Dr. Thomas Bifano to Serve as Interim Vice President and Associate Provost for Research
Gloria Waters will be BU’s new provost; a new Office of Strategy & Innovation is being created
Martin Thunemann and Ella Zeldich Winners of GSI 2024 Pilot Grant Competition
Through the 2024 Pilot Grant Competition, the Genome Science Institute supports nine one-year pilot projects; each to enhance genetics and genomics research at Boston University/Boston Medical Center, with the use of kits, reagents, and other services with new genomic technologies. Professors Martin Thunemann and Ella Zeldich were among the winners for their project: 8. “Elucidating […]
Steve Ramirez Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Arts & Sciences congratulates the 16 faculty members promoted to associate professor. The promotions will be effective July 1.
Hadi Nia and Tim O’Shea Published in PNAS Nexus April Issue
This April, Center faculty members Hadi Nia and Tim O’Shea published “Alteration of mechanical stresses in the murine brain by age and hemorrhagic stroke” in the PNAS Nexus journal. Their research works towards a better understanding of residual mechanical stresses in the brain. Also known as solid stresses, mechanical stresses develop when brain tissues grow […]
BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
Photonics Center Director Thomas Bifano recognized for helping others nurture their ideas and for “always trying to solve problems”
Scientist Profile – Professor Matthias Stangl
Matthias Stangl Diversifies Techniques for Studying the Human Brain Matthias Stangl, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering The Stangl Lab studies the neural basis of human cognition and behavior using a variety of neuroimaging techniques, several of which his team has pioneered.
Photonics Pioneer Siddharth Ramachandran Among Three BU Faculty Recognized by World’s Largest Scientific Society
A pioneer of spiral-shaped light beams that might improve internet capacity, medical imaging, and more, Distinguished Professor of Engineering Siddharth Ramachandran (ECE, MSE) has been selected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The world’s largest general scientific society, AAAS annually bestows this honor on scientists, engineers, and innovators in recognition of scientifically and socially […]
BU’s Core Organoid Research Spans CRC & MED Campuses to Restore Organ Function
By Danny Giancioppo and Jack Osmond | Photos Supplied by Martin Thunemann, Ella Zeldich, and Ben Wolozin Organoids are a growing trend in biomedical research fields internationally––but what are they? As the name suggests, it’s a simplified model of an organ made up of cells, studied both in vitro (outside a living organism) and in […]
Siddharth Ramachandran Elected AAAS Fellow Alongside Two Other BU Faculty
World’s largest scientific society gives lifetime honor to BU biologist, engineer, and physicist
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, which will be presented at the Fall ACS meeting in Denver, Colorado. This honor is awarded to those whose work has advanced the fields of spectrochemical analysis and optical spectrometry through instrumentation, novel methodologies, […]