BU’s Core Organoid Research Spans CRC & MED Campuses to Restore Organ Function
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 vivo (inside a living organism) to enhance the understanding and treatment of organ-related diseases and disorders. Their pathology, phenotype, and––in the future––repair, […]
Sean Lubner Receives Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award
Professor Sean Lubner was awarded a prestigious YIP from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Siddharth Ramachandran Elected AAAS Fellow Alongside Two Other BU Faculty
World’s largest scientific society gives lifetime honor to BU biologist, engineer, and physicist
New STAT Article from Catherine Klapperich
Powerful groups of mostly men are making major decisions about biology and bodies they know little about. Embryos in deep freeze that may never be used are just the latest example.
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, […]
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.
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.
Brian Walsh’s LEXI Telescope Heading to the Moon
Last week (3/6/24), Associate Professor Brian Walsh hosted an event for their NASA-sponsored Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI), an x-ray telescope which will be going to the moon later this year. Over the course of the last fifteen years, Professor Walsh and colleagues have worked to develop novel x-ray imaging system to better image […]
Theodore Moustakas Named Optica’s 2024 Nick Holonyak Jr. Award Winner
Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas has been honored for pioneering contributions to nitride semiconductor materials and optical devices that helped build the foundation for blue and UV LEDs.