BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center
Goal is personalized heart tissue for clinical use A cardiac patch. The ERC’s ultimate goal is to advance nano-bio-manufacturing methods that could lead to large-scale fabrication of functional heart tissue, which could replace diseased or damaged muscle after a heart attack. Illustration courtesy of Jeroen Eyckmans. Boston University has won a $20 million, five-year award […]
CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori
How the ulcer- and cancer-causing bacterium survives the stomach Rama Bansil (left) and Maira Constantino study how the shape of H. pylori shape contributes to its swimming ability. Their work could impact the fields of drug delivery and cancer treatment. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. While not as inspiring as the heart or as mysterious as the brain, […]
NSF Program Brings Budding Astronomers to BU
Students paired with faculty on research projects BU’s Merav Opher meets with Mark Hubbert and Matt Schuler, students visiting campus through a National Science Foundation program that lets them access University resources in astronomy and space physics. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Many of us thrill to the breathtaking views of outer space permitted by telescopes and spacecraft. […]
BU Relaunches Search for Permanent SED Dean
Catherine O’Connor to serve as 2017–2018 interim dean Catherine O’Connor, a School of Education professor of language education, has been appointed SED dean ad interim for one year, starting July 1. Photo by Cydney Scott. Boston University will relaunch its search for a new dean of the School of Education in the coming academic year, […]
Congress Resists Research Cuts
2017 budget seen as hopeful preview for next round: 2018 funding
Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain
New BU entity will have faculty from both campuses David Boas, founding director of the Neurophotonics Center and an ENG professor, comes to BU from Mass General Hospital. Photo (left) by Scott Nobles. The understanding of the human brain has leaped forward in recent years, with the help of the emerging field of neurophotonics, a […]
Improving Your Relationship with Federal Research Agencies
Every federal research agency is different. This March 2017 workshop from Research and Federal Relations explained how to work with different funders to give you the best possible chance to receive support for your research. Presenters from BU Federal Relations and Washington, DC, consulting firm Lewis-Burke Associates described most successful ways to introduce yourself or […]
How the Trump Administration Could Impact Research
Federal Relations’ Jennifer Grodsky on the uncertainties ahead for BU There are a lot of unknowns about the impact the incoming Trump administration and the new Congress will have on federally funded research at BU and other universities. Photo by Kkolosov/iStock. As Donald Trump assumes the presidency, Boston University and other higher education institutions face […]
The Dyslexia Paradox
Differences in how the brain adapts to sights and sounds could be at the root of reading disorder Tyler Perrachione looks for the source of reading disorders, like dyslexia, in the brain. Photo (right) by Jackie Ricciardi. It’s there, at the start of every conversation: the moment it takes your brain to adjust to an […]
BU-Led Neuroscientists Get $7.5 Million from US Navy
CAS prof oversees multicenter effort on brain’s rule learning Michael Hasselmo, director of BU’s Center for Systems Neuroscience, is principal investigator on the Navy grant. “How do brain circuits mediate learning rules of different types?” he asks. “To me, this is a central question of brain research.” Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Learning new rules is […]