Research Connections :: 蘑菇传媒

Scientists edge toward scalable quantum simulations on a photonic chip

Scientists have made an important step toward developing computers advanced enough to simulate complex natural phenomena at the quantum level. While these types of simulations are too cumbersome or outright impossible for classical computers to handle, photonics-based quantum computing systems could provide a solution.听

A team of researchers from the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences developed a new chip-scale optical quantum simulation system that could help make such a system feasible. The team, led by听, a professor of听听and听, report the findings in听.

Lin鈥檚 team ran the simulations in a synthetic space that mimics the physical world by controlling the frequency, or color, of quantum entangled photons as time elapses.

鈥淔or the first time, we have been able to produce a quantum-correlated synthetic crystal,鈥� says Lin. 鈥淥ur approach significantly extends the dimensions of the synthetic space, enabling us to perform simulations of several quantum-scale phenomena such as random walks of quantum entangled photons.鈥�

The work could lead to more intricate simulations in the future.

New route gets gene therapy into inner ear

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Researchers have discovered a new pathway for delivering gene therapy to the inner ear, which could help restore adult hearing loss due to aging or noise exposure.

The discovery was possible by harnessing the natural flow of fluids in the brain and employing a little-understood backdoor into the cochlea. When combined to deliver a gene therapy that repairs inner ear hair cells, the researchers were able to restore hearing in deaf mice.

鈥淭hese findings demonstrate that cerebrospinal fluid transport comprises an accessible route for gene delivery to the adult inner ear and may represent an important step towards using gene therapy to restore hearing in humans,鈥� says Maiken Nedergaard, senior author of the new study in the journal听 and codirector of the听听at 蘑菇传媒 and the University of Copenhagen.

Gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy a 鈥榤onumental advance鈥�

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration听(FDA)听听to treat ambulatory pediatric patients aged 4鈥�5 years with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). This is the first gene therapy approved to treat this debilitating and fatal disease found almost exclusively in boys.

Emma Ciafaloni is a neuromuscular neurologist with the 蘑菇传媒 Medical Center Department of Neurology and Golisano Children鈥檚 Hospital, and director of the听, which treats boys with DMD from across upstate New York.

Ciafaloni has been involved in DMD clinical research for decades and URMC was听听to start dosing patients in the phase three clinical trial for the new gene therapy.听

Mastering your NSF data management plan

Wednesday, July 19, 2鈥�3 p.m. EDT
Virtual

This one-hour webinar from the River Campus Libraries will go over tips and tricks on how to create a data management plan for the NSF under the current requirements, different resources and services available for you here at Rochester, and the new NSF Public Access Policy, which will go live on January 1, 2025.

SCORE meeting: Clinicaltrials.gov

Wednesday, July 19, 3鈥�4 p.m. EDT
Virtual

The听Study Coordinators Organization for Research & Education (SCORE) is part of the 蘑菇传媒 Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Join the SCORE July meeting for an overview of the policies governing clinicaltrials.gov, and the essentials of working in the system and with your institutional PRS administrator. We will also review the current status of the modernization effort and what is yet to come.

Apply for equity-focused dissemination and implementation funding

Apply by Monday, July 24, 5 p.m.

Research teams with at least one Rochester faculty member can get up to $10,000 to support early-phase research projects that improve health equity and incorporate effective translation, distribution, and/or use of evidence-based interventions and policies in real-world settings. The Equity-Focused Dissemination and Implementation (EQ-DI) Pipeline-to-Pilot Award is available through Rochester鈥檚 Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

Register for the Community-Based Participatory Research Training Program

Sign up by Thursday, August 17

Registration is now open for the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Training Program offered each year by the 蘑菇传媒 Clinical and Translational Science Institute. In the course, community members and University faculty, staff, and students learn a collaborative approach to research that involves community members or recipients of health interventions during all phases of the research process and recognizes the unique strengths of each research team member.

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