Explore the reasons behind the potential revival of Florida’s Coral Reef with Les Kaufman
Les Kaufman, a faculty member at BU’s Biology Department, will deliver a presentation at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami, titled “Breathing New Life into Florida’s Coral Reef” on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Dr. Kaufman aims to present an optimistic perspective on the future of Florida’s Coral Reef. Despite this year’s ocean […]
Cynthia Brossman’s Retirement Party
BU Alum, Greg Skomal, writes new book – Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark
BU alum and Massachusetts white shark expert Greg Skomal’s new book tells a story of nature and public safety on Cape Cod and his long fascination with the apex predator. Greg Skomal is a senior fisheries biologist and director of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program. Known for his work with white sharks in New England, […]
BU Biology Alum, Sinlan Poo, Co-edits new book
Sinlan Poo, a herpetologist, along with her colleagues Umilaela Arifin and Itzue Wendolin Caviedes Solis, initiated the “Women in Herpetology: 50 Stories from Around the World” project after recognizing the lack of diversity in their field. They aimed to collect narratives from women and marginalized gender individuals in the study of amphibians and reptiles. Originally […]
Ranjan Muthukrishnan Receives Director’s Award for Extraordinary Contributions to BU Marine Program
Congratulations Ranjan! Director of the Boston University Marine Program, Pete Buston, has awarded Ranjan the Director’s Award for extraordinary contributions to the BU Marine Program. Ranjan stepped up to fill open slots in the Belize course roster, he adapted calmly to a very dynamic situation when courses were impacted by a hurricane, and took courses […]
BU Biology Alum, Professor Michael Dustin, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from The Royal Society
The Royal Society has awarded a prestigious fellowship to Professor Michael Dustin, who holds the Kennedy professorship at Oxford University. This recognition is in acknowledgment of his significant contributions to immunology research. Professor Dustin’s groundbreaking work revolves around the concept of the immunological synapse, which elucidates how T lymphocytes identify and respond to target cells. […]
The Garcia-Marcos lab publishes discovery in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
The Garcia-Marcos lab, in collaboration with members of the Department of Chemistry at Boston University and the CSIC-CIB in Spain, have published in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the discovery of a chemical compound that specifically blocks an aberrant mechanism of signaling in cancer cells that drives invasion and metastasis. The publication […]
Meg A. Younger, PhD was selected as a 2023 recipient for the Smith Family Foundation Excellence in Biomedical Research Award!
Meg Younger has been awarded the Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research. The Richard and Susan Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research supports promising pre-tenure researchers as they establish their first independent lab. Its mission is to launch the careers of newly independent biomedical researchers with the ultimate goal of […]