Wally Fulweiler Featured in The Brink
Dr. Robinson "Wally" Fulweiler was featured in The Brink for oyster-environmental research in her mobile laboratory with research technician Drew Bouchie (CAS’ 24). The van her family helped turn into a research laboratory is named the Public Engagement and Aquatic Research Lab (PEARL). Equipped with a solar paneled roof and all necessary... More
Work on Science Funding Crisis Published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology by Traniello Lab
Behavioral Biology Major 2025 graduates Luke Buza, Sofia Weaver, Lucy McCabe, Tufts Consortium student Isabella Arabia, together with James Traniello, published an editorial in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology voicing their individual and collective frustrations with the current federal funding crisis and the denigration of science pervasive in our society. In... More
Dr. Meg Younger Featured in the Brink
Dr. Meg Younger was featured in The Brink alongside BU School of Public Health (SPH) Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Dr. Julia Bond, for being awarded with the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award. Meant to support "early career investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative... More
Pamela Templer and Jennifer Bhatnagar Featured in The Brink
Dr. Pamela Templer and Dr. Jennifer Bhatnagar, along with Dr. Lucy Hutyra of Earth & Environment, were recently featured in The Brink, which delivers the latest news about research and discoveries from faculties and students. Led by Bhatnagar, their research focuses on the reasoning behind why city trees grow significantly faster... More
Lynne Chantranupong Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship
Dr. Lynne Chantranupong recently received the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation recognizes standout young scientists whose work is promising and innovative. The winners each receive $75,000 over two years. When Dr. Chantranupong joined the Biology Department in January 2024, she launched multiple research projects to investigate cellular mechanisms... More
Professor James Traniello interviewed for CAS “The Big Question” series
In an interdisciplinary exploration of the meaning of leadership during the transition of presidential administrations, three CAS faculty members - Virginia Sapiro, Diane Mello-Goldner, and Biology’s own James Traniello - were recently interviewed to share their perspectives on this timely question. Each shared their unique views on the essence of... More
Joe Larkin Receives 2024 Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering Award
Dr. Joe Larkin is part of one of three groups to win a 2024 Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering Award. The Fund, launched in 2017, has awarded $14 million to support projects that have advanced science, built collaborative structures for interdisciplinary research, and expanded funding opportunities. Dr. More
Dr. Robinson Fulweiler Receives the Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
Dr. Robinson Fulweiler recently received the 2024 Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship. The program supports researchers who have a strong track record of success and achievement in their current field, as well as a deep interest, curiosity, and drive to make contributions to a new discipline, in fields of natural sciences, More
New Book on the Natural History of the Belizean Island
Dr. John Finnerty, Dr. Karina Scavo Lord (GRS 2021, Finnerty Lab), Biology PhD student Ninon Martinez of the Finnerty Lab, and Hubert Gillett of Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association, recently announce the availability of their new book — the first of a planned series on the natural history of Calabash Caye, More
Garcia-Marcos Lab work featured in new publication in Cell
The Garcia-Marcos Lab has recently published the development and implementation of a suite of G protein biosensors broadly applicable to detect GPCR activity in scalable assay formats and in physiologically relevant systems like primary cells. By directly measuring endogenous GPCR activity, these biosensors, named ONE-GO, reveal that responses are frequently... More