Dr. Arturo Vegas Highlighted in BU Today
Dr. Arturo Vegas was recently featured in BU Today for his research into Type 1 Diabetes. The full article is called “New Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes” and there’s an excerpt from the article by Barbara Moran is below. For more information about Dr. […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Professor Catherine Costello a 2016 AAAS Fellow for her distinguished contributions to mass spectrometry.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society, an international non-profit with a mission to promote, defend and support science as method to improve humankind. Founded in 1848, AAAS serves 272 affiliated societies and academies of science throughout the world and publishes the peer-reviewed general science journal Science. […]
Dr. Arturo Vegas Presents Research to Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
On October 5th, 2016 Dr. Arturo Vegas, who is a leader in the development of targeted therapies, discussed the recent progress to overcome challenges in the field including the development of automated insulin dosing, the production of mature insulin-producing cells from human stem cells, and new materials that can be used to prevent the rejection […]
Bjoern Reinhard Awarded 3 Year National Science Foundation Research Grant
Dr. Reinhard recently received 3 Years of research funding for his proposal titled: “OP: Plasmonic Enhancement of Chiral Forces for Enantiomer Separation.” An object is chiral if it cannot be mapped to its mirror image by rotations and translations alone. Chiral molecules can exist a priori in two nonsuperimposable mirror images, that is, enantiomeric forms. […]
Arturo Vegas awarded 5 Year New Innovator Award from National Institute of Health
Dr. Arturo Vegas was awarded 5 years of research support from the National Institute of Health through the New Innovator Award for his proposal entitled “Targeted Immunomodulation of the Diabetic Islet Microenvironment.” His interest in the project springs for the fact there are currently no effective treatments for the autoimmunity that causes type 1 diabetes. […]
Dr. Arturo Vegas is a 2016 Peter Paul Career Development Professorship Recipient
Dr. Arturo Vegas is a 2016 Peter Paul Career Development Professorship Recipient Boston University’s Chemistry Department is proud to announce that Professor Arturo Vegas has been selected as one of this year’s three recipients of the 2016-2017 Peter Paul Career Development Professorships at Boston University. The awards highlight the caliber, potential, and continued vitality of Boston University’s […]
DOE awards Professor Elliott a 3 Year Renewal
The Department of Energy has award Dr. Sean Elliott a 3 Year renewal of funding for his research titled “Tuning Directionality for CO2 Reduction in the Oxo-acid:ferredoxin Oxidoreductase Superfamily.” The renewal of funding will help Professor Elliott and his research group continue studying CO2 reductions. Enzymes that achieve CO2 reduction are highly powerful catalysts; yet very little is […]
Sean Elliott receives 4 Year NIH Grant
Professor Sean J. Elliott was recently awarded 4 Years of funding from the National Institute of Health for his proposal entitled: Redox Reactions of the AdoMet Radical Enzyme Superfamily. The new grant will fund research into the oxidation/reduction chemistry of enzymes that belong to the AdoMet Radical Enzyme (ARE) superfamily. The ARE superfamily makes use of an […]
Beeler Group Wins the Chance to Decorate a piano for the Boston Street Piano Project
BOSTON STREET PIANO PROJECT “PLAY ME, I’M YOURS” HTTP://STREETPIANOS.COM/BOSTON2016/ You might be familiar with Boston Celebrity Series street pianos art project. The public art exhibition “Play Me, I’m Yours” was created in London by artist Luke Jerram in 2008. It debuted Boston in 2013 and is going to be back this summer! http://www.streetpianos.com/ http://streetpianos.com/boston2016/ We submitted an application and were […]
Boston University Chemistry 2015-2016 Academic Year Grant Awards
The Chemistry Department is one of the most active research departments at Boston University. With 24 research active faculty involved in many different focus areas, we are committed to a research active learning environment where our faculty and students are afforded the opportunity to do cutting edge chemical research. In order to continue to build on […]