Lea Stith: Translating Brain Signals into Research Solutions
By Jack Osmond From Alzheimer’s disease and Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory to attention and spatial navigation, Lea Stith’s research on memory is hard to forget. Working in translational neuroscience, Stith uncovers insights about the brain to bridge neuroscience research and real-world applications. Her interest in understanding the mind goes as far back as middle school, when she […]
Adolescence Is Not Simply a Period of Vulnerability, but a Window of Opportunity: New Insights into Adolescent Emotion from Dr. Heidi Meyer
Assistant Professor Heidi Meyer, Psychological & Brain Sciences, explores how safety learning shapes the adolescent brain
Allie Barlowe Wins Clara Mayo Award
PhD Student Allie Barlowe, a Psychological & Brain Sciences PhD Student in the Caldwell-Harris and Ling Labs––and a member of the Neurophotonics Trainee Program––was recently awarded the Clara Mayo Award. Clara Mayo was a professor at Boston University from 1964-1981. She dedicated her career to the study of nonverbal communication, racism and sexism, and women’s […]
Found in Translation: Darren Roblyer’s Path From Hands-On Research to Research In-Hand
Darren Roblyer pioneers discoveries not only in translational biophotonics, but also through new voices and programming opportunities
Songbird Brains Can Generate New Neurons. Can We Help Human Brains Do the Same?
Boston University study sheds new light on how songbird brains refresh themselves—findings that could one day open the door to new human therapies
Could a Retinal Prosthesis Restore Sight for People with Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Boston University–developed technology could one day bring hope to millions with the incurable disease that’s one of nation’s leading causes of blindness
Darren Roblyer Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2026
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of three Boston University College of Engineering faculty members to the AIMBE College of Fellows, a group comprising the top two percent of biomedical engineers in academia, industry, clinical practice, and government across the U.S. and nearly 30 other countries.
Scattering Light, Showered with Praise
Professor Cheng Receives 2026 Charles Mann Award.
Many people have memories they’d like to forget. This professor is working to do that — kind of
Ramirez said there are two main goals of his lab: to try to understand the biology of how we learn and how we remember; and to try to artificially activate or inactivate memories to see what that tells us about how the brain works, in an effort to restore health back to the brain. Ramirez […]
Alice Cronin-Golomb Elected AAAS Fellow
Prestigious honor given to neuroscientist who studies diseases of aging and physicist whose work spans medicine to AI