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Prof. Björn Reinhard receives Photonics Center Faculty Technology Development Award

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There is an acute need for an effective explosive detection technology both in the military (e.g., land mines) and civilian (Homeland security) arenas. The Photonics Center FTDA was given to Björn Reinhard (Chemistry), PI, and Luca DalNegro (Electrical and Computer Engineering), co-PI, for their project “Photonic-Plasmonic Crystals for Explosive Detection,” which can potentially meet this […]

Chemistry Faculty Receive Top Teaching and Advising Awards

in Award, Caradonna, John, Elliott, Sean, Faculty, Gitner Award, Templeton Award

The Department of Chemistry prides itself on faculty who attain an admirable balance between their research and scholarship and their commitment to teaching and advising. Two of our faculty, Professor Sean Elliott and Professor John Caradonna, both renowned researchers, were singularly honored by the College of Arts and Sciences with undergraduate advising and teaching awards. […]

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NIH provides funding to develop nanoparticle-based imaging technology for early cancer detection

in Faculty, Grants & Funding, Reinhard, Björn

Mounting evidence indicates that some RNAs (so called micro RNAs [miRNAs]) play a significant role as oncogenes or tumor suppressors. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has funded Professor Björn Reinhard and his group to develop a nanoparticle-based imaging technology for early cancer diagnosis through detection of characteristic miRNAs. The new imaging […]

Mark Grinstaff receives CIMIT’s Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation

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Professor Mark Grinstaff (Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering) has received the 2008 Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation from CIMIT as part of the CIMIT Cancer Advanced Technology Team. CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology) is a non-profit consortium of Boston teaching hospitals and engineering schools, whose mission is to foster interdisciplinary […]

Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry Workshop

in Pollastri, Mike, Seminars

In developing a new therapy, pharmaceutical companies need to address potential environmental, health, and safety impact issues over its entire lifecycle: from the chemicals selected in the R&D process to the use of raw materials and natural resources in manufacturing to end-stage recycling and disposal. To encourage young scientists to think about the environmental impact […]

Department of Chemistry welcomes Professor Karen Allen, world renowned crystallographer, to faculty

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Karen Allen, a distinguished research scientist in biochemistry and structural biology has joined the Department of Chemistry. Most recently on the faculty of the Boston University Medical School, she has made seminal contributions to the understanding of protein structure and function through X-ray diffraction and chemical kinetic studies. Professor Allen’s training spans the fields of […]

NIGMS Renews Funding for the CMLD-BU

in CMLD, NIH, Panek, James, Porco, John, Schaus, Scott, Smith, Kevin, Snyder, John, Stephenson, Corey

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is continuing its support of the CMLD-BU as one of five Centers of Excellence addressing the problem of how to develop small molecule libraries and techniques for making them that meet all the needs of pharmaceutical and biomedical scientists. The CMLD-BU was originally established in 2002. The […]

John A. Porco, Jr. Receives 2009 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

in Award, Faculty, Porco, John

John Porco, Professor and Director of the CMLD-BU, has received a 2009 Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. He joins Professor Jim Panek, a 2002 awardee, as our department’s second recipient of this prestigious award. The Cope Scholar Award is given to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry, and consists of $5,000, […]