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
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New & Notable
Strategy could provide roadmap for promoting innervation in regenerative medicine
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Black male academies—charters and public schools—are a growing trend, but are they a good idea? A Tufts professor examines the issue
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Study shows effectiveness of dietary fat in preterm infants in reducing fungus that can lead to infections
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Fewer rooftop solar photovoltaics installations exist in African-American and Hispanic-dominant neighborhoods than in white-dominant neighborhoods, even when controlling for household income and home ownership
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New narrowly focused approach shows how long-range connections between nerve cells lock brain plasticity into place; could advance treatments for disorders such as autism
Spotlights
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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.
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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.
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)