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CELL-MET Featured in NSF Article: “Biofabricating human tissues enhanced through use of gallium”

The manufacturing technique known as 3D printing, now being used everywhere, from aircraft manufacturers to public libraries, has never been more affordable or accessible. Biomedical engineering has particularly benefited from 3D printing as prosthetic devices can be produced and tested more rapidly than ever before. However, 3D printing still faces challenges when printing living tissues, […]

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, […]

Photonics Center Co-Sponsors East Boston High School’s Young Women’s Empowerment Day

Last Friday, East Boston High School held their annual EBHS Young Women’s Empowerment Day (YWED) event, including a luncheon fashioned like a mini-symposium at Boston University. Co-sponsored by BU Photonics Center, BU Gear Up, and Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation, the luncheon was attended by fifty female students from EBHS. A keynote talk by Professor Marcia […]

NASA’s Progress One Month After the UAP Report with Joshua Semeter

By Danny Giancioppo Last month, NASA released a report detailing their newly branded UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) Independent Study team, which includes Boston University’s own Joshua Semeter, ECE professor in the College of Engineering. The team hopes to shed light on the ever-elusive, often-mischaracterized method of research, in no small part by doing away with […]

Preparing the Next Generation of Photonics Professionals | Boston Photonics Day 2023

Yesterday marked the inaugural Boston Photonics Day event, hosted by the SPIE/OPTICA Student Chapter at the Boston University Photonics Center, with support from the Photonics Center. The event set out to not only inform the next generation of photonics professionals, but nurture them, creating a community through which industry developments and opportunities might flourish. Following […]