The Window is Never Closing on Customer Need
Rana K. Gupta formerly served as director of faculty entrepreneurship at Boston University, co-reporting to Technology Development and Innovate@BU. He helped BU researchers bring technology and other research breakthroughs to the marketplace to increase their impact. He also managed BU’s Ignition Award program, which offers faculty commercialization funding. Situation #1: When I first became a CEO in 2006, the Board […]
The Quest for a Heart Attack Cure
A BU-led team is engineering small patches of cardiac muscle that could repair the heart, treat heart disease, and speed drug development
8 Major Findings and Headlines from BU CTE Researchers in the Past Year
Experts have made breakthroughs on diagnosing CTE in the living and in studying the impact of college football on the brain, pro football’s link to ALS, and the risk of additional years of playing ice hockey
Funding Opportunity for BUSM Faculty: Karin Grunebaum Faculty Research Fellowship
INTERNAL DEADLINE: MAY 9, 2022. The Karin Grunebaum Faculty Research Fellowship, a BUSM annual faculty award, will provide $55,000 in total funds to a selected faculty member for a period of one year. In addition, upon request, the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation will separately provide up to $1,500 for the selected faculty member to travel to seminars and meetings related to their research.
The Journey to Impact: Faculty Entrepreneurship Case Study, Passport Systems
Following is a brief case study on Passport Systems, an MIT spinout which had to shut its doors in 2020 after a nearly 20 years’ effort and $100M invested. I wrote this case study with the assistance of Dr. Gordon Baty, a former colleague who was Chairman and Co-Founder of Passport, with the hope that […]
BU Innovator of the Year’s Advice for Aspiring Academic Entrepreneurs? Start by Listening
Dr. Selim Ünlü, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ENG), was named 2021 BU Innovator of the Year for his pioneering work developing devices and technologies that help find security flaws in the construction of computer chips and detect viral pathogens in medical samples. Ünlü holds 18 patents and has helped launch three companies, all […]
The Journey to Impact: Researching the Power of Molecules to Drive Life
Many of our researchers and faculty at BU are doing work to make real change in the world. As part of our series of discussions with faculty innovators, I speak with Professor Ji-Xin Cheng, Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics and Professor of Biomedical Engineering (ENG). Professor Cheng’s research pursues a wide range of topics, including […]
City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than Previously Thought
Researchers found that trees and soils on the outermost edge of forests may have a role in fighting climate change—but the benefits might not last
Sociologist Jessica Simes’ New Book Explores the Toll of Mass Incarceration and Its Racial Disparities
How Black and Latinx neighborhoods in deindustrialized smaller cities have become communities of loss—robbed by the prison system of family members, wage earners, potential voters, and citizens
Promoting Diversity in Biomedical Research: Lessons from NIH Experts
On Thursday, February 17, the Office of Research hosted representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) UNITE Initiative, who highlighted opportunities for diversifying the biomedical research workforce and building new career pathways in the field. We were joined by Dr. Ericka Boone, the Acting Director of the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce within the NIH Office of Extramural Research, and Dr. Robert Rivers, a program director in the Office of Minority Health Research Coordination at the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.