Professors Economo and O’Shea Win Dean’s Catalyst Award & Collaborative Award for Neurophotonics Devel-Opment (CAN-DO)
Biomedical engineering professors Michael Economo and Tim O’Shea have been awarded both the BU College of Engineering’s Dean’s Catalyst Award and the Collaborative Award for Neurophotonics Devel-Opment (CAN-DO) in response to their united effort to produce longer-lasting neuroengineering devices. “A huge problem in neuroengineering is that devices implanted in the brain eventually become encapsulated by […]
Professor Ramachandran & PhD Candidate Zelin Ma Published in “Science”
Distinguished Professor of Engineering Siddharth Ramachandran and post doctoral candidate Zelin Ma have a new publication! Read more here.
Biomedical Optics Pioneer David Boas Delivers the 2023 DeLisi Lecture
After helping to set up extra chairs to accommodate a standing-room-only crowd in the BU Photonics Center’s Colloquium Room, Arthur G. B. Metcalf Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor David Boas (BME, ECE) delivered the 2023 Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture on April 11.
Register for Professor Jerry Chen’s Research on Tap: Neuroscience to Data Science and Back, May 2, 2023
Register today for a discussion co-hosted by Photonics Center professor Jerry Chen, presenting cutting-edge research in neuroscience and data science.
The Innovation Ecosystem: Don’t Go It Alone | May 1, 2023 | 3-5:00 p.m.
RSVP for a discussion between past winners of BU’s Ignition Award in celebration of Innovator of the Year, Ji-Xin Cheng.
NPC Faculty SpotLight Event
Join us for exciting rapid research talks by BU faculty involved in Neurophotonics! Thursday, November 9, 12:00PM In Person: BU Photonics Room 906 (Lunch provided following talk) Or via Zoom Please join us for the BU Neurophotonics Faculty SpotLight, where select Neurophotonics Center (NPC) Faculty will present short talks about the research they conduct in […]
NIH R01 awarded to advance a “Computational Miniature Mesoscope”
Congratulations to Professor Lei Tian and his co-investigators Ian Davison and David Boas for being awarded a 5-year NIH R01 titled “Computational Miniature Mesoscope for Cortex-wide, Cellular resolution Ca2+ Imaging in Freely Behaving Mice.” This award evolved from the early days of the BU miniature microscope designed to measure brain function in freely moving and […]
2021 NPC Seed Award Recipients
The Neurophotonics Center solicits proposals for the support of innovative interdisciplinary research among NPC Faculty members and their teams. The purpose of this Seed Program is to foster research that leverages state-of-the-art optical imaging tools and serves as a testbed for novel technological developments in the field of neurophotonics.A goal of this Seed program is […]
Martin Thunemann Takes His Work Home with Him. He Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way.
When Martin Thunemann was a kid, he had a chemistry toolkit in his parents’ basement. He would spend hours there in his subterranean lab, learning about acids and bases and exploring different types of reactions with child-size test tubes and beakers. Both of his parents were chemists themselves, but they never pushed him to follow […]
Devor Awarded a New NIH BRAIN Initiative grant to study cell-type-specific mechanisms of Patterned Sensory Stimulation (PSS)
Congratulations to NPC Professor Anna Devor and her collaborators Anton Arkhipov at the Allen Brain Institute and Li-Huei Tsai at MIT for receiving an NIH BRAIN Initiative award R01NS122742 to study cell-type-specific mechanisms of Patterned Sensory Stimulation (PSS)! PSS is a non-invasive technique for manipulating brain activity and states, employing, for example, periodic visual or […]