Debbie Perlstein Awarded 2022 Templeton Award for Excellence in Student Advising
Congratulations to Dr. Debbie Perlstein, Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department and Assistant Director of the BMB Program, for receiving a 2022 Templeton Award for Excellence in Student Advising. This award is one of the annual College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Teaching Awards that recognize outstanding professors in CAS. From the CAS Teaching Awards […]
Didem Vardar-Ulu Awarded 2022 Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching
Congratulations to Dr. Didem Vardar-Ulu, Lecturer in the Chemistry Department, for being awarded the 2022 Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award is one of the annual College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Teaching Awards that recognize outstanding professors in CAS. In nominating her, Dr. Vardar-Ulu’s recommenders noted: “Students rave not only about […]
Jamie Li Awarded First Place in Undergrad Presentation Category at Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists
BMB senior, Jamie Li, of the Celenza lab, was recently awarded first place in the undergraduate students’ presentation category at the 85th annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Jamie’s talk was entitled: “Temperature Regulation of Anti-herbivory Defense Compounds in Arabidopsis thaliana”. From Jamie: “Using Arabidopsis thaliana as the model system, […]
Anya Gupta Published in Journal of Organic Chemistry
Anya Gupta, a BMB senior, was recently published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry as first author on her paper titled, “Thermodynamic Understanding of an Aza-Michael Reaction Enables Five-Step Synthesis of the Potent Integrin Inhibitor MK-0429”. Anya worked with Dr. Matthew Condakes at Bristol Myers Squibb in Small Molecule Drug Discovery on this research. “We […]
Chris Petty and Bryan Seguinot, BMB Alums, Published in Nature Biotechnology
Chris Petty (CAS/GRS ’19) and Bryan Seguinot (CAS ’19) were co-authors on a recent article in Nature Biotechnology titled, “More than just content: building community in the graduate classroom”. This paper argues that, “Community building should be integrated into the graduate classroom to foster the development of a professional identity and build connections between students […]
BMB Students Inducted into Tri-Alpha Honor Society
Four BMB undergraduates were inducted into the Tri-Alpha Honor Society this year. Tri-Alpha honors first-gen students who have achieved high GPAs of at least 3.2 or higher. First gen students are students who are in the first generation in their family to go to college. The Newbury Center has more information and a recording of […]
2021 BMB Graduation Award Winners
Congratulations to our Class of 2021! Last week, BMB students were recognized for their academic excellence and research contributions at the BMB Virtual Graduation Celebration. This year, the graduation awards went to Gwen Pyeatt (Senior College Prize for Excellence in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) and to Roxanna Altus, Surya Pulukuri, Emily Traficante, Sainetra Sridhar, Michelle […]
Jenny Bhatnagar Publishes Paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution
Dr. Jenny Bhatnagar, PhD candidate in Biology Zoey Werbin, and Bioinformatics grad student Kathryn Atherton recently published a paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution titled, “Soil microbiome predictability increases with spatial and taxonomic scale”. BU alum, Colin Averill (CAS ’08) and Michael Dietze, Professor Earth & Environtment at BU were also authors on the paper. […]
Professors Gilmore and Bradham Receive Receive CAS Awards for their Work in the 2020-2021 Academic Year
Two BMB faculty Tom Gilmore, and Cyndi Bradham received awards from the College of Arts and Sciences for their work during the 2020-2021 academic year. Congratulations to Tom and Cyndi on this achievement. On May 5, Dr. Tom Gilmore was awarded the 2021 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education and Dr. Cyndi Bradham was […]
Karen Allen named Fellow by the American Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Karen Allen, BMB Faculty, Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department, was named a fellow by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Congratulations Karen! From CAS Communications: “Karen Allen, Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department, was named a fellow by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), as part […]