Professors Templer, Gilmore, and Bradham Receive University Awards for their Work in the 2020-2021 Academic Year
Three Biology faculty, Pam Templer, Tom Gilmore, and Cyndi Bradham received awards from Boston University for their work during the 2020-2021 academic year. Congratulations to Pam, Tom, and Cyndi on this achievement. At BU's 148th Commencment on May 16, Dr. Pam Templer was awarded the Provost's Scholar Teacher of the Year... More
Angela Ho and Christina Gallo receive NIA/NIH Grants
Dr. Angela Ho and Christina Gallo (PhD in Pharmacology student and member of the Ho/Beffert lab) recently received grants from the National Institute on Aging the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Ho received a R21 grant from NIA/NIH. The project’s goal is to determine the specificity of the cell-permeable APP... More
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Prof. Primack and Ph.D. candidate Tara Miller publish on Annals of Botany
Boston University Professor of Biology Richard Primack and Ph.D. candidate Tara Miller co-authored a study that is now in press in Annals of Botany. The article “Comparing fruiting phenology across two historical datasets: Thoreau’s observations and herbarium specimens” demonstrated how climate change is having a biological effect on local environments. More
Katya Ravid named the inaugural Barbara E. Corkey, Ph.D. Professor
We’re proud to announce that Katya Ravid, DSc, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, has been named the inaugural incumbent of the Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine. Having over 150 publications, Dr. Ravid’s discoveries and contributions in the field of megakaryocyte and platelet biology were recognized by many national and international... More
Cheryl Knott featured in The Atlantic
Dr. Cheryl Knott, Professor of Anthropology, Biology, and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, is featured in The Atlantic for her research of orangutans and her collaboration with local partners in Indonesia. The article, titled "The Pandemic Is Undoing Field Researchers’ Oldest Assumption," highlights the practices done by Dr. Knott that allows... More
Wally Fulweiler and Sarah Davies Coauthor Essay on Workplace Inequality
Professors Robinson Fulweiler and Sarah Davies were coauthors on an essay, “Rebuild the Academy: Supporting academic mothers during COVID-19 and beyond”, in PLOS Biology and were featured in BU Today’s article “Let Us Be the Architects of a New World” because of their contribution to ending inequality in the field... More
Randi Rotjan Published in Science Immunology
Dr. Randi Rotjan, a BU Research Assistant Professor of biology, co-authored and published a research paper in Science Immunology. This paper, “Deep-sea microbes as tools to refine the rules of innate immune pattern recognition”, has received a lot of media attention and was covered by The Brink, The Scientists, Mirage... More
Meeting New Faculty: Dr. Michaelyn Hartmann
We are excited to announce that Dr. Michaelyn Hartmann joined our department this semester as a lecturer in Biology. Dr. Hartmann earned her BS degree in Biology, Siena College and Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She worked as a Curriculum Fellow... More
Meeting New Faculty: Dr. Ana Fiszbein
We are excited to announce that Dr. Ana Fiszbein, our new Assistant Professor of Biology, joined our department. Dr. Fiszbein earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT. Focusing on the areas of gene regulation, she... More