Inventor Mark Grinstaff Named an AAAS Fellow
Recognition for chemist and biomedical engineer behind revolutionary cancer treatment and other “distinguished contributions” with “global therapeutic impact.”
Wilson Wong, Christopher Chen, and Darrell Kotton Named Allen Distinguished Investigators
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded funding to a trio of BU faculty for a bold, early-stage project aimed at lab-grown lungs that mimic the real organ in all its fractal complexity. The proposal of Associate Professor Wilson Wong (BME), Professor Christopher Chen (BME, MSE), and School of Medicine Professor Darrell Kotton has […]
COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Cause Infertility or Harm Pregnancy Chances, BU Research Shows
No link between vaccines and chances of getting pregnant, but COVID-19 infection may have short-term impact on male fertility
The Journey to Impact: Extending Care and Therapy for Stroke Patients
As part of our series of discussions with faculty innovators, I speak with Professor Swathi Kiran, James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor of Neurorehabilitation, Sargent College. Professor Kiraan has led a successful journey from research to the creation of a company that helps people build back cognitive, speech, and language abilities after having a stroke. […]
The Journey to Impact: SRAs and Commercialization have a Misrepresented Relationship
Rana K. Gupta formerly served as director of faculty entrepreneurship at Boston University. He helped BU researchers bring technology and other research breakthroughs to the marketplace to increase their impact through programs and workshops, one-on-one consulting with faculty, educational resources, and community building among BU innovators. Conventional thought is that once a researcher has engaged […]
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Back2BU Research: Personnel Lists and Visitor Policies
TO: Boston University Principal Investigators FROM: Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research DATE: September 3, 2021 SUBJECT: Back2BU Research: Personnel Lists and Visitor Policies Since May 2020, faculty PIs have been required to maintain personnel lists for their research groups and submit updates on a rolling basis to the Office of Research […]
BU Innovators of the Year: Where Are They Now?
When asked to describe the invention he’s most proud of, 2020 BU Innovator of the Year Jerome Mertz, Biomedical Engineering (ENG) shared, “The invention itself is usually a letdown, and I rarely think about it when it’s over. It’s the process of getting there that’s interesting to me.” When you’ve disclosed nearly two dozen inventions, […]
Want Wider Recognition for Your Idea? Ignition Awards Offer More Than Funding
Let’s start by making one thing clear: the Ignition Awards are not your average grant awards. In fact, we don’t even think of them as grants. Why not? Well, traditional grants provide funding; not funding in addition to training workshops, network-building, and practitioner feedback. Other grants are given to recipients to help finance promising ideas, but with little or no interaction with experts in the very fields where those ideas could take hold! And more conventional grants may help pay for your research, but they don’t get you any closer to understanding how your idea can make an impact in the world; how it might be commercialized.
The Journey to Impact: Collaborating with a Corporate Sponsor on Early Detection of Lung Cancer
A central goal for us here at BU’s Technology Development office is to equip our faculty and research community with the information you need when thinking about bringing research to market. As such, we aim to share the variety of pathways that can be taken to secure backing and support to turn ideas into reality; […]