Cassidy D’Aloia Wins Belamarich Award
Cassidy D’Aloia of the Buston Lab was selected as the winner of the 2016 Belamarich Award for outstanding doctoral dissertation in Biology for her thesis “Patterns, causes, and consequences of connectivity within a coral reef fish metapopulation.” Post-defense, D’Aloia is currently working as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Her research integrates empirical […]
Professor Richard Primack Invited to Serve as University Lecturer
Richard Primack has been selected to give the University Lecture at Boston University this year. The University Lecture has been a BU tradition since 1950 and highlights the outstanding research of one faculty member from across the university each year. The lecture will be open to the BU Community and general public. Richard was selected […]
Tim Maguire wins Ketchum Award
At the recent New England Estuarine Research Society (NEERS) meeting in Block Island, Tim Maguire presented a research talk that won the Ketchum Award for best graduate student talk. The award, which is awarded to students who are the senior contributing author on a paper, was given for Maguire’s oral presentation “Urban dissolved silica: the […]
Professor Karen Warkentin interviewed for Nature
Professor Karen Warkentin was recently interviewed for an article in the journal Nature. The article discusses the role of boredom in the advancement of scientific inquiry.
Professor Jerry Chen Honored with NARSAD Young Investigator Award
Assistant Professor Jerry Lu Chen is interested in neural oscillations in the brain, which have long been associated with cognition. Abnormalities in such activity patterns have been identified in a wide-range of neurological disorders and thus can serve as a useful non-invasive biomarker for patient diagnosis. This research aims to directly assess the role of […]
Sara Arganda Awarded Postdoctoral Affairs Grant
Sara Arganda, Postdoctoral Researcher and Marie Curie Fellow in the Traniello Lab, has been awarded the inaugural Seed Funding for Postdocs Grant from the Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs and the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office. This $5,000 award provides support for postdocs to develop research projects that will allow them to learn new skills. Sara’s […]
Curran Uppaluri & Arianna Medina Published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Former Biology undergraduates Curran Uppaluri and Arianna Medina have their work on conflict in clownfish societies published in the September edition of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology in collaboration with Dr. Marian Wong and Dr. Peter Buston. Curran and Arianna’s research was supported by the UROP and SURF program. Since leaving BU, Curran has gone on […]
Bridget Chak Published in Royal Society Open Science
Former Biology undergraduate Bridget Chak has her work on offspring sex preference among the Mosuo of Southwest China published in this week’s edition of Royal Society Open Science in collaboration with Dr Siobhán Mattison and Dr. Peter Buston. Bridget’s research was supported by UROP. Since leaving BU, Bridget has gone on to work at the […]
Professor Richard Primack Named 2016 Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow
Richard Primack has been chosen as one of four 2016-17 Faculty Research Fellows by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Richard will establish a Pardee Center Working Group of researchers from BU and neighboring institutions on Leaf Emergence and Fall (LEaF). Over the course of his project, Professor Primack […]
Professor Jerry Chen Chosen for Stuart and Elizabeth Pratt Career Development Professorship
Jerry Chen has been chosen for the Stuart and Elizabeth Pratt Career Development Professorship, funded by the generosity of one of the BU Trustees, Stuart Pratt, and his wife. The Stuart and Elizabeth Pratt Career Development Professorship highlights excellence within the College of Arts & Sciences.