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December 2025

Inside This Issue

  • Genetic Mechanisms Promote Antimicrobial Resistance in Gonorrhea
  • How a Cellular 'Engine' Controls Building Blocks of DNA
  • Genetic Testing Trifecta Predicts Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death and Arrhythmia
  • Meet Our New Faculty: Laiken Kentnich, MS, CGC and Rebecca Procopio, MS, CGC
  • Awards and Honors
  • BSA Spotlight: Supporting Research Through People and Precision - Kameika Beckford, MSA
  • BSA Update: NIH’s Implementation of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch, Effective January 25, 2026; Biospecimen and Data Security; Research Security and International Considerations; Maintaining Your Web Presence: Reminder to Update Lab Websites and Feinberg Faculty Profiles

September 2025

Inside This Issue

  • Investigating How Tumor-Immune Cell Clusters Drive Cancer Spread
  • Study Reveals Surprising Link Between HIV and Alzheimer’s
  • Cell Feature Implicated in Cancer Forms Differently than Previously Thought
  • CAM Acquires First MIRAVA Polyscope in the U.S.
  • Meet Our New Faculty: Fumiaki Ito, PhD
  • Awards and Honors
  • BSA Spotlight: From Temp Hire to Finance Team Lead: Advancing Research Through Stewardship - Eric Villamiel
  • BSA Update: Research Security Training – Required by Oct. 1, 2025, New Domestic and International Shipping Service

June 2025

Inside This Issue

  • Uncovering How Poxvirus Hijacks Host Proteins to Spread
  • Identifying New Therapeutic Strategies for Psychiatric Disorders
  • NIH Accelerates Timeline for Public Access to Research Results: What You Need to Know
  • Meet Our New Faculty: Wilton Snead, PhD
  • Awards and Honors
  • BSA Update: SciENcv Pause, Research Security Training via myHR Learn, New Funding Exception Request Process, Delays in Expense Reimbursements and Procurement Purchases, Lab Website Updates: New Policy Requirements

March 2025

Inside This Issue

  • Uniting Biomedical Research Across Northwestern
  • Circadian Rhythms Play a Role in Muscle Repair
  • Faculty and Trainees Share Advances in Protein Synthesis at International Conference
  • Meet Our New Faculty: Julia Cox, PhD, and Yuta Senzai, MD, PhD
  • Awards and Honors
  • BSA Update: Northwestern’s Website for Federal Policy Updates, SciENcv, Visitor Expense Reimbursements, New BSA Position Management Form, BSA Resource Directory Updated

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