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.

New & Notable

Blind tadpoles learn visually after researchers graft eyes onto tails and treat them with neurotransmitter drugs

Strategy could provide roadmap for promoting innervation in regenerative medicine

Exclusive Analysis: College Student Voting Doubled in 2018

Study of 10 million college students shows national surge in voting in 2018 midterms; black women are most active voters on campuses; Hispanic students’ voting rate shows largest increase
Researchers Discover Widespread Flaw in Global Childhood Development Data

A formula to address the error reveals new insights on children’s growth in the world's poorest countries
The Safety Equipment Athletes Often Neglect? Mouthguards

Women players more likely to protect their teeth, a Tufts School of Dental Medicine study shows
Engineers make transistors and electronic devices entirely from thread

Transistors and integrated circuits made from threads are combined with thread-based sensors to create fully flexible devices

Events

Sep 24
Annual Environmental Brunch
Sep 26
ME Colloquium: Diffusive Transport in the Vitreous Humor for Ocular Drug Delivery
Sep 27
Writer's Block

Spotlights

Tisch College Community Research Center

Promotes collaborative research with community partners to redress issues of disparity, inequality and social injustice.
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

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.
Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT)

Established to promote innovative collaborations in the humanities and arts. Encourages conversation and debate that reach beyond the traditional borders of a given discipline.
Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

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.
Kaplan Lab

Focuses on biopolymer engineering to understand structure-function relationships, with emphasis on studies related to self-assembly, biomaterials engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.