How ultrafast lasers developed in Michelle Sander’s lab are speeding up biological research

in *NEWS, *Research, ECE Faculty, ECE Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michelle Sander

Michelle Sander and her lab group at Boston University are seeking out new ways to build ultrafast lasers – lasers that emit such short-lasting pulses of light that their duration is difficult to fathom.
“I’m particularly interested in developing lasers on the femtosecond scale – a fraction of a second so small that its ratio is the same as one second to 32 million years,” Sander says.

Converging on Training Tomorrow’s Bioengineers

in *NEWS, Andrew Sabelhaus, Biomedical Engineering, Christopher Chen, Douglas Densmore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Elise Morgan, Mary Dunlop, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Michael Albro, Mo Khalil, Sheila Russo, Systems Engineering

With an NSF grant, a BU program will train a diverse group of PhD students for tomorrow’s workforce in biotech, synthetic biology, and other sectors.

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Incoming Neurophotonics Center assistant professor Matthias Stangl is looking into the “how” and “why” of neural mechanisms

in Biomedical Engineering, BME Neural Engineering, Matthias Stangl

Neuroscientist Matthias Stangl will be joining the Boston University Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Neurophotonics Center (NPC), the Center for Systems Neuroscience, and the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center this January after an already impressive career at UCLA as a postdoctoral scholar aiming to develop a better understanding of the brain’s functionality––not only within a laboratory setting, but in the natural world.

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Roberto Tron: Redefining Health Care for Aging America

in *NEWS, Lou Awad, ME Research, Mechanical Engineering, Roberto Tron, SE Research, Systems Engineering

With adults age 65 and older forming the United States’ fastest-growing population segment, more Americans are bound to experience severe and complex health conditions. To meet the needs of the country’s graying population, the current health care system must rethink its existing treatment approaches for older patients. This is where Roberto Tron, an assistant professor […]