID-19 disease severity, inform treatment decisions As part of Emory University’s participation in the multi-center Immunophenotyping Assessment in a COVID-19 Cohort (IMPACC), the Yerkes National Primate Research Center has received a one-year, $4.1 million grant supplement from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to track gene expression from 1,000 COVID-19 patients. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/07/er_research_roundup/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/07/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-07-15T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/07/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-07-15T12:0:00-04:00 Research Roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/06/zika_brain_and_behavior_issues/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/06/zika_brain_and_behavior_issues/index.html Emory University researchers have shown that Zika virus infection soon after birth leads to long-term brain and behavior problems, including persistent socioemotional, cognitive and motor deficits, as well as abnormalities in brain structure and function. 2020-07-01T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/06/zika_brain_and_behavior_issues/index.html Emory University researchers have shown that Zika virus infection soon after birth leads to long-term brain and behavior problems, including persistent socioemotional, cognitive and motor deficits, as well as abnormalities in brain structure and function. 2020-07-01T12:0:00-04:00 Zika infection after birth shown to have long term brain and behavior issues in animals Emory University researchers have shown that Zika virus infection soon after birth leads to long-term brain and behavior problems, including persistent socioemotional, cognitive and motor deficits, as well as abnormalities in brain structure and function. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/05/new_hiv_vaccine_shows_promise_among_primates/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/05/new_hiv_vaccine_shows_promise_among_primates/index.html Emory University researchers have shown a new HIV vaccine is both better at preventing infection and lasts longer, shielding subjects even a year after vaccination. 2020-05-15T1:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/05/new_hiv_vaccine_shows_promise_among_primates/index.html Emory University researchers have shown a new HIV vaccine is both better at preventing infection and lasts longer, shielding subjects even a year after vaccination. 2020-05-15T1:0:00-04:00 New HIV vaccine shows promise, offers better and longer protection among primates Emory University researchers have shown a new HIV vaccine is both better at preventing infection and lasts longer, shielding subjects even a year after vaccination. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/05/er_research_roundup/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/05/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-05-15T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/05/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-05-15T12:0:00-04:00 Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/04/er_research_roundup/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/04/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-04-22T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/04/er_research_roundup/campus.html Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. 2020-04-22T12:0:00-04:00 Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/02/coronavirus_eidd/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/02/coronavirus_eidd/index.html Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory is developing an antiviral compound, discovered here, that could potentially treat the new coronavirus currently spreading around the globe. 2020-02-03T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/02/coronavirus_eidd/index.html Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory is developing an antiviral compound, discovered here, that could potentially treat the new coronavirus currently spreading around the globe. 2020-02-03T12:0:00-05:00 Emory, collaborators testing antiviral drug as potential treatment for coronaviruses Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory is developing an antiviral compound, discovered here, that could potentially treat the new coronavirus currently spreading around the globe. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/01/yerkes_sivshock/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/01/yerkes_sivshock/index.html Yerkes and UNC researchers have demonstrated they can wake up dormant virus in two models of HIV infection. This is a step toward implementing "shock and kill," a leading strategy for eliminating HIV from the body. 2020-01-22T1:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/01/yerkes_sivshock/index.html Yerkes and UNC researchers have demonstrated they can wake up dormant virus in two models of HIV infection. This is a step toward implementing "shock and kill," a leading strategy for eliminating HIV from the body. 2020-01-22T1:0:00-05:00 In animal models, a 'shocking' step toward a potential HIV cure Yerkes and UNC researchers have demonstrated they can wake up dormant virus in two models of HIV infection. This is a step toward implementing "shock and kill," a leading strategy for eliminating HIV from the body. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/11/yerkes_stm_toomuchth1/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/11/yerkes_stm_toomuchth1/index.html Vaccination against HIV can backfire if the vaccine induces the wrong kind of immune response. Yerkes scientists examine relevant evidence from SIV vaccination/challenge studies. 2019-11-20T2:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/11/yerkes_stm_toomuchth1/index.html Vaccination against HIV can backfire if the vaccine induces the wrong kind of immune response. Emory/Yerkes scientists examine relevant evidence from SIV vaccination/challenge studies. 2019-11-20T2:0:00-05:00 Creating viral targets can weaken HIV vaccination, Emory scientists warn Vaccination against HIV can backfire if the vaccine induces the wrong kind of immune response. Yerkes scientists examine relevant evidence from SIV vaccination/challenge studies. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/09/yerkes_relapsing_malaria/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/09/yerkes_relapsing_malaria/index.html The immune system can control a relapsing form of malaria enough to avoid clinical signs of disease, but it doesn¿t eliminate transmissible parasites from the body that may still be infectious to mosquitoes. 2019-09-19T10:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/09/yerkes_relapsing_malaria/index.html The immune system can control a relapsing form of malaria enough to avoid clinical signs of disease, but it doesn't eliminate transmissible parasites from the body that may still be infectious to mosquitoes. 2019-09-19T10:0:00-04:00 Clinically silent relapsing malaria may still pose a threat The immune system can control a relapsing form of malaria enough to avoid clinical signs of disease, but it doesn¿t eliminate transmissible parasites from the body that may still be infectious to mosquitoes. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/06/combo_antibiotics_weiss/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/06/combo_antibiotics_weiss/index.html A sneaky form of antibiotic resistance called "heteroresistance" is more widespread than previously appreciated. But tracking heteroresistance might guide the choice of antibiotic combinations that can defeat bacteria regarded as invincible. 2019-06-17T11:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/06/combo_antibiotics_weiss/index.html A sneaky form of antibiotic resistance called "heteroresistance" is more widespread than previously appreciated. But tracking heteroresistance might guide the choice of antibiotic combinations that can defeat bacteria regarded as invincible. 2019-06-17T11:0:00-04:00 How customized antibiotic combinations could defeat 'superbugs' A sneaky form of antibiotic resistance called "heteroresistance" is more widespread than previously appreciated. But tracking heteroresistance might guide the choice of antibiotic combinations that can defeat bacteria regarded as invincible. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/05/malaria_cordy_jci_insight/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/05/malaria_cordy_jci_insight/index.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2019-05-07T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/05/malaria_cordy_jci_insight/index.html Summary for RSS feed and homepages 2019-05-07T12:0:00-04:00 Chronic malaria shows distinctive host-parasite interactions and metabolic responses $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/03/margaret_fala_aae/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/03/margaret_fala_aae/index.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2019-03-13T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/03/margaret_fala_aae/index.html The Emory University Division of Advancement and Alumni Engagement (AAE) has appointed Margaret Fala as assistant vice president for advancement, clinical/grateful patient programs and medical research. 2019-03-13T12:0:00-04:00 Emory names new assistant vice president for advancement $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/03/nih_rankings_blue_ridge_institute/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/03/nih_rankings_blue_ridge_institute/index.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2019-03-08T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/03/nih_rankings_blue_ridge_institute/index.html The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has posted its 2018 rankings of schools and departments by NIH funding. Overall, Emory University is ranked 18th in the nation in NIH institutional funding. 2019-03-08T12:0:00-05:00 Emory continues high rankings in NIH research funding $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/11/zika_dengue_chm_placenta/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/11/zika_dengue_chm_placenta/index.html Antibodies against dengue virus make it easier for Zika to infect certain immune cells in the placenta, called Hofbauer cells. 2018-11-14T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/11/zika_dengue_chm_placenta/index.html Antibodies against dengue virus make it easier for Zika to infect certain immune cells in the placenta, called Hofbauer cells. 2018-11-14T12:0:00-05:00 Zika may hijack mother-fetus immunity route Antibodies against dengue virus make it easier for Zika to infect certain immune cells in the placenta, called Hofbauer cells. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/11/cfar_hiv_aids_meeting/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/11/cfar_hiv_aids_meeting/campus.html Despite advances in controlling HIV transmission and infection, challenges remain in translating the science into programs, both in the United States and around the world, HIV/AIDS researchers said. 2018-11-09T1:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/11/cfar_hiv_aids_meeting/campus.html Despite advances in controlling HIV transmission and infection, challenges remain in translating the science into programs, both in the United States and around the world, HIV/AIDS researchers said. 2018-11-09T1:0:00-05:00 HIV/AIDS researchers discuss challenges, opportunities at CFAR meeting Despite advances in controlling HIV transmission and infection, challenges remain in translating the science into programs, both in the United States and around the world, HIV/AIDS researchers said. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/07/fragileX_npp_pi3k/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/07/fragileX_npp_pi3k/index.html Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited form of intellectual disability 2018-07-13T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/07/fragileX_npp_pi3k/index.html Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. 2018-07-13T12:0:00-04:00 Fragile X: New drug strategy corrects behavioral + biochemical measures in mouse model Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited form of intellectual disability Emory University - Emory News Center http://news.emory.edu/features/2018/05/aids-atl/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/06/hspub_aids_atlanta_special_feature/campus.html The city that is home to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the largest clinics for HIV/AIDS patient care in the country, and top-funded HIV research programs, is also an epicenter of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. How are researchers trying to turn the tide? 2018-06-26T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/06/hspub_aids_atlanta_special_feature/campus.html The city that is home to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the largest clinics for HIV/AIDS patient care in the country, and top-funded HIV research programs, is also an epicenter of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. How are researchers trying to turn the tide? 2018-06-26T12:0:00-04:00 Combating AIDS in Atlanta The city that is home to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the largest clinics for HIV/AIDS patient care in the country, and top-funded HIV research programs, is also an epicenter of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. How are researchers trying to turn the tide? Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/05/nih_in_your_state/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/05/nih_in_your_state/index.html "NIH in Your State," the National Institutes of Health's two-month social media campaign, is reminding the public about NIH investment in each state and the impact of federally funded research on the health of its citizens. 2018-05-31T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/05/nih_in_your_state/index.html "NIH in Your State," the National Institutes of Health's two-month social media campaign, is reminding the public about NIH investment in each state and the impact of federally funded research on the health of its citizens. 2018-05-31T12:0:00-04:00 'NIH in your state': Georgia on our minds "NIH in Your State," the National Institutes of Health's two-month social media campaign, is reminding the public about NIH investment in each state and the impact of federally funded research on the health of its citizens. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/dna_day_in_georgia/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/dna_day_in_georgia/index.html Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared "DNA Day in Georgia," part of a national celebration marking the completion of sequencing the human genome 15 years ago. In honor of the anniversary, read about 15 genomic advances and clinical programs from Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. 2018-04-24T2:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/dna_day_in_georgia/index.html Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared "DNA Day in Georgia," part of a national celebration marking the completion of sequencing the human genome 15 years ago. In honor of the anniversary, read about 15 genomic advances and clinical programs from Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. 2018-04-24T2:0:00-04:00 For DNA Day, learn about Emory genomic advances Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared "DNA Day in Georgia," part of a national celebration marking the completion of sequencing the human genome 15 years ago. In honor of the anniversary, read about 15 genomic advances and clinical programs from Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/conte_center_grant_renewal/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/conte_center_grant_renewal/index.html Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant to continue innovative research on oxytocin, a brain chemical known for establishing mother-infant bonds. 2018-04-16T1:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/conte_center_grant_renewal/index.html Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant to continue innovative research on oxytocin, a brain chemical known for establishing mother-infant bonds. 2018-04-16T1:0:00-04:00 Emory receives $12.7 million grant to continue oxytocin research Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant to continue innovative research on oxytocin, a brain chemical known for establishing mother-infant bonds. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/yerkes_postnatal_zika/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/yerkes_postnatal_zika/index.html Yerkes researchers found that postnatal Zika virus infection of infant rhesus macaques results in persistent abnormalities in brain structure and function, as well as behavior and emotions. 2018-04-04T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/04/yerkes_postnatal_zika/index.html Yerkes researchers found that postnatal Zika virus infection of infant rhesus macaques results in persistent abnormalities in brain structure and function, as well as behavior and emotions. 2018-04-04T12:0:00-04:00 Researchers advise long-term monitoring of infants infected with Zika early after birth Yerkes researchers found that postnatal Zika virus infection of infant rhesus macaques results in persistent abnormalities in brain structure and function, as well as behavior and emotions. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/03/yerkes_anesthesia_behavior/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/03/yerkes_anesthesia_behavior/index.html Rhesus macaques repeatedly exposed to anesthesia during infancy display persistent anxiety-linked behaviors later in life in response to social stress, a study from Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows. 2018-03-01T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/03/yerkes_anesthesia_behavior/index.html Rhesus macaques repeatedly exposed to anesthesia during infancy display persistent anxiety-linked behaviors later in life in response to social stress, a study from Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows. 2018-03-01T12:0:00-05:00 Repeated anesthesia in infancy increases anxiety-linked behavior in nonhuman primates Rhesus macaques repeatedly exposed to anesthesia during infancy display persistent anxiety-linked behaviors later in life in response to social stress, a study from Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/papa_parkinsons_dyskinesiamech/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/papa_parkinsons_dyskinesiamech/index.html Yerkes scientists have been testing a tactic for controlling dyskinesias In a nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's. 2018-01-26T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/papa_parkinsons_dyskinesiamech/index.html Yerkes scientists have been testing a tactic for controlling dyskinesias In a nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's. 2018-01-26T12:0:00-05:00 Tactic for controlling motor symptoms of advanced Parkinson's Yerkes scientists have been testing a tactic for controlling dyskinesias In a nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's. Emory University - Emory News Center http://emoryhealthdigest.emory.edu/issues/2017/fall/features/yerkes/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/hspub_yerkes_working_to_cure/campus.html As one of seven nonhuman primate research centers in the country, Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center brings together a diverse group of scientists - from neuroscientists to immunologists - to work on causes, preventions, treatments, and cures for a host of human diseases. 2018-01-10T1:0:00-05:00 Martha Nolan McKenzie https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/hspub_yerkes_working_to_cure/campus.html As one of seven nonhuman primate research centers in the country, Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center brings together a diverse group of scientists - from neuroscientists to immunologists - to work on causes, preventions, treatments, and cures for a host of human diseases. 2018-01-10T1:0:00-05:00 Yerkes: Working to cure what ails you As one of seven nonhuman primate research centers in the country, Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center brings together a diverse group of scientists - from neuroscientists to immunologists - to work on causes, preventions, treatments, and cures for a host of human diseases. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/sooty_mangabey_genome_yerkes/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/sooty_mangabey_genome_yerkes/index.html To learn how sooty mangabeys avoid developing AIDS-like disease while being infected by SIV, a Yerkes-led team has sequenced the sooty mangabey genome. 2018-01-03T1:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/01/sooty_mangabey_genome_yerkes/index.html To learn how sooty mangabeys avoid developing AIDS-like disease while being infected by SIV, a Yerkes-led team has sequenced the sooty mangabey genome. 2018-01-03T1:0:00-05:00 Yerkes researchers find clues to AIDS resistance in sooty mangabey genome To learn how sooty mangabeys avoid developing AIDS-like disease while being infected by SIV, a Yerkes-led team has sequenced the sooty mangabey genome. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/12/er_mm_photos_quilt_on_the_quad/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/12/er_mm_photos_quilt_on_the_quad/index.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2017-12-05T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/12/er_mm_photos_quilt_on_the_quad/index.html Emory commemorated World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, with the university's 13th annual Quilt on the Quad, the nation's largest collegiate display of panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. 2017-12-05T12:0:00-05:00 Photos: Emory marks World AIDS Day $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/12/gourley_fasudil_habits/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/12/gourley_fasudil_habits/index.html A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, Emory neuroscientists have found. 2017-12-01T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/12/gourley_fasudil_habits/index.html A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, Emory neuroscientists have found. 2017-12-01T12:0:00-05:00 Helping the brain prune bad habits A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, Emory neuroscientists have found. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/11/er_upress_world_aids_day_quilt/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/11/er_upress_world_aids_day_quilt/index.html On Friday, Emory marks World AIDS Day with Quilt on the Quad, the nation's largest collegiate display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Learn more about the event and Emory's 20 years of groundbreaking HIV research. 2017-11-28T12:0:00-05:00 Kimber Williams https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/11/er_upress_world_aids_day_quilt/index.html On Friday, Emory marks World AIDS Day with Quilt on the Quad, the nation's largest collegiate display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Learn more about the event and Emory's 20 years of groundbreaking HIV research. 2017-11-28T12:0:00-05:00 Quilt on the Quad recognizes World AIDS Day On Friday, Emory marks World AIDS Day with Quilt on the Quad, the nation's largest collegiate display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Learn more about the event and Emory's 20 years of groundbreaking HIV research. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/10/yerkes_paiardini_immunity_reservoir/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/10/yerkes_paiardini_immunity_reservoir/index.html Yerkes scientists have identified an additional part of the HIV reservoir, immune cells that survive and harbor the virus despite long-term treatment with antiviral drugs. 2017-10-17T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/10/yerkes_paiardini_immunity_reservoir/index.html Yerkes scientists have identified an additional part of the HIV reservoir, immune cells that survive and harbor the virus despite long-term treatment with antiviral drugs. 2017-10-17T12:0:00-04:00 Reservoir explorers find extra HIV/SIV pond Yerkes scientists have identified an additional part of the HIV reservoir, immune cells that survive and harbor the virus despite long-term treatment with antiviral drugs. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/10/synergy_awards_third_cycle/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/10/synergy_awards_third_cycle/index.html The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) has announced the 11 proposals selected for funding in the third cycle of Synergy Awards. 2017-10-09T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/10/synergy_awards_third_cycle/index.html The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) has announced the 11 proposals selected for funding in the third cycle of Synergy Awards. 2017-10-09T12:0:00-04:00 New awardees announced for Synergy Awards to support collaborative research in health sciences The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) has announced the 11 proposals selected for funding in the third cycle of Synergy Awards. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/09/research_funding_2017/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/09/research_funding_2017/index.html Researchers at Emory University received $628 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2016-2017, which is the largest amount of research funding in Emory's history. 2017-09-26T3:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/09/research_funding_2017/index.html Researchers at Emory University received $628 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2016-2017, which is the largest amount of research funding in Emory's history. 2017-09-26T3:0:00-04:00 Emory receives record $628 million in external research funding for FY 2017 Researchers at Emory University received $628 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2016-2017, which is the largest amount of research funding in Emory's history. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/08/er_sure_program/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/08/er_sure_program/campus.html Across Emory University, 96 undergraduates traded flip-flops for lab coats to spend the summer taking a deep dive into the world of research through a renewed initiative known as SURE. 2017-08-08T12:0:00-04:00 April Hunt https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/08/er_sure_program/campus.html Across Emory University, 96 undergraduates traded flip-flops for lab coats to spend the summer taking a deep dive into the world of research through a renewed initiative known as SURE. 2017-08-08T12:0:00-04:00 Summer undergraduate research at Emory is a SURE thing Across Emory University, 96 undergraduates traded flip-flops for lab coats to spend the summer taking a deep dive into the world of research through a renewed initiative known as SURE. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/07/adams_transplant_imaging_grant/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/07/adams_transplant_imaging_grant/index.html The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory and Georgia Tech investigators a $2.4 million, five-year grant to study non-invasive imaging to detect immune rejection of transplanted organs. 2017-07-28T1:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/07/adams_transplant_imaging_grant/index.html The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory and Georgia Tech investigators a $2.4 million, five-year grant to study non-invasive imaging to detect immune rejection of transplanted organs. 2017-07-28T1:0:00-04:00 NIAID supports transplant imaging research at Emory and Georgia Tech The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory and Georgia Tech investigators a $2.4 million, five-year grant to study non-invasive imaging to detect immune rejection of transplanted organs. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/06/yerkes_vole_code_of_love/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/06/yerkes_vole_code_of_love/index.html Neuroscientists find a key connection between areas of the adult female prairie vole's brain reward system that promotes the emergence of pair bonds, a discovery that could aid efforts to improve social function in humans with disorders like autism. 2017-06-01T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/06/yerkes_vole_code_of_love/index.html Neuroscientists find a key connection between areas of the adult female prairie vole's brain reward system that promotes the emergence of pair bonds, a discovery that could aid efforts to improve social function in humans with disorders like autism. 2017-06-01T12:0:00-04:00 Emory researchers closer to cracking neural code of love Neuroscientists find a key connection between areas of the adult female prairie vole's brain reward system that promotes the emergence of pair bonds, a discovery that could aid efforts to improve social function in humans with disorders like autism. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/05/larsen_transplant_grant/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/05/larsen_transplant_grant/index.html The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory transplant researchers $12.6 million over five years to investigate improved post-transplant drug regimens for organ transplant recipients. 2017-05-19T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/05/larsen_transplant_grant/index.html The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory transplant researchers $12.6 million over five years to investigate improved post-transplant drug regimens for organ transplant recipients. 2017-05-19T12:0:00-04:00 NIH awards Emory team $12.6 million for improved post-transplant regimens The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory transplant researchers $12.6 million over five years to investigate improved post-transplant drug regimens for organ transplant recipients. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/05/er_tn_state_of_whsc/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/05/er_tn_state_of_whsc/campus.html Jonathan S. Lewin, Emory's executive vice president for health affairs, presented his first State of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center address on April 25, focusing on achievements over the last year and strategies for the future. 2017-05-02T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/05/er_tn_state_of_whsc/campus.html Jonathan S. Lewin, Emory's executive vice president for health affairs, presented his first State of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center address on April 25, focusing on achievements over the last year and strategies for the future. 2017-05-02T12:0:00-04:00 Lewin discusses State of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Jonathan S. Lewin, Emory's executive vice president for health affairs, presented his first State of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center address on April 25, focusing on achievements over the last year and strategies for the future. Emory University - Emory News Center http://www.emoryhealthsciblog.com/march-for-science-atl-photos/ https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/04/emory_march_for_science_atlanta/campus.html Emory scientists and supporters of science came out in substantial numbers Saturday, April 22, for the March for Science Atlanta in Candler Park. 2017-04-27T2:0:00-04:00 Quinn Eastman https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/04/emory_march_for_science_atlanta/campus.html Emory scientists and supporters of science came out in substantial numbers Saturday, April 22, for the March for Science Atlanta in Candler Park. 2017-04-27T2:0:00-04:00 Emory goes all out for March for Science Atlanta Emory scientists and supporters of science came out in substantial numbers Saturday, April 22, for the March for Science Atlanta in Candler Park. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/04/flu_frogs_jacob_immunity/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/04/flu_frogs_jacob_immunity/index.html Emory researchers named one of the frog-derived antiviral peptides they identified urumin, after a whip-like sword called "urumi" used in southern India centuries ago. 2017-04-18T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/04/flu_frogs_jacob_immunity/index.html A component of the skin mucus secreted by South Indian frogs can kill the H1 variety of influenza viruses, researchers from Emory Vaccine Center and the Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology in India have discovered. 2017-04-18T12:0:00-04:00 Frog slime kills flu virus Emory researchers named one of the frog-derived antiviral peptides they identified urumin, after a whip-like sword called "urumi" used in southern India centuries ago. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/03/stat_madness_push/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/03/stat_madness_push/campus.html Emory is participating in a "March madness"-style bracket competition organized by the life sciences news site STAT. 2017-03-07T2:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/03/stat_madness_push/campus.html Emory is participating in a "March madness"-style bracket competition organized by the life sciences news site STAT. Cast your vote for the university's research to move on to the next round. 2017-03-07T2:0:00-05:00 Help boost Emory HIV research for 'STAT Madness' Emory is participating in a "March madness"-style bracket competition organized by the life sciences news site STAT. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/02/malaria_vaccine_pulendran/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/02/malaria_vaccine_pulendran/index.html Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified gene expression signatures that predict whether volunteers in a malaria vaccine study were protected when exposed to parasite-carrying mosquitoes. 2017-02-13T3:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/02/malaria_vaccine_pulendran/index.html Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified gene expression signatures that predict whether volunteers in a malaria vaccine study were protected when exposed to parasite-carrying mosquitoes. 2017-02-13T3:0:00-05:00 Scientists devise novel way to predict efficacy of malaria vaccine Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified gene expression signatures that predict whether volunteers in a malaria vaccine study were protected when exposed to parasite-carrying mosquitoes. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/02/zika_blindfold_plosP/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/02/zika_blindfold_plosP/index.html Gatekeeper immune cells are fighting Zika virus with an arm tied behind their backs, scientists from Emory Vaccine Center report. Avenues remain available for immunity-boosting therapies. 2017-02-02T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/02/zika_blindfold_plosP/index.html Gatekeeper immune cells are fighting Zika virus with an arm tied behind their backs, scientists from Emory Vaccine Center report. Avenues remain available for immunity-boosting therapies. 2017-02-02T12:0:00-05:00 Zika virus blindfolds immune alarm cells Gatekeeper immune cells are fighting Zika virus with an arm tied behind their backs, scientists from Emory Vaccine Center report. Avenues remain available for immunity-boosting therapies. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/yerkes_antiviral_access_amara/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/yerkes_antiviral_access_amara/index.html HIV/SIV-infected cells hide out in areas of lymph nodes that most "killer" antiviral cells don't have access to. Yerkes/Vaccine Center researchers have identified a group of antiviral T cells that do have the entry code, called CXCR5. Could be important for efforts to cure HIV infection. 2017-01-31T1:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/yerkes_antiviral_access_amara/index.html HIV/SIV-infected cells hide out in areas of lymph nodes that most "killer" antiviral cells don't have access to. Yerkes/Vaccine Center researchers have identified a group of antiviral T cells that do have the entry code, called CXCR5. Could be important for efforts to cure HIV infection. 2017-01-31T1:0:00-05:00 Select antiviral cells can access HIV's hideouts HIV/SIV-infected cells hide out in areas of lymph nodes that most "killer" antiviral cells don't have access to. Yerkes/Vaccine Center researchers have identified a group of antiviral T cells that do have the entry code, called CXCR5. Could be important for efforts to cure HIV infection. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/estrogen_ptsd_methylation/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/estrogen_ptsd_methylation/index.html New research provides insight into how estrogen changes gene activity in the brain to achieve its protective effects against PTSD. 2017-01-17T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/estrogen_ptsd_methylation/index.html New research provides insight into how estrogen changes gene activity in the brain to achieve its protective effects against PTSD. 2017-01-17T12:0:00-05:00 How estrogen modulates fear learning -- molecular insight into PTSD New research provides insight into how estrogen changes gene activity in the brain to achieve its protective effects against PTSD. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/four_biomedical_stories_to_watch_2017/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/four_biomedical_stories_to_watch_2017/index.html As a new research year begins, Emory's Lab Land blog offers a preview of top areas where scientists are likely to advance their work in 2017 in research fields including infectious diseases, neuroscience, cancer, and transplant. 2017-01-03T2:0:00-05:00 Quinn Eastman https://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/01/four_biomedical_stories_to_watch_2017/index.html As a new research year begins, Emory's Lab Land blog offers a preview of top areas where scientists are likely to advance their work in 2017. 2017-01-03T2:0:00-05:00 Four biomedical research topics to watch in 2017 As a new research year begins, Emory's Lab Land blog offers a preview of top areas where scientists are likely to advance their work in 2017 in research fields including infectious diseases, neuroscience, cancer, and transplant. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/11/yerkes_stress_immunity/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/11/yerkes_stress_immunity/index.html Social status affects patterns of gene activity in the immune cells of rhesus macaques, a collaboration between Duke and Yerkes researchers found. 2016-11-28T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/11/yerkes_stress_immunity/index.html Social status affects patterns of gene activity in the immune cells of rhesus macaques, a collaboration between Duke and Yerkes researchers found. 2016-11-28T12:0:00-05:00 Upward mobility boosts immunity in monkeys Social status affects patterns of gene activity in the immune cells of rhesus macaques, a collaboration between Duke and Yerkes researchers found. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/11/udall_parkinsons_grant/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/11/udall_parkinsons_grant/index.html Emory University will receive more than $1 million each year for the next five years from the NIH, renewing the NIH's support for Emory's Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research. 2016-11-14T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/11/udall_parkinsons_grant/index.html Emory University will receive more than $1 million each year for the next five years from the NIH, renewing the NIH's support for Emory's Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research. 2016-11-14T12:0:00-05:00 NIH grants Emory $5.4M to continue work in Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center Emory University will receive more than $1 million each year for the next five years from the NIH, renewing the NIH's support for Emory's Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/10/research_funding_2016/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/10/research_funding_2016/index.html Researchers at Emory University received $574.6 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2016. This marks the seventh consecutive year that research funding has exceeded $500 million, and with an increase from $572.4 in FY 2015, it's the largest amount of research funding in Emory's history. 2016-10-17T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/10/research_funding_2016/index.html Emory researchers received $574.6 million in external research funding in FY 2016, the largest amount of research funding in Emory history. 2016-10-17T12:0:00-04:00 Emory receives record $574.6 million in external research funding for FY 2016 Researchers at Emory University received $574.6 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2016. This marks the seventh consecutive year that research funding has exceeded $500 million, and with an increase from $572.4 in FY 2015, it's the largest amount of research funding in Emory's history. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/10/ansari_siv_science/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/10/ansari_siv_science/index.html Scientists from Emory and NIAID have shown that they can achieve sustained control of SIV infection in rhesus macaques, by supplementing antiretroviral drugs with an antibody during and after drug treatment. Virus levels stay very low after all treatment is withdrawn. 2016-10-13T2:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/10/ansari_siv_science/index.html Combining antiretroviral drugs with an antibody can produce sustained control of SIV infection in rhesus macaques, even after treatment is withdrawn, Emory and NIAID scientists have shown. The findings could provide a blueprint for long-lasting HIV treatment. 2016-10-13T2:0:00-04:00 Scientists achieve sustained remission in SIV infection Scientists from Emory and NIAID have shown that they can achieve sustained control of SIV infection in rhesus macaques, by supplementing antiretroviral drugs with an antibody during and after drug treatment. Virus levels stay very low after all treatment is withdrawn. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/09/yepes_rollins_chair/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/09/yepes_rollins_chair/index.html Manuel Yepes, MD, has been named the inaugural Rollins Chair in Stroke and Imaging Research at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center. 2016-09-23T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/09/yepes_rollins_chair/index.html Manuel Yepes, MD, has been named the inaugural Rollins Chair in Stroke and Imaging Research at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center. 2016-09-23T12:0:00-04:00 Manuel Yepes named inaugural Rollins Chair in Stroke and Imaging Research at Emory Manuel Yepes, MD, has been named the inaugural Rollins Chair in Stroke and Imaging Research at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/09/moore_rhinovirus_vaccine_natcomm/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/09/moore_rhinovirus_vaccine_natcomm/index.html The quest for a vaccine against rhinoviruses may have seemed quixotic, because there are more than 100 varieties circulating around the world. Even so, the immune system can handle the challenge, researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and Children¿s Healthcare of Atlanta say. 2016-09-22T11:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/09/moore_rhinovirus_vaccine_natcomm/index.html The quest for a vaccine against rhinoviruses may have seemed quixotic, because there are more than 100 varieties circulating around the world. Even so, the immune system can handle the challenge, researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and Children¿s Healthcare of Atlanta say. 2016-09-22T11:0:00-04:00 Vaccine vs many common cold viruses achievable The quest for a vaccine against rhinoviruses may have seemed quixotic, because there are more than 100 varieties circulating around the world. Even so, the immune system can handle the challenge, researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and Children¿s Healthcare of Atlanta say. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/jem_hunter_hiv_tugofwar/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/jem_hunter_hiv_tugofwar/index.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2016-08-23T9:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/jem_hunter_hiv_tugofwar/index.html Examining HIV transmission events occurring in 169 heterosexual couples in Zambia, Emory researchers found that almost a third of potential immune target sites in the virus that established infection were pre-adapted to the immune response in the newly-infected partner. 2016-08-23T9:0:00-04:00 Tug of war over HIV's disease-inducing potential $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/yerkes_chimpanzee_cooperation/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/yerkes_chimpanzee_cooperation/index.html When given a choice between cooperating or competing, chimpanzees tend to cooperate, Yerkes researchers have found. This suggests the roots of human cooperation are shared with other primates. 2016-08-22T3:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/yerkes_chimpanzee_cooperation/index.html When given a choice between cooperating or competing, chimpanzees tend to cooperate, Yerkes researchers have found. This suggests the roots of human cooperation are shared with other primates. 2016-08-22T3:0:00-04:00 Chimpanzees choose cooperation over competition When given a choice between cooperating or competing, chimpanzees tend to cooperate, Yerkes researchers have found. This suggests the roots of human cooperation are shared with other primates. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/er_stuart_zola_interim_provost/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/er_stuart_zola_interim_provost/campus.html Emory President-elect Claire E. Sterk has announced the appointment of Stuart Zola, one of the nation's leading neuroscientists, as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. With a long history of service at Emory, Zola assumed his new role Aug. 15. 2016-08-16T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/08/er_stuart_zola_interim_provost/campus.html Emory President-elect Claire E. Sterk has announced the appointment of Stuart Zola, one of the nation's leading neuroscientists, as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. With a long history of service at Emory, Zola assumed his new role Aug. 15. 2016-08-16T12:0:00-04:00 Stuart Zola becomes interim provost of Emory University Emory President-elect Claire E. Sterk has announced the appointment of Stuart Zola, one of the nation's leading neuroscientists, as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. With a long history of service at Emory, Zola assumed his new role Aug. 15. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/07/wallen_nih_grant_with_georgia_tech/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/07/wallen_nih_grant_with_georgia_tech/index.html Emory psychologist Kim Wallen will lead a team that has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new technology to significantly enhance behavioral observation and data collection of rhesus monkeys. 2016-07-13T12:0:00-04:00 By April Hunt https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/07/wallen_nih_grant_with_georgia_tech/index.html Emory psychologist Kim Wallen will lead a team that has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new technology to significantly enhance behavioral observation and data collection of rhesus monkeys. 2016-07-13T12:0:00-04:00 NIH awards Emory-led team $2.6 million to develop new data collection technology Emory psychologist Kim Wallen will lead a team that has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new technology to significantly enhance behavioral observation and data collection of rhesus monkeys. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/06/walker_receives_humboldt_award/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/06/walker_receives_humboldt_award/index.html Lary Walker, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine and research professor at Emory¿s Yerkes National Primate Research Center, is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. 2016-06-10T1:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/06/walker_receives_humboldt_award/index.html Lary Walker, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine and research professor at Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center, is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. 2016-06-10T1:0:00-04:00 Emory professor receives Humboldt Research Award Lary Walker, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine and research professor at Emory¿s Yerkes National Primate Research Center, is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/06/ciar_nhp_grant/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/06/ciar_nhp_grant/index.html A research consortium Emory University is leading has been awarded a five-year, $35.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new strategies for preventing and curing HIV/AIDS. 2016-06-07T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/06/ciar_nhp_grant/index.html A research consortium Emory University is leading has been awarded a five-year, $35.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new strategies for preventing and curing HIV/AIDS. 2016-06-07T12:0:00-04:00 NIH awards Emory $35.6 million grant for research aimed at HIV/AIDS vaccine and cure A research consortium Emory University is leading has been awarded a five-year, $35.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new strategies for preventing and curing HIV/AIDS. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/galinski_darpa_hammer_contract/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/galinski_darpa_hammer_contract/index.html Using a new contract from DARPA, researchers at Emory, UGA, and Georgia Tech, along with national and international collaborators, will investigate the mechanisms behind ¿resilience¿ following malaria infection. 2016-05-24T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/galinski_darpa_hammer_contract/index.html Using a new contract from DARPA, researchers at Emory, UGA, and Georgia Tech, along with national and international collaborators, will investigate the mechanisms behind resilience following malaria infection. 2016-05-24T12:0:00-04:00 DARPA $6.4M contract supports malaria research aimed at enhancing resilience Using a new contract from DARPA, researchers at Emory, UGA, and Georgia Tech, along with national and international collaborators, will investigate the mechanisms behind ¿resilience¿ following malaria infection. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/hiv_adaptation_natmed/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/hiv_adaptation_natmed/index.html A UAB/Emory/Microsoft-led study of how HIV adapts to the individual host's immune system, published in Nature Medicine, has implications for vaccine design. 2016-05-16T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/hiv_adaptation_natmed/index.html A UAB/Emory/Microsoft-led study of how HIV adapts to the individual host's immune system, published in Nature Medicine, has implications for vaccine design. 2016-05-16T12:0:00-04:00 HIV vaccine design should adapt as virus mutates A UAB/Emory/Microsoft-led study of how HIV adapts to the individual host's immune system, published in Nature Medicine, has implications for vaccine design. Emory University - Emory News Center http://publichealthmagazine.emory.edu/issues/2016/spring/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/hspub_getting_to_zero/campus.html It's been 35 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported. Since then, there has been tremendous advances in prevention, testing and treatment. Yet, despite all of the progress, there are new challenges, frustrations and a need for more action. 2016-05-16T2:0:00-04:00 Martha McKenzie https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/hspub_getting_to_zero/campus.html It's been 35 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported. Since then, there has been tremendous advances in prevention, testing and treatment. Yet, despite all of the progress, there are new challenges, frustrations and a need for more action. 2016-05-16T2:0:00-04:00 Getting to Zero: Experts weigh in on what it will take to end the AIDS epidemic It's been 35 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported. Since then, there has been tremendous advances in prevention, testing and treatment. Yet, despite all of the progress, there are new challenges, frustrations and a need for more action. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/weiss_colistin_naturemicro/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/weiss_colistin_naturemicro/index.html Through heteroresistance, a genetically identical subpopulation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can lurk within a crowd of susceptible bacteria. The phenomenon could be causing unexplained treatment failures in the clinic and highlights the need for more sensitive diagnostic tests. 2016-05-09T11:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/weiss_colistin_naturemicro/index.html Through heteroresistance, a genetically identical subpopulation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can lurk within a crowd of susceptible bacteria. The phenomenon could be causing unexplained treatment failures in the clinic and highlights the need for more sensitive diagnostic tests. 2016-05-09T11:0:00-04:00 Fooling the test: Antibiotic resistant bacteria look susceptible Through heteroresistance, a genetically identical subpopulation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can lurk within a crowd of susceptible bacteria. The phenomenon could be causing unexplained treatment failures in the clinic and highlights the need for more sensitive diagnostic tests. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/er_tom_price_visit/campus.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/er_tom_price_visit/campus.html Addressing an Emory town hall meeting, U.S. Rep. Tom Price expressed support for strong federal funding of scientific and biomedical research. Price also met with Jonathan Lewin, executive vice president for health affairs, and Emory President James Wagner during his visit. 2016-05-05T12:0:00-04:00 Quinn Eastman https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/05/er_tom_price_visit/campus.html Addressing an Emory town hall meeting, U.S. Rep. Tom Price expressed support for strong federal funding of scientific and biomedical research. Price also met with Jonathan Lewin, executive vice president for health affairs, and Emory President James Wagner during his visit. 2016-05-05T12:0:00-04:00 U.S. House Budget Committee chair visits Emory to discuss research funding Addressing an Emory town hall meeting, U.S. Rep. Tom Price expressed support for strong federal funding of scientific and biomedical research. Price also met with Jonathan Lewin, executive vice president for health affairs, and Emory President James Wagner during his visit. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/04/emory_BIRCWH_scholars/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/04/emory_BIRCWH_scholars/index.html Emory University's Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program has selected Erin Ferranti, PhD, RN; Vasiliki (Vas) Michopoulos, PhD; and Sandra Safo, PhD for the first cycle of the Emory BIRCWH scholars program. The BIRCWH program is a highly selective career-development program that connects junior faculty to senior faculty with shared research interests in women's health and sex differences research. 2016-04-07T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/04/emory_BIRCWH_scholars/index.html Emory University's Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program has selected Erin Ferranti, PhD, RN; Vasiliki (Vas) Michopoulos, PhD; and Sandra Safo, PhD for the first cycle of the Emory BIRCWH scholars program. 2016-04-07T12:0:00-04:00 Emory BIRCWH program selects scholars for first cycle of training Emory University's Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program has selected Erin Ferranti, PhD, RN; Vasiliki (Vas) Michopoulos, PhD; and Sandra Safo, PhD for the first cycle of the Emory BIRCWH scholars program. The BIRCWH program is a highly selective career-development program that connects junior faculty to senior faculty with shared research interests in women's health and sex differences research. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/03/pulendran_nature_intestinal_inflammation/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/03/pulendran_nature_intestinal_inflammation/index.html Intestinal inflammation in mice can be dampened by subjecting them briefly to a diet restricted in amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, according to new research. 2016-03-16T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/03/pulendran_nature_intestinal_inflammation/index.html Intestinal inflammation in mice can be dampened by subjecting them briefly to a diet restricted in amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, according to new research. 2016-03-16T12:0:00-04:00 Starvation signals control intestinal inflammation in mice Intestinal inflammation in mice can be dampened by subjecting them briefly to a diet restricted in amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, according to new research. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/02/pd1_amara_croi/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/02/pd1_amara_croi/index.html $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) 2016-02-24T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/02/pd1_amara_croi/index.html An immune-enhancing treatment can push SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) out of its hideouts in infected monkeys that have the virus controlled with drugs, Yerkes scientists report. 2016-02-24T12:0:00-05:00 Immunotherapy agent can disrupt viral reservoir in SIV-infected monkeys $_EscapeTool.xml($pageAPIObject.metadata.description) Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/02/lewin_first_day/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/02/lewin_first_day/index.html Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, begins his tenure at Emory University on Feb. 1 with a jam-packed calendar, including stops in Emory Healthcare facilities to meet and talk with clinicians, nurses and staff members. 2016-02-01T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/02/lewin_first_day/index.html Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, begins his tenure at Emory University on Feb. 1 with a jam-packed calendar, including stops in Emory Healthcare facilities to meet and talk with clinicians, nurses and staff members. 2016-02-01T12:0:00-05:00 Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, begins tenure at Emory Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, begins his tenure at Emory University on Feb. 1 with a jam-packed calendar, including stops in Emory Healthcare facilities to meet and talk with clinicians, nurses and staff members. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/01/young_voles_consoling_behavior/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/01/young_voles_consoling_behavior/index.html Researchers have discovered that the prairie vole shows an empathy-based consoling response when other voles are distressed, contrary to the belief that this kind of behavior is uniquely human. 2016-01-21T1:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2016/01/young_voles_consoling_behavior/index.html Researchers have discovered that the prairie vole shows an empathy-based consoling response when other voles are distressed, contrary to the belief that this kind of behavior is uniquely human. 2016-01-21T1:0:00-05:00 Discovery of consoling behavior in prairie voles may benefit autism research Researchers have discovered that the prairie vole shows an empathy-based consoling response when other voles are distressed, contrary to the belief that this kind of behavior is uniquely human. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/12/flu_systems_bio_pulendran_immunity/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/12/flu_systems_bio_pulendran_immunity/index.html Answers to questions about flu vaccine responses in the elderly and long-lasting antibodies emerging from an Emory University-based systems biology analysis of blood samples from more than 400 volunteers who received seasonal flu vaccines. 2015-12-15T1:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/12/flu_systems_bio_pulendran_immunity/index.html What factors inhibit strong responses to seasonal flu vaccines in the elderly? Why do anti-flu antibodies last longer after vaccination in some people? Answers are emerging from an Emory University-based systems biology analysis of blood samples from more than 400 volunteers who received seasonal flu vaccines. 2015-12-15T1:0:00-05:00 Common signatures predict flu vaccine immunity in young and elderly Answers to questions about flu vaccine responses in the elderly and long-lasting antibodies emerging from an Emory University-based systems biology analysis of blood samples from more than 400 volunteers who received seasonal flu vaccines. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/11/yerkes_il21_jci_mirko/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/11/yerkes_il21_jci_mirko/index.html A novel combination treatment aimed at repairing the immune system has shown encouraging effects in a nonhuman primate model of HIV infection, both during and after a course of antiretroviral drug treatment. 2015-11-10T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/11/yerkes_il21_jci_mirko/index.html A novel combination treatment aimed at repairing the immune system has shown encouraging effects in a nonhuman primate model of HIV infection, both during and after a course of antiretroviral drug treatment. 2015-11-10T12:0:00-05:00 IL-21 repairs immune function in primate model of HIV infection A novel combination treatment aimed at repairing the immune system has shown encouraging effects in a nonhuman primate model of HIV infection, both during and after a course of antiretroviral drug treatment. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/11/wagner_award_pulendran/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/11/wagner_award_pulendran/index.html Emory researchers Bali Pulendran, Helder Nakaya and Troy Querec are among the recipients of this year's Daniel H. Wagner Prize for their research project titled "Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Vaccine Immunogenicity," which seeks to create a vaccine model that uses gene expression signatures to predict the efficacy of vaccines on an individual by individual basis. 2015-11-05T12:0:00-05:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/11/wagner_award_pulendran/index.html Emory researchers Bali Pulendran, Helder Nakaya and Troy Querec are among the recipients of this year's Daniel H. Wagner Prize for their research project titled "Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Vaccine Immunogenicity," which seeks to create a vaccine model that uses gene expression signatures to predict the efficacy of vaccines on an individual by individual basis. 2015-11-05T12:0:00-05:00 Emory, Georgia Tech, CDC team wins Wagner Prize for strategy to predict vaccine responses Emory researchers Bali Pulendran, Helder Nakaya and Troy Querec are among the recipients of this year's Daniel H. Wagner Prize for their research project titled "Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Vaccine Immunogenicity," which seeks to create a vaccine model that uses gene expression signatures to predict the efficacy of vaccines on an individual by individual basis. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/09/pulendran_vaccinology_grant_renewal/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/09/pulendran_vaccinology_grant_renewal/index.html The National Institutes of Health has awarded an Emory-led research consortium $15 million over five years for renewal of a grant aimed at better understanding and improving human immune responses to vaccination. 2015-09-10T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/09/pulendran_vaccinology_grant_renewal/index.html The National Institutes of Health has awarded an Emory-led research consortium $15 million over five years for renewal of a grant aimed at better understanding and improving human immune responses to vaccination. 2015-09-10T12:0:00-04:00 NIH renews $15 million systems vaccinology grant to Emory for improving vaccine success The National Institutes of Health has awarded an Emory-led research consortium $15 million over five years for renewal of a grant aimed at better understanding and improving human immune responses to vaccination. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/08/siv_shrugs_pnas_derdeyn/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/08/siv_shrugs_pnas_derdeyn/index.html When SIV manages to infect vaccinated monkeys that have potent neutralizing antibodies in their blood, the virus appears to shrug the antibodies off. No stealthy escape by mutation was necessary, Yerkes/Emory Vaccine Center researchers were surprised to find. 2015-08-11T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/08/siv_shrugs_pnas_derdeyn/index.html When SIV manages to infect vaccinated monkeys that have potent neutralizing antibodies in their blood, the virus appears to shrug the antibodies off. No stealthy escape by mutation was necessary, Yerkes/Emory Vaccine Center researchers were surprised to find. 2015-08-11T12:0:00-04:00 SIV shrugs off antibodies in vaccinated monkeys When SIV manages to infect vaccinated monkeys that have potent neutralizing antibodies in their blood, the virus appears to shrug the antibodies off. No stealthy escape by mutation was necessary, Yerkes/Emory Vaccine Center researchers were surprised to find. Emory University - Emory News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/06/yerkes_donates_chimps_to_chattanooga_zoo/index.html https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/06/yerkes_donates_chimps_to_chattanooga_zoo/index.html Today, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, announced it has donated seven chimpanzees to the Chattanooga Zoo. This is the center's second confirmed donation of chimpanzees. 2015-06-23T12:0:00-04:00 Emory University News Center https://news.emory.edu/stories/2015/06/yerkes_donates_chimps_to_chattanooga_zoo/index.html Today, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, announced it has donated seven chimpanzees to the Chattanooga Zoo. This is the center's second confirmed donation of chimpanzees. 2015-06-23T12:0:00-04:00 Yerkes donates seven chimpanzees to Chattanooga Zoo Today, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, announced it has donated seven chimpanzees to the Chattanooga Zoo. This is the center's second confirmed donation of chimpanzees. Emory University - Emory News Center