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Research on Tap: BU Research on a Sustainable Energy Future (2016)
Hosted by Peter Fox-Penner, Professor of the Practice, Questrom School of Business. As demonstrated by the recent Paris Climate Conference, global energy systems face a massive challenge in shifting away from unsustainable carbon-emitting fuels to sustainable sources, while serving the energy and development needs of a planet whose population will reach ten billion before the […]
Research on Tap: Drug Repurposing and Reformulation: Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges (2016)
Hosted by Avi Spira, Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Bioinformatics; Chief, Division of Computational Biomedicine; and Director, Boston University Cancer Center. Developing new medicines is a costly, complex, and time-consuming process. Drug repurposing – the application of one compound or agent already used to treat a disease or condition to treat other […]
Research on Tap: Combatting Disease, Pursuing Cures: Infectious Diseases Research at BU (2015)
Hosted by Ronald Corley, Professor and Chair, Microbiology, and Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). This event featured BU infectious disease experts at the forefront of research of illnesses that are – or have the potential to become – major public health concerns and presented the cutting edge diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments these faculty […]
Research on Tap: Air, Earth, and Water: Elements of Health and the Urban Environment (2015)
Hosted by Graham Wilson, Professor, Political Science, and Director, Initiative on Cities; and Katharine Lusk, Executive Director, Initiative on Cities. This session explored research currently conducted by faculty across the University who are studying cities from an inter- and multi-disciplinary approach, evaluating complex challenges from the perspective of law, environment, engineering, management, cultural studies, medicine, […]
Research on Tap: Lighting the Way: Current Research at the BU Photonics Center (2015)
The inaugural Research on Tap, hosted by Tom Bifano, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, and Director, Photonics Center, honored the United Nations’ International Year of Light and featured the BU Photonics Center. View program here. View Slides Note: Videos in slides will not play