Jeff Hansen

Jeff Hansen

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Research Editor

jeffhans@uab.edu • (205) 209-2355

Communicates UAB research discoveries and initiatives from across the university for a variety of audiences.

Specific beats include: biochemistry; cell, developmental and integrated biology; microbiology; molecular genetics; neurobiology; pathology; pharmacology and tocixology; Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance; Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Saving lives by making pneumonia vaccine affordable

Saving lives by making pneumonia vaccine affordable
Moon Nahm’s research has led to improvements in testing effectiveness of pneumonia vaccines, a key step to preventing deaths from S. pneumoniae, the leading cause of pneumonia estimated to kill 1.6 million children annually

Fighting pain through knowledge about sensory organs in the fingertips

Fighting pain through knowledge about sensory organs in the fingertips
Learning how sensory organs in the skin work may solve sensory disorders, including pain seen in inflammation, diabetes and cancer treatment.

Curing inherited disease by running a stop sign

Curing inherited disease by running a stop sign
UAB and UMass researchers have uncovered a new mechanistic understanding of potential treatment for genetic disorders.

$8 million grant to support research to repair hearts with bioengineered patch

$8 million grant to support research to repair hearts with bioengineered patch
The collaboration among UAB, University of Wisconsin and Duke University will use bioengineered stem cells and bioengineered tissue to treat heart failure after heart attacks.

Removing cellular bookmarks smooths the path to stem cells

Removing cellular bookmarks smooths the path to stem cells
Improved production of stem cells is vital if they are to achieve their promise for medical research and disease treatments like transplantation, creating patient-specific cell-replacement therapies to treat neurological diseases, heart ailments, blood diseases and diabetes.

UAB researchers use expanded computing power to accelerate big-data science

UAB researchers use expanded computing power to accelerate big-data science

Computing challenges are found across the UAB campus, from physics and neurology to genetics and the microbiome. Alabama’s most advanced supercomputer is now at UAB, making it possible to solve these challenges. 

A microRNA plays role in major depression

A microRNA plays role in major depression

A UAB study that is the first of its kind found that a tiny RNA — miR-124-3p — appears to play a role in producing major depression. 

Stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans

Stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans

Coating insulin-producing cell-clusters with a thin protective layers may be a way to modify and use pig tissue to ultimately treat human diabetes. Testing in mice is the next step.

Serving underrepresented graduate students: UAB’s NEURAL Conference

Serving underrepresented graduate students: UAB’s NEURAL Conference

This NIH-funded conference is part of UAB’s effort to engage and retain neuroscience graduate students from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups across the United States.

UAB biomarker outperforms current gold standard to detect brain shunt infections

UAB biomarker outperforms current gold standard to detect brain shunt infections

This is the second potential diagnostic application for an investigational biomarker, and discussions are underway with industry partners to develop an assay from this UAB technology.

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