Tiputini Biodiversity Station Publication Wins Award
“Los Secretos del Yasuní”, based on research at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, was awarded first prize by the municipality of Quito for best contribution in the category of biological sciences for 2017. Dr. Swing notes that the project is distributing a few thousand copies of this 343-page book, which includes hundreds of color images from […]
New Center for Network Systems Biology Headed by Andrew Emili
Biology Professor Andrew Emili is the Director of the new Center for Network Systems Biology opening on the Boston University Medical Campus. BU Today covers the story here. BU faculty and students are invited to attend the opening event.
Professor Jen-Wei Lin Awarded NSF PoLS Grant
Associate Professor Jen-Wei Lin is participating in a NSF PoLS (Physics of Living Systems) grant awarded to Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston University. “Biophysical Mechanisms of Ultrasound Modulation of Cellular Functions in the MHz Domain” is a new 5-year, $750,000 grant. The goal of this grant is to investigate how ultrasound may stimulate neurons. The […]
Chen Lab Participating in NSF NeuroNex Grant Research
Assistant Professor Jerry Chen is participating in a NSF-supported Neurotechnology hub named the Next generation multiphoton neuroimaging consortium (Nemonic). The goal of the Nemonic project, funded at $9M, is to develop and widely disseminate state-of-the-art technology for multiphoton imaging and associated techniques to the neuroscience community, and to advance emerging technology for future innovation in […]
Professor Templer Awarded 3-Year NSF Grant
Professor Pam Templer is PI on a newly awarded NSF NRT training grant to Boston University. “Boston UniverCity: Partnering Graduate Students and Cities to Tackle Urban Environmental Challenges” is a new $3 million five-year program that will train students from the interdisciplinary PhD program in Biogeoscience (students from Biology, Earth & Environment, Archaeology) and the […]
Professor Primack in the News
Professor Richard Primack has been featured prominently in several recent articles, with topics ranging from Henry David Thoreau’s contributions to science, to the use of drones in ecological research, to the importance of work-life balance in academia.
Gallinat and Primack Article Wins EXCEL Award
PhD candidate Amanda Gallinat and Professor Richard Primack’s article titled Spring Budburst in a Changing Climate, published in American Scientist’s March/April 2016 volume, won an a Gold EXCEL Award. Congratulations to Gallinat and Professor Primack!
First UN Oceans Conference Solicits Over 1300 Global Commitments
This past week, timed to coincide with World Oceans Day, the UN hosted its first Ocean Conference to generate commitments and support for UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #14 – “to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development”. The conference, which was co-hosted by Fiji and Sweden, “aims to […]
Professor Naya to serve on NIH Study Section
BU Biology Associate Professor Francisco Naya has been invited to serve as a permanent member on the Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development (CDD) study section at the NIH. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, […]
Professor Jerry Chen Awarded Whitehall Foundation Grant
BU Biology Assistant Professor Jerry Chen has been awarded the Whitehall Foundation Grant. The Whitehall Foundation, through its program of grants and grants-in-aid, assists scholarly research in the life sciences. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved […]