Neuro Experience Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (NEUROP) Aims to Open Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Interested in Laboratory Work
By Danny Giancioppo As an undergraduate, it isn’t always easy to access research opportunities. Thanks to the work of Neurophotonics Center Director David Boas and an undergraduate-turned-research-scientist, both students and faculty will soon have access to such an optimized method: Neuro* Experience Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (NEUROP), matching ideal undergraduate researchers with their preferred research experiences. […]
The 2025 Neurophotonics Center Annual Report is Live!
ENG Achieves Highest US News Rankings Ever
Advances four places to 27th nationally; 15th among private schools
NPC Faculty SpotLight Seminar
Register Here 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 their labs. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about faculty research labs in BU’s neurophotonics research community and to network after the event. This event is […]
Please Submit your Poster for 2024 NPC Symposium Poster Session
We are excited to announce that Neurophotonics (NPC) Symposium is on January 17 and we are collecting the posters for the poster session, please submit this form, if you are interested in being added to the poster session.
Neurophotonics in Medicine, Symposium on October 30
Neurophotonics in Medicine, Symposium Hosted by the Neurophotonics Center and the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Boston University Monday Oct 30, 3-5 pm, 72 East Concord Street, RM R115 (enter through the Instructional (L) Building). Room: R115 Come participate in the first of what will be an annual symposium highlighting the neurophotonic collaborations happening […]
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 […]
New Faculty Member Jeffrey Demas and the Path to the ‘Light’ Side
Jeffrey Demas, PhD, is, in his own words, “unapologetically a huge nerd.” One of the newest faculty members in the Neurophotonics Center at Boston University, Demas says he grew up on the Star Wars movies: the “space opera” series with planet-killing space stations, swords made of light, and robots with distinct and occasionally grating personalities. […]
The Latest Buzz: New Faculty Member Meg Younger on Her Work with Mosquitoes
Meg Younger, PhD, is relatively new to Boston University—she joined the school’s faculty at the start of this year—but she is already creating a stir with her work on the surprisingly complex olfactory system of the tropical mosquito Aedes aegypti. Younger has worked with invertebrates since early in her research career. While still in graduate […]
New Faculty Member Mike Wallace Makes a Splash at BU
Neurobiologist Michael Wallace, PhD, joined Boston University about a year and a half ago when the BU community, and indeed the world, were reeling from the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. And the impacts of the pandemic, especially the lockdowns and the social isolation that came with them, have shaped the growth of his […]