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NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
Mentorship Opportunities and Training Scholarships for Postdocs and Early Stage Investigators
Exciting opportunities tailored to postdocs and early-stage investigators within the CTSA UL1 grant at Rutgers University. Career MODE applications are now open for our NIH/NIGMS funded 11-month supplemental omics and data science mentorship program. The program is...
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Amid Cocaine Addiction, the Brain Struggles to Evaluate Which Behaviors Will Be Rewarding.
Rutgers researchers have used neuroimaging to demonstrate that cocaine addiction alters the brain’s system for evaluating how rewarding various outcomes associated with our decisions will feel. This dampens an error signal that guides learning and adaptive...
NJACTS trainees selected as 2023 Aaron Shatkin Award winners.
Congratulations to NJ ACTS fellows Andrew Boreland (Dr. Zhiping Pang lab) and Courtney McDermont (Dr. Manny DiCicco-Bloom lab) for being named the 2023 Aaron Shatkin Award winners. This award recognizes outstanding graduate students who have excelled in their...
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Center Will Support Healthy Pregnancies by Detecting Placenta Problems Sooner.
How does the placenta keep harmful substances away from developing babies while still providing proper nutrition? The exact mechanisms remain unknown, which is why Rutgers University, Tulane University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of North Carolina...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Grasman's article in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology titled, "Porous biomaterial scaffolds for skeletal muscle tissue engineering." Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is a condition whereby a loss of skeletal muscle results in impairment of...
This study shows how many know about NJ’s sick and family leave benefits.
About half of New Jersey workers know they can take paid sick leave from their jobs, but fewer than half know about paid family leave, at least by the name of the law, according to a recent study put out by Rutgers University. Nonetheless, seven in 10 respondents were...
Clinical Trials: Past, Present And Future
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves over 20,000 drugs for public use every year in the US. But do you ever wonder how researchers, doctors, and government agencies develop and test these drugs before they reach the market? It's a lengthy and meticulous...