Boston Universities 2017 Chemistry Undergraduate Symposium
On Friday, May 5th, 2017 the work of 11 students was spotlighted in this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS). The outstanding quality of the projects presented underscored the importance of the hands-on, challenging research that is the hallmark of BU’s Chemistry major. The even was […]
Professor Rosina M. Georgiadis’ use of “virtual machines” featured in Chemical & Engineering News
New approaches to undergraduate lab classes Virtual machines, digital badges, and trips to the museum enrich the undergraduate lab experience. When it comes to developing fresh educational approaches, college and university professors focus on the classroom and often neglect the laboratory. But, at the ACS national meeting, held earlier this month in San Francisco, attendees […]
Melissa Marquez of the Perlstein Group award NSF-GRFP Fellowship
Melissa Marquez, a second-year graduate student in Professor Deborah Perlstein’s group, has recently received a 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She earned a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry with a minor in mathematics from Mount Saint Mary’s University and as an undergraduate conducted research in Dr. Eric Stemp’s lab focusing on DNA-protein cross-linking resulting from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tyler Casselman wins 2016 Laursen Summer Research Scholarship
Undergraduate student Tyler Casselman, a rising Junior doing research in Prof. John Snyder’s laboratory, is the 2016 recipient of the Laursen Summer Research Scholarship (LSRS). Tyler’s summer research continues his investigations in the Snyder group into a synthesis of drug transport within a polymer. His work focuses on developing a procedure to integrate a highly reactive ring system, […]
Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL, coauthor of a paper selected for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C Hot Papers
BU Chemistry Professors are moving and shaking these days, with publications like this on being accepted into Journals such as the 2016 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Hot Papers. The paper, whose lead author was Dr. Ramiro Chavez, a graduate student at BU in the lab of Malika Jeffries-EL, focuses on a structure–property investigation of a series of […]