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Biophysics’ Walter F. Boron receives the 2025 Christian Bohr Prize
Walter F. Boron, Distinguished University Professor and the David N. and Inez Myers/Antonio Scarpa Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently was awarded the Scandinavian Physiological Society's 2025 Christian Bohr Prize…
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February 07, 2025
Sarah Tyler Plummer, associate professor, and Shanail Berry Lampkin, assistant professor, both of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently joined Cardi-OH Radio for a discussion on cardiovascular risk factors for children and adolescents. The two spoke on “Podcast 51 -…
February 05, 2025
Elite female athletes often make headlines for their achievements, but women in sports have long fought for the recognition they deserve. Each year, National Girls and Women in Sports Day (Feb. 5) celebrates their impact and accomplishments while highlighting the ongoing push for gender equity in…
February 03, 2025
Grace McComsey, MD, initially aspired to be an engineer before discovering her true passion for medicine. Shari Bolen, MD, was driven to become a doctor after witnessing the effects of illness on her family. Now, both serve as accomplished leaders at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and are…
January 31, 2025
Monitors and medical devices beep and whirr amid gurneys rolling down a terrazzo corridor. In a high-tech simulation suite at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a team of medical students are racing through a hospital—and against the clock—to reach their patient in the…
January 31, 2025
Finding offers potential new target for treatment
January 31, 2025
Research out of the Xinghong Dai's lab in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and led by postdoctoral scholar Bibekananda Sahoo recently revealed that NINJ1, a small membrane protein, actively drives plasma membrane rupture (PMR) during lytic cell death, challenging the long-standing belief…
January 31, 2025
Beata Jastrzebska, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, and her research team used a virtual screening approach that identified potential treatment options for a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. Their work was published in PLOS…
January 31, 2025
Emily Nelson, research associate at the School of Medicine, and Darcy Freedman, the Swetland Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, will lead a webinar for the HEALing Communities Study. They will present “Tips for Engaging Coalitions to Respond to the Opioid Crisis: Lessons Learned from…
January 30, 2025
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are known for their innovative thinking across campus—and these creative mindsets can be seen in their unique and fascinating hobbies outside of work. National Hobby Month is celebrated annually in January, leaving no better time to spotlight…
January 29, 2025
Growing up in Osaka, Japan, Hisashi Fujioka always had a love for biology and the natural world around him. That passion drew him to earn his PhD at Nagoya University before forging a 30-year research career in different aspects of science at Case Western Reserve. Now, the Case Western Reserve…