FAU Scientist Receives $708,044 from Florida Department of Health for Cancer Metastasis Research

A leading scientist has been working to identify what contributes to the ability of tumor cells to move through the body and find other places to “set up shop.” He has identified a number of enzymes that he believes are responsible for this...
8-Aug-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

FAU Places No. 1 in Florida after 100 Percent of Nursing Graduates Pass R.N. Licensure Exam

FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing placed in the No. 1 spot in Florida for the 71 graduates of its BSN program who achieved a 100 percent passage rate on the National Council Licensure Examination. They performed above the national average...
6-Aug-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

FAU Receives $599,983 NSF Grant for Health Care Delivery Network Centered Systems

A research team at FAU is enhancing how health care providers capture, tap into, and integrate vital information streams for patient-centered care.
1-Aug-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Scientist’s $1.8 Million NIH Grant Will Focus Research on Chronic Pain, Addiction

A neuroscientist from FAU has been conducting ground-breaking work on the basic mechanisms and the biochemical basis of chronic pain and drug addiction that have opened new avenues of research and identified novel drug targets to address both of...
31-Jul-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study First to Confirm Where Baby White Sharks ‘Hang Out’ in the North Atlantic

A team of scientists is the first to confirm the movement patterns and seasonal migrations of baby white sharks in the north Atlantic Ocean. They put the New York Bight shark nursery theory to test by deploying satellite and acoustic tags on 10 baby...
18-Jul-2018 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

FAU, Collaborators Receive $1.68 Million NIH Grant for Sleep and Metabolic Disorders

Researchers are working on this collaborative project that utilizes genomic and transgenic technology in Mexican cavefish to identify genetic loci that contribute to sleep, feeding, and metabolism.
17-Jul-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

‘Skinny Fat’ in Older Adults May Predict Dementia, Alzheimer’s Risk

A first-of-its-kind study has found that “skinny fat” – the combination of low muscle mass and strength in the context of high fat mass – may be an important predictor of cognitive performance in older adults. Results show that sarcopenic...
5-Jul-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Report Provides 24-hour View of Cyberattacks in Florida, U.S.

Researchers have scrutinized more than 5 terabytes of Internet-scale data to produce a report that provides a unique 24-hour glimpse of cyberattacks and threats in Florida and the U.S. FloridaSOAR, a first-of-its-kind, large-scale analysis of the...
20-Jun-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites