Abstract submissions are now open for #ResearchDay26! Students, staff, trainees, and faculty are invited to showcase their work. Abstracts are accepted through July 30, or until capacity is reached. 🔗spr.ly/63322BEWjdi

Bridging the gap between rehabilitation research and patient care: That's what Michael Ellis, PT, DPT does at @northwesternmed.bsky.social. 🎧 Listen on the Science in Translation podcast: www.nucats.northwestern.edu/about/podcas... @feinberg.northwestern.edu

Abstract submissions are now open for #ResearchDay26! Students, staff, trainees, and faculty are invited to showcase their work. Abstracts are accepted through July 30, or until capacity is reached. 🔗spr.ly/63322BEWjdi

A new #immunotherapy strategy has shown promise in targeting one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of brain #cancer, per @nature.com. @neurosurgerynm.bsky.social news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/07/01/i...

Immunotherapy Strategy Shows Promise for Deadly Brain Cancer  - News Center

A new immunotherapy strategy has shown promise in targeting one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, according to a new study published in Nature.

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An international clinical trial has found that adding the drug #apalutamide to standard hormone therapy before and after #ProstateCancer surgery significantly improves outcomes for men with high-risk disease, per @nejm.org. @nmurology.bsky.social news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/06/30/c...

Combination Therapy Shows Promise in High-Risk Prostate Cancer, Study Finds - News Center

A large international clinical trial has found that adding the drug apalutamide to standard hormone therapy before and after prostate cancer surgery significantly improves outcomes for men with high-r...

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Northwestern scientists have discovered a communication circuit between immune cells in the intestines, a potential therapeutic target to improve #InflammatoryBowelDisease outcomes, per @pnas.org. news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/06/16/i...

Immune Cell Circuit Restores Barrier Function in IBD - News Center

Scientists have discovered a new communication circuit between immune cells in the intestines, a potential therapeutic target to improve inflammatory bowel disease outcomes, according to a recent stud...

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Pleased to share our paper in Hypertension by Romy Fischer, Luise Hassler, Jan Wysocki showing that severe Ang II-induced hypertension causes hemolysis with release of the PEP enzyme and also ACE inhibitory activity. doi.org/10.1161/hype... @feinberg.northwestern.edu @nu-nephrology.bsky.social

A new Northwestern study has found that #metformin focuses primarily on the #gut, acting to prevent glucose levels rising in the #blood by driving glucose utilization inside cells lining the intestine, per @natmetabolism.nature.com. spr.ly/63329B8Febv

Metformin Slows Mitochondrial Energy Production, Promotes Glycemic Control - News Center

A new Northwestern Medicine study has found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, focuses primarily on the gut, acting to prevent glucose levels rising in the blood by driving glucose utilization inside cells lining the intestine.

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In the latest episode of our #BreakthroughsPodcast, Peter Penzes, PhD, discusses a newly discovered #schizophrenia biomarker & how research into the genetic overlaps between autism and schizophrenia could offer earlier diagnosis, more precise treatment, & better outcomes. 🔗spr.ly/6006B8L1WG

What is the Genetic Overlap Between Autism and Schizophrenia? with Peter Penzes, PhD

In this episode, Peter Penzes, PhD, director of the Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses a recent discovery of a schizophrenia biomarker and how this research could one day offer earlier diagnosis, more precise treatment, and better outcomes for patients.

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How much sodium is retained when healthy humans are deprived of dietary potassium short-term? To find out, please read our paper just published in Circulation Research @ahajournals.bsky.social : Link: doi.org/10.1161/circ... @feinberg.northwestern.edu @nu-nephrology.bsky.social

In the latest episode of our #BreakthroughsPodcast, Claudia Hawkins, MD, MPH, breaks down the science behind a new rapid test and what it could mean for eliminating #HepatitisC. 🔗 spr.ly/63322B8ioKw

A team approach from NUCATS & NICO brought together faculty from across Northwestern to spark new collaborations—including one team whose idea was awarded $50,000 in seed funding. 🌱👥 @feinberg.northwestern.edu ⬇️

NUCATS x NICO Symposium Sparks Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Feinberg Home > NUCATS Home > About > News & Events > 2026 > NUCATS x NICO Symposium Sparks Multidisciplinary Collaboration A novel, team-focused approach is bringing together faculty from across Northwestern to identify previously unexplored collaboration opportunities.

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In the latest episode of our #BreakthroughsPodcast, Aimen Shaaban, MD, discusses a first-of-its-kind flexible probe designed with John Rogers, PhD, that can monitor #fetal vitals during #surgery. 🔗 spr.ly/63325B8VGAX

How a Tiny Device Could Transform Fetal Surgery with Aimen Shaaban, MD

In this episode, Aimen Shaaban, MD, explains how the device works, explains how the collaboration took place and what it will take to bring this technology out of the lab and into clinical care.

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Northwestern scientists found that #EZH2, a protein long recognized for its role in modifying DNA-packaging histones, also plays a direct and previously unknown role in #RNA editing in #ProstateCancer, per @natcomms.nature.com: spr.ly/63320BB4kRO

Understanding Cancer’s Hidden Vulnerabilities  - News Center

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered an unexpected role for a well-known cancer-related protein, revealing a new layer of genetic regulation that could reshape how certain cancers are treated.

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Hitting pause on chemotherapy-induced alopecia: Transient p53 activation as a guardian of the hair follicle: doi.org/10.1172/JCI2... Edward B. Li, Meredith J. Klay & Rui Yi @feinberg.northwestern.edu comment on Gherardini et al.: doi.org/10.1172/JCI1...

SAVE THE DATE! 📅 #ResearchDay26 is coming up on September 10. Abstract submissions will open in late July. John Rogers, PhD, a leader in bioelectronics, materials science and biomedical engineering, will deliver the keynote address. 🔗 spr.ly/6006BBccxp

We’re excited to share that Robert Murphy, MD, has been honored with the 2026 Consortium of Universities for Global Health Distinguished Leadership in #GlobalHealth Award: spr.ly/63328BBdId6 @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social

Please join us in congratulating the @nmophthalmology.bsky.social at Northwestern for receiving an award from Research to Prevent Blindness to help map the brain’s visual system with unprecedented detail: spr.ly/63327BBOUVV

Research to Prevent Blindness Award to Enable Transformational Scientific Milestone in Neuroscience and Vision Science - Research to Prevent Blindness

April 22, 2026, NEW YORK, NY-Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is pleased to announce that a $950,000 RPB Transformational Team Science Award has been made to the Eyewire II project, a collaborative research effort to create the first fully-mapped region of the mammalian central nervous system.

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New work from Niccolo Mencacci @feinberg.northwestern.edu et al., with contribution from @depaceraffa.bsky.social in our lab at the NIH, identifies pathogenic variants in BORCS5, encoding a subunit of the BORC complex, as a cause of a severe neurodevelopmental disorder. www.jci.org/articles/vie...

Pioneering scientist Svetlana Mojsov, PhD, captivated the Northwestern audience with her 2026 #KimberlyPrize Lecture, sharing the story behind her discovery of the #GLP1 hormone and its transformation of #diabetes and obesity treatment. 🔗 spr.ly/63322BB385K

From @feinberg.northwestern.edu: Vu selected for William T. Grant Scholar Class of 2031 www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/...

In the latest episode of our #BreakthroughsPodcast, Rajeshwar Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD, revisit their research on a genetic subtype of dopamine neurons that offer a new way of thinking about #ParkinsonsDisease. 🔗 spr.ly/6005BB68vZ

Northwestern scientists have found that automated screening and education in #PrimaryCare increased awareness and referrals for urinary #incontinence in women, per @jamainternalmed.com. spr.ly/63321B62OhJ

Automated Screening and Education Increases Urinary Incontinence Diagnoses - News Center

Implementing an automated urinary incontinence screening and educational program in primary care practices significantly increased awareness and treatment referrals in women with the condition, according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Pleased to share this study by Nabil Sweis et al. in AJP-Renal where we report for the first time a comparison of Tolvaptan vs hypertonic saline to increase plasma sodium in normal volunteers doi.org/10.1152/ajpr... @feinberg.northwestern.edu @nu-nephrology.bsky.social

Check out the latest issue of Northwestern Medicine magazine! In this issue: 🧠 Improving mental health science 🏥 Meeting patients closer to home in Bronzeville 🧬 Advancing disease research 👶 Improving pediatric survivorship 🔗 spr.ly/63327B6LxZ5

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A drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes may reduce excess fluid in the brains of patients with hydrocephalus, which could help treat the disease less invasively than current treatments, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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Automated #UrinaryIncontinence screening and education in primary care increased rates of new diagnoses and referrals for pelvic floor therapy and specialty care among women, without affecting medication prescriptions. bit.ly/4ajA6Aj

Northwestern scientists have uncovered how calcium signaling in the brain’s immune cells drives #Neuroinflammation and shapes behaviors linked to #MoodDisorders, per #ScienceSignaling. 🔗 spr.ly/6009B6qrhH

Calcium Signaling Channels Regulate Neuroinflammation and Motivation - News Center

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how calcium signaling channels in the brain's immune cells regulate neuroinflammation and promote the development of behaviors associated with affective mood disorders, according to a recent study published in Science Signaling.

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New research shows that the brains of #SuperAgers continue to generate new neurons in the hippocampus at levels far higher than typical older adults, per @nature.com. 🔗spr.ly/63322B6oKbY

As Superagers Age, They Make at Least Twice as Many New Neurons as Their Peers - News Center

New research shows that the brains of “SuperAgers” continue to generate new neurons in the hippocampus at levels far higher than typical older adults, and even much younger individuals.

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Who gets the calories? An endothelial checkpoint for fat expansion. Luisa Iruela-Arispe @feinberg.northwestern.edu discusses new work by Wetternwald, Köck and colleagues @petrovalab.bsky.social (rupress.org/jem/article/...) in Insights: rupress.org/jem/article/... #CardiovascularBiology #Metabolism

Congratulations to Murali Prakriya, PhD, the Magerstadt Professor of Pharmacology, named a 2025 American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Fellow — one of just 17 honorees recognized nationally for excellence in pharmacology, mentorship and service.