One Small Step For A Mouse: Using Information Science to Understand the Brain
How does learning a new skill or process change the physical structure of the brain? Using techniques from data science and high-dimensional statistics, Professors Bobak Nazer (ECE), Venkatesh Saligrama (ECE, SE), and Xue Han (BME), aim to find out. Their project, titled “Discovering Changes in Networks: Fundamental Limits, Efficient Algorithms, and Large-Scale Neuroscience,” has won the support of a $1.2M National Science Foundation (NSF) Award.
Professor Cheng Awarded $2.4 Million Grant by NIH
Lewis Awarded Sloan Fellowship
The award funding will further the biomedical engineer’s research on brain function By Jessica Colarossi Laura Lewis (BME) has been awarded a 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious awards for early-career scientists. Lewis and BU computer scientist Alina Ene are two of 126 fellows chosen this year, and each will receive a […]
Lewis wins a 1907 Trailblazer Award for Research on Sleep and Depression
As one of only three winners worldwide, Assistant Professor Laura Lewis was selected for the inaugural award for early career research in neuroscience.
Optical Pioneer Jerome Mertz Is BU’s 2020 Innovator of the Year
The BME professor is a prolific inventor whose innovations have made leaps and bounds in microscopy.
Published in SCIENCE: What are the Physical Hallmarks of Cancer?
Assistant Professor Hadi Nia has published a first-authored review paper in SCIENCE on the physical traits of cancer.
Brain Imaging Scaled Down
New wearable device would let researchers image animal brain functions during activity.
Boas Team Wins $5.9M Grant for Neuroimaging Project
Funds from the NIH BRAIN Initiative will support the development of a portable, wearable brain-imaging system.
Cheng Wins Grant to Continue Breakthrough Imaging Research
He received a Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award for $2.9 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health.
Bigio Wins Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award
The Goodman Award recognizes authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics.