A Retinal Prosthesis Might Restore Sight for Millions with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The technology offers hope to people with an incurable disease that’s one of the leading causes of blindness.
Cheng Named NAI Fellow
With more than 30 patents to his name, precision medicine pioneer Ji-Xin Cheng has been named to this year’s class of fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
The Uses of Invention
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng Elected NAI Fellow.
With New Technology and Innovative Treatments, BU Cancer Research Is Saving Lives
The inventions of ENG and other BU researchers are being used to help prevent and treat cancer right now.
Seven ENG Faculty Honored for Real-World Impact Research
The annual Ignition Awards honor innovative BU projects that are ready to make the move toward commercialization, from the research phase to consumer use. Given by BU Technology Development within the University’s Office of Research, the awards come with financial backing, as well as a dedicated advisory committee to provide expertise, mentoring, and oversight to […]
Going Deeper
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng has been awarded a prestigious $2.8M 5-year NIH MIRA grant renewal to continue his pioneering microscopy research.
Engineered Microwaves Might Fight Epilepsy, Pain, and Parkinson’s
The team’s novel system stops seizures by temporarily suppressing neurons that are firing excessively.
Ji-Xin Cheng Delivers 2024 DeLisi Lecture
The cutting-edge imaging techniques developed by Cheng have advanced the field and are in use in labs and clinics around the globe.
Professor Cheng Receives Spectrochemical Analysis Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng has been named the recipient of this year’s American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Spectrochemical Analysis Award.
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng receives SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng is the recipient of the 2024 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award. He earned this prestigious award for the “invention and commercialization of mid-infrared photothermal microscopy that allows highly sensitive dye-free bond-selective imaging of living cells and organisms.” The mIRage system, based on Cheng’s IP on mid-infrared photothermal microscopy and produced by Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp at Santa Barbara, has been delivered to over 100 research labs in 15 countries worldwide.