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Research on Tap: War and Peace: Causes, Consequences, and Alternatives (2018)
William Tecumseh Sherman said “War is hell.” It is also an enormously complex process and problem which calls for multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches. Sherman also said, “You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm as against these terrible hardships of war.” What are the causes of war and peace? What are the consequences of war […]
Research on Tap: Creative Research (2018)
Standard research is about innovative thinking and practice, about making and testing assumptions, performing, proposing, speculating, asking questions and paving the way for new questions or propositions to be made next time. It is about the illumination of new knowledge around an identifiable theme and question, engaging with the known in new ways, constructing, proposing […]
Research on Tap: Medicine in the Molecular Era: Single Cell Sequencing (2018)
Biological samples contain a complex ecosystem of different cell types which coordinate to perform normal tissue-related functions. These ecosystems can be disrupted in a variety of ways that contribute to disease initiation and progression. Recent advances in microfluidics and next-generation sequencing allow for very small amounts of RNA from single cells to be amplified and […]
Broadening Participation in STEM (2018)
Hosted by Crystal Williams, Associate Provost for Diversity & Inclusion, this Research on Tap highlighted the exciting array of initiatives and scholarship taking place across BU’s Charles River and Medical Campuses that explicitly seek to increase embodied diversity, improve department/school climate and culture, develop innovative pedagogical interventions, and create stronger pathways for people traditionally underrepresented […]
Research on Tap: Inequality in the United States (2018)
This Research on Tap, hosted by Spencer Piston, Assistant Professor, Political Science, CAS, brought together faculty from across BU who seek to understand the root causes of inequity in the contemporary United States. Faculty shared their latest research findings and remedies related to disparities in health, education, development, economic opportunity, housing, and criminal justice, and […]
BU Technology Wonders & Potential Biomedical Applications (2018)
On March 28, 2018, the BU Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office (IBRO) presented BU Technology Wonders: Potential Biomedical Applications. For more information, please see the event flyer. View Slides Note: Videos in slides will not play
NIH Policies and Clinical Trial Requirements (2018)
Featuring Cindy Monahan, Director, Institutional Review Board, CRC; and Karla Damus, Clinical Research Regulatory and Education Manager and Administrator, Clinicaltrials.gov This “Research How-To” session will provide an overview of the following NIH policies: Clinical trials registration; Good clinical practice (GCP) training; and Certificates of Confidentiality. During this presentation, we will discuss what is required for investigators […]
Research on Tap: Challenges and Opportunities for an Aging Society: New Directions in Medicine, Health Care, and Social Policy (2018)
The aging of populations creates both challenges and opportunities for health care providers, policy makers, scientists, social service organizations, and older adults and their families. This event, hosted by Jonathan Woodson, Director, Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy; Larz Anderson Professor in Management and Professor of the Practice, Questrom; and Professor, Surgery, MED, and […]
Research on Tap: Connecting Tissues and Investigators: Fibrosis in Health and Disease (2017)
Understanding and controlling fibrosis, whether as an integral part of the extracellular matrix or evoked during pathology, requires interdisciplinary approaches and expertise. This Research on Tap, hosted by Katya Ravid, Professor, Medicine and Biochemistry, School of Medicine; and Director, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office (IBRO), featured researchers who aim to develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary program that […]
Research on Tap: Illuminating How the Brain Works—With the Help of BU Neurophotonics (2017)
Advances in photonics technologies are driving a revolution in the neurosciences. Optical methods for imaging and manipulation of brain structure and function span from visualization of intracellular organelles and protein assemblies to noninvasive macroscopic investigation of cortical activity in human subjects. This session, hosted by David Boas, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, ENG, featured BU faculty who […]