Brink Bites: Major Grant Advances BU Imaging Facilities; a BU-Developed Invention Funds Endowed Professorship
Research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a series of new grants and insights into military strategy
BU Ignition Award Winners’ Innovations Could Reduce Knee Pain, Extend Lives of Cancer Patients, and Propel Underwater Robots
Annual entrepreneurship awards given to research projects ready to make the leap from the lab to real-world impact
BU Research Program Opens Doors for Boston High School Teachers, Students
Hosted by the University’s Photonics Center, the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program is a six-week summer research opportunity for high school and community college teachers
NSF Awards Boston University $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network
Automated, AI-driven labs can remotely run experiments for researchers across the country
Convergent Hire Brings Together Engineering and Biology
Following a national search, Jeroen Eyckmans has been appointed the newest convergent hire in Biomedical Engineering and Biology. Eyckmans’ research sits at the intersection of engineering and biology, asking fundamental biological questions about tissue repair, aging, extracellular matrix organization, and multicellular dynamics, and addressing them using engineered tissues, quantitative imaging, synthetic biology, perturbation platforms, and […]
Would Better Hip Care for Young Female Athletes Prevent Pain and Surgery Later in Life?
Most research into athletes’ hips only studies boys and men. With prevention and better training in mind, Boston University’s Cara Lewis is setting out to change that.
Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year
Cofounder of three biotech companies is pioneering new therapies for cancer and autoimmune disorders
Could a Retinal Prosthesis Restore Sight for People with Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Boston University–developed technology could one day bring hope to millions with the incurable disease that’s one of nation’s leading causes of blindness
Rethinking Antibiotic Resistance Through Engineered Biology
At Boston University’s Biological Design Center, researchers are rethinking how engineering biology can illuminate—and ultimately help solve—some of today’s most pressing challenges.
What Is the Cocktail Party Problem—and Can New Boston University Research Solve It?
Why it can be hard to separate sounds in noisy places and how BU research could help people with hearing loss