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.
Office of the Vice Provost for Research
Technology Transfer & Industry Collaboration
Corporate & Foundation Relations Libraries

New & Notable
Consuming foods rich in isoflavones, found in soy, is associated with reduced mortality in women with hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer and women not treated with endocrine therapy
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Charles Sykes and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos share the American Chemical Society Catalysis Lectureship for their groundbreaking research
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Increase in hospitalization rates lasted more than a month; higher among older black population compared to older white population
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Two Tufts alumni contributed to research providing a critical clue into the mysterious cause of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Spotlights
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Promotes collaborative research with community partners to redress issues of disparity, inequality and social injustice.
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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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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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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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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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Live Science
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National Public Radio
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Metro