Research
Research at Tufts is about breaking down walls—between fields, between faculty and students, between what is and what could be. Innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration are the foundations of discovery at Tufts. Our world-class researchers push boundaries and ask questions that will take our knowledge to the next level.
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New & Notable
In vitro model is uniquely designed to study the causes and treatments of neurological disease
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Tufts researcher finds combining the right antibody with the right delivery system may prevent many diseases before they wreak havoc in the body
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A pilot project led by a Tufts student uses QR codes to help people sort out what's trash and what really belongs in the bin
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Najah Walton, a Ph.D. student at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, is already mentoring younger students interested in careers in science
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As President Biden steers immigration policy changes, a student of DACA status shares their experience since the Trump administration tried to rescind the program
Spotlights
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Established to promote innovative collaborations in the humanities and arts. Encourages conversation and debate that reach beyond the traditional borders of a given discipline.
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Focuses on biopolymer engineering to understand structure-function relationships, with emphasis on studies related to self-assembly, biomaterials engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
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Promotes collaborative research with community partners to redress issues of disparity, inequality and social injustice.
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Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
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Currently under construction, the new complex will be an integrated teaching and research center on the Medford/Somerville campus featuring state-of-the-art laboratories for undergraduate and graduate students.
Resources
Learn more about the core facilities, service centers and shared instruments available to researchers at Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM) (For Internal Tufts Users Only)
Tufts in the News
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New York Daily News
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NBC News
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Time Magazine