Terry Ellis Featured in Brink Article on Parkinson’s
Volunteers at a BU neurorehabilitation center are key to two new Parkinson’s treatment breakthroughs: wearable robotics and a music system that helps patients walk faster and farther.
Mike Economo and Ben Scott Awarded Scialog’s “Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding”
The 19 individual awards of $50,000 in direct costs will go to 17 researchers from a variety of institutions in the United States and Canada, including two from BU: Mike Economo and Ben Scott.
Ji-Xin Cheng Wins SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng has been awarded the 2024 SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award. Cheng is the Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics and is a world-renowned pioneer in bond-selective spectroscopic imaging.
New Article from David Boas and Xiaojun Cheng
Professors Boas and Cheng were recently published in the Optica Publishing Group’s “Biomedical Optics Express” for their team’s research on “Dynamic light scattering and laser speckle contrast imaging of the brain: theory of the spatial and temporal statistics of speckle pattern evolution”
Computational Chemical Imaging Reveals Dazzling Molecular Details of Living Cells and Organisms
Computing and machine learning are enabling imaging capabilities once considered “impossible” By Kat J. McAlpine For more than two decades, Ji-Xin Cheng has been determined to develop a new way for peering deeper into biology – one that doesn’t rely on dyes to illuminate the insides of cells and tissues. To visualize what’s happening within […]
When Cutting-Edge Microscopes Meet Deep Learning Algorithms
Lei Tian’s Computational Imaging Systems group is calculating new ways to see molecules, cells, and life in action By Kat J. McAlpine Research images provided by Lei Tian | Photos by Kelly Peña Lei Tian – a faculty member at BU’s Photonics Center and a BU College of Engineering (ENG) assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering – has spent […]
Anna Devor Editorial Featured in Neuroscience
The editorial offers principles of everyday leadership, with hope for the new year.
Hadi T. Nia Featured in NIH Article for Crystal Ribcage Work
From NIH’s Research Feature: Hadi Nia, Ph.D. wanted to learn about the inner workings of the lung in a way nobody had, but he knew he’d need something close to a crystal ball to see what was really happening.
DOD Awards Steve Ramirez and Team Funding for Memory-Related Research
Hope for More Holistic Autism Support
Simone Gill is exploring the connection between early childhood and motor development in children with Autism