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.
Muhammad Zaman on the Increasing Dangers of Antibiotic Resistance
In his new book, Biography of Resistance, ENG professor Muhammad Zaman warns of the growing risk of drug-resistant infections.
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.
Dean’s Catalyst Awards Spark Innovation and Collaboration
The 2020 winners announced.
Bigio Wins Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award
The Goodman Award recognizes authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics.
Lewis and Economo Recognized Nationally with Early Career Awards
BME salutes 2 of our exceptional young faculty for their recent national awards.
BME Prof. Lewis Named Searle Scholar for 2020
BME Assistant Professor Laura Lewis was named one of only 15 Searle Scholars for 2020, for her work on neuromodulation of neural dynamics and perception across sleep and wakefulness. Her work examines how the brain shift its functional properties to maintain sleep, wake, attentional, and affective states, and how this knowledge can lead to treatments for […]
BME Prof. Economo receives Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience
Assistant Professor Mike Economo is a recipient of a 2020 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience. The Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences are among the nation’s oldest and most illustrious fellowships for young investigators in neuroscience research. Aimed at advancing cutting-edge investigations, the awards are presented to highly promising, early career scientists. At this critical […]
Q&A: How BU Plans to Test Students, Faculty, and Staff for COVID-19
Klapperich on how self-sampling, robots, and a new lab will help make campus as safe as possible
Khalil Awarded Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
BU synthetic biologist will study epigenetic memory to create new, self-assembling biological materials.