Scientist Profile – Professor Swathi Kiran
The Center for Brain Recovery is Boston University’s new research hub dedicated to enhancing diagnosis and improving treatments for people with neurological disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. The center’s founding director, Professor Swathi Kiran (who is also affiliated with the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center, the Center for Systems Neuroscience, and the Neurophotonics Center) discussed her passion for studying neuroplasticity as it […]
Ji-Xin Cheng, 2023 Innovator of the Year, Gives DeLisi Lecture to a Full House
Last night, the Photonics Center was packed for Ji-Xin Cheng’s DeLisi Lecture, hosted by the Boston University College of Engineering. Faculty, staff, and students of Boston University filled the room to celebrate Professor Cheng and Assistant Professor Rabia Tugce Yazicigil, winner of the Early Career Research Excellence Award.
New Article from Boas, Yücel, and Sen
Professors Boas, Yücel, Sen, et al. were recently featured in a Frontiers article on “fNIRS dataset during complex scene analysis”
Bringing the Brain Into Focus
Professor Tianyu Wang has received a new grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative for a collaborative project on multi-photon microscopy, a technology used for deep-tissue imaging.
New Nature Medicine Article Covering Irving Bigio’s DermaSensor Device
Professor Bigio’s latest translational and clinical research project, an AI-assisted optical reader to help in the diagnosis of skin cancer, is discussed.
New Article from Chris Gabel and Team
Professor Gabel et al. were recently published in eLife for their work on “O-GlcNAc signaling increases neuron regeneration through one-carbon metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans”.
Chen Yang Promoted to Full Professor
Congraultations Professor Yang!
Hadi T. Nia, Meg Younger Named a 2024 Sloan Research Fellows
Professors Hadi T. Nia and Meg Younger, among 126 early-career scholars, were chosen as for their roles as the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada. Winners receive $75,000, which may be spent over a two-year term on any expense supportive of their research.
NPC Fellow Kate Herrema to Advance Cortical Organoid Study with CAN DO Award
Congratulations to Kate Herrema, NPC CAN DO awardee 2024! With funding from the Neurophotonics Center’s CAN-DO award, graduate student Kate Herrema will advance her thesis project on combining biomaterials, neurorecording devices, stem cell technology and in vivo imaging to guide the development of human cortical organoids transplanted in the mouse brain. Working with faculty from across […]
Ben Scott Published in Cell Reports
Professor Ben Scott et al. were recently published in Cell Reports for their article: “In vivo imaging in transgenic songbirds reveals superdiffusive neuron migration in the adult brain”