Communicating with Cells in Their Natural Language
A biomimetic method of talking to cells might lead to targeted drug delivery, improved prosthetics, and other applications.
PRISM highlights ENG’s Pioneering Data Science Curriculum
As the data revolution transforms industry and society, engineering schools are rethinking the basics.
The Blurring Line Between Biology and Technology
ENG faculty are using insights from more powerful imaging, sensing, and probing technologies to develop new biologically based tools By Kat J. McAlpine Imagine a future where organs could be grown synthetically or manufactured to help address the global shortage of transplantable organs. Or food proteins or carbohydrates could be fabricated for consumption on demand, […]
Faculty across five BU research centers will work together to prevent future pandemics
A multidisciplinary team of researchers were awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop models that predict disease emergence and spread, and to devise pandemic mitigation strategies. By Gina Mantica A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Boston University will work towards predicting and preventing future pandemics as part of a new $1 million […]
Carlos A. Lopez, Ph.D. (BME ’07)
Dr. Carlos A. Lopez completed our Quantitative Biology & Physiology Training Program, graduating with a Ph.D. from the College of Engineering in 2007. (CV) He is now a Senior Manager of Engineering for illumina, Inc. He manages a team of metrology and measurement system engineers focused on transferring new products/processes into high volume biotechnology manufacturing […]
With Keck Funding, BU-UCI Team to Study Cell Signaling
A continent-spanning team that includes Associate Professor Ahmad (Mo) Khalil (BME) has garnered a $1 million award from the W.M. Keck Foundation for a cell signaling study that might lead to heart and pain therapies with fewer side effects. Khalil and co-PI Chang Liu, associate professor of biomedical engineering at UC Irvine, will develop a platform to […]
Runyon Grant for Study of Tumor “Design Principles”
Klumpe has won a fellowship from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation to figure out how cells aggregate into tumors.
Tara Keck, Ph.D. (BME ’06)
Professor Tara Keck (BME ’06) completed our Quantitative Biology & Physiology Program; she is now a Professor of Neuroscience at University College London. (CV) She leads a research team investigating neuroplasticity, or how the brain changes in response to changes in the environment. Their research aims to understand the mechanisms and behavioral consequences of healthy and […]
Hemali Patel, Ph.D. (BME ’08)
Dr. Hemali Patel completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2008, and was a lead trainee for the QBP Journal Club. She is now the Senior Medical Science Liaison at Biogen, where she is a scientist working in the field of neuroimmunology. Her work involves catalyzing collaborations to solve the puzzle of remyelinating neurons and […]
Live from Space, BU Alum and Astronaut Bob Hines Talks Gravity, Lasagna, NASA Careers
University event lets high school students and others ask questions of astronauts on the International Space Station By Joel Brown for Bostonia How is being in space different from Earth? On the International Space Station (ISS), “you lose something, and you give up on finding it, and two weeks or a month later, it just […]