By targeting a protein found in the saliva of mosquitoes that transmit Zika virus, Yale investigators reduced Zika infection in mice. The finding demonstrates how researchers might develop a vaccine against Zika and similar mosquito-borne viruses, the...
The Yale Drama Series Prize, one of the theater world’s most prestigious playwriting prizes, will be given to Lily Padilla for her play “How to Defend Yourself.”
Scientists have recently recognized that cells of the same type can behave differently in response to stimulation. In a new study, Yale researchers have shown how these varied responses are due in part to a desynchronized molecular “clock” within cell...
As the opioid overdose epidemic continues to take its toll, causing 47,600 deaths in 2017, researchers continue to seek innovative solutions to the crisis. At Yale, a team of medical experts and students have come up with a tool that could help individual...
Applications are now being accepted for the Frederick W. Hilles Publication Fund.
The fund was established through the generosity of the late Frederick W. Hilles to assist younger scholars in the humanities at Yale with the publication of their original...
Applications are now being accepted for A. Whitney Griswold Faculty Research Fund awards.
The fund was established to assist faculty members to undertake research in the humanities. It awards grants for specific research projects to full-time faculty...