Research Assistant Professor Otchy Featured in Bloomberg Businessweek
Research Assistant Professor Tim Otchy was recently featured in an article on neuroscience, technology development, and animal research in Bloomberg Businessweek.
Siggers Lab PhD Students Published in Nature Communications
Bioinformatics Ph.D. student Jessica Keenan and Biology Ph.D. student Ashley Penvose, both from Associate Professor Trevor Siggers’ group, recently published their work on the regulatory specificity of the Nuclear Receptor transcription factors in Nature Communications. Other contributing authors include Bioinformatics Ph.D. student David Bray and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology graduate Vijendra Ramlall (CAS’16).
PhD Student Brian Kennedy on Panel to Discuss Marine Resources
In May, Biology Ph.D. Student Brian Kennedy was a panelist at the European Commission’s workshop on “Marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ): bridging policy, law, science and research and development” held in Brussels, Belgium. The main focus of the workshop was to explore and develop possible pragmatic options with regard to the […]
Professor Naya Receives WCVI Pilot Grant
Professor Francisco Naya in the Biology Department received a pilot grant from the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute (WCVI) at Boston University School of Medicine for a project entitled “Understanding Cardiomyocyte Metabolism through Analysis of an Imprinted Noncoding RNA locus”. The WCVI’s mission is to advance the field of cardiovascular research and science. Investigators in the WCVI […]
Remembering Professor Emeritus Stewart Duncan
Former Biology Professor Stewart Duncan, 92, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2018. He was a Boxford, Massachusetts resident for over 60 years. Stewart attended Boston University on a full scholarship. He was interested in pursuing medicine, but WWII called him to duty, and he served in the United States Army as an anti-tank gunner […]
Professors Mullen and Rotjan Receive Waitt Foundation Grant
Associate Professor Sean Mullen and Research Assistant Professor Randi Rotjan were awarded a grant from the Waitt Foundation to explore the efficacy of no-take marine protected areas to increasing population size of commercially important pelagic fish stocks using larval tuna from the Phoenix Islands Protected Area.
Professor Primack Receives BU Initiative on Cities Grant
Professor Richard Primack and Postdoctoral Associate Erica Walker, the principal investigator of the Community Noise Lab (School of Public Health), have received a grant from the BU Initiative on Cities, entitled “The Impact of Tourism on Environmental Sound Levels in Urban and Park Environments.” The goal of this proposal is to examine tourism’s impacts on […]
Professor Primack Receives BU Initiative on Cities Grant
Professor Richard Primack and Postdoctoral Associate Erica Walker, the principal investigator of the Community Noise Lab (School of Public Health), have received a grant from the BU Initiative on Cities, entitled “The Impact of Tourism on Environmental Sound Levels in Urban and Park Environments.” The goal of this proposal is to examine tourism’s impacts on […]
Albert Mondragon Published in Cell Reports
MCBB PhD alumnus Albert Mondragon from Kim McCall’s group recently published his work on extracellular acidification as a cell death mechanism in Cell Reports. Other contributing authors include Biology PhD students Alla Yalonetskaya and Johnny Elguero, Biology BA alumni Yuanhang Zhang and Anthony Ortega, and BMB Alumnus Oandy Naranjo. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)30350-X
MA Student Melissa Zarate Awarded NSF Fellowship
Melissa Zarate (MA Biology, EBE, 2020) has been awarded a 3-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Mel will be working jointly with the Schmitt Lab (CAS Anthropology and Biology) and Davies Lab (CAS Biology) to study the population genetics of Critically Endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkeys (Lagothrix flavicauda) in the montane cloud forests of Peru. […]