A Rutgers University–New Brunswick-led team of researchers is calling for the creation of a global microbiota vault to protect the long-term health of humanity. Such a Noah’s Ark of beneficial germs would be gathered from human populations whose microbiomes are uncompromised by antibiotics, processed diets and other ill effects of modern society, which have contributed […]
IFNH Founding Director Peter Gillies Retires
Peter Gillies, who served two terms as the founding director of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH), retired Oct. 1, after eight years of building and launching the institute. Faculty, staff and students assembled on his last day for a sentimental sendoff. School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Dean Bob Goodman […]
Leadership Changes at New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health
Message from Bob Goodman, executive dean of the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Dear colleagues, I am delighted to announce the appointment, effective immediately, of Professor Gloria Dominguez-Bello to be the interim director of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. Gloria joined Rutgers earlier this year as the Henry Rutgers […]
Recycled Oyster Shells and ‘Oyster Castles’ Create Living Shoreline Protection Along Delaware Bay
Virtual 360-degree tour showcases Rutgers partnership on artificial reef built in New Jersey Using recycled oyster and clam shells, a Rutgers University team partnered with The Nature Conservancy, The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a living artificial reef along Delaware Bay to protect the shoreline from […]
Paul Falkowski and Fellow Rutgers Scientists Identify Protein That May Have Existed When Life Began
The primordial peptide may have appeared 4 billion years ago How did life arise on Earth? Rutgers researchers have found among the first and perhaps only hard evidence that simple protein catalysts – essential for cells, the building blocks of life, to function – may have existed when life began. Their study of a primordial […]
Nestlé Collaborates With the Culture of Health Academy at the Rutgers New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health
The annual Nestlé Cares Day of Service allows employees from offices and factory locations across the country to volunteer in their local communities. On August 2, volunteers from Nestlé Health Science participated in their third annual day of service and treated preschoolers at the Culture of Health Academy (CHA) at Rutgers to a day of […]
Surrendering to Rising Seas: Rutgers Faculty Assist with the Retreat
Coastal communities struggling to adapt to climate change are beginning to do what was once unthinkable: retreat. Brooke Maslo and Jeremiah Bergstrom, faculty in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and members of Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program, are featured in this Scientific American article for their work on the restoration of […]
Summer Science Scholars Get a Taste of Culinary Medicine
Each summer, a handful of rising New Jersey high school seniors interested in health care careers participate in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) Summer Science Scholars Academy (S3A). The students engage in a “mini-medical school” experience exploring the human body through a series of lectures, organ laboratories and clinical experiences. Students are […]
Renowned Rutgers Marine Scientist J. Frederick Grassle, Whose Pioneering Work Helped Unlock the Ocean’s Mysteries, Dies
Built a program of excellence in research, education and community service in marine and coastal sciences at university J. Frederick Grassle, a celebrated oceanographer who founded Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, passed away on July 6. As the founding director of the institute in 1989, Grassle was instrumental in establishing the university as […]
Rutgers Energy Institute Undergraduate Energy Contest Plans to Reduce Energy on Campus
Each year, the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) challenges Rutgers undergraduates to develop innovative and implementable plans for reducing energy consumption on the New Brunswick campus through its Energy Innovation Contest, now in its eleventh year. Winners of the 2018 contest were announced during the spring semester at the Rei Annual Symposium by its associate director […]
