Research Recovery Update: Activate Your Research Group for Phase 3
TO: Boston University Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students FROM: Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research DATE: July 21, 2020 SUBJECT: Research Recovery Update: Activate Your Research Group for Phase 3 I am writing today with an update on BU’s phased return to research, including changes coming in August, with Phase 3 of the […]
Experiences of Black STEM in the Ivory: A Call to Disruptive Action
Join us for “Experiences of Black STEM in the Ivory: A Call to Disruptive Action,” July 14-15. Listen and learn how you can take action to end anti-Black racism in STEM higher ed. This two-day event will bring together students, staff, faculty and leadership from five different academic institutions across the country, including Boston University, […]
Call for Proposals: Pfizer CTI
We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) program for collaborative development of novel biotherapeutics. Deadline: September 21, 2020 Areas of Interest and Targets/Pathways of Focus: Opportunities related to DNA damage response and replicative stress in the context of nuclear or spatial organization. Novel strategies targeting the […]
Back2BU Research: Human subjects & symptom screening
Research Community Steps Up for Coordinated Recovery Effort Researchers return to campus in phases, at reduced density The gradual reintroduction of on-campus research continues, with 315 research groups approved to return to campus and faculty principal investigators (PIs) submitting recovery plans on a rolling basis. Faculty PIs should refer to guidance from the Office of Research for activating research […]
PPE Allowance FAQs
Am I allowed to charge PPE to my Grant? As mandated by Boston University, masks are mandatory inside all BU buildings at all times except when eating, and outdoors when physical distancing of at least six feet isn’t possible. Lab personnel should remove their cloth face covering before entering the lab and wear a dust/paper […]
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Global Scholars Program 2020
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) have invited Boston University, as one of a selected group of international institutions, to participate in their NIBR Global Scholars Program 2020. The program will provide BU faculty PIs with access to disease area drug-hunting and translational research expertise. Selected proposals, not funded by traditional grant support, will receive […]
Research Revealed: Antiracism Scholarship and Action
We stand in solidarity with the Black community and join the global community outraged by the senseless murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and the countless Black lives lost as a result of police violence. We are committed to using our leadership and resources to build a research program that confronts racism and amplifies Black […]
Spotlight on Frontline Workers in Animal Care
At the height of the pandemic shutdown, when businesses across the state remained closed and many were working from home, BU’s Animal Science Center had its lights on. The Animal Science Center (ASC) provides quality care to the thousands of animals enrolled in research projects at BU. While data acquisition for non-COVID research was on […]
New Affinity Research Collaborative Focuses on COVID-19
The BU Team Science CTSI/IBRO/Evans Center IBR, directed by Dr. Katya Ravid, is pleased to announce the establishment of a new Affinity Research Collaborative (ARC) titled, “Respiratory Viruses: A Focus on COVID-19,” co-directed by Drs. Markus Bosmann and Mohsan Saeed. This ARC, a multi-disciplinary research team of Boston University, aims to dissect how this virus invades the lung epithelium, how […]
Research Networks for Antiracism & LGBTQIA+
In February, BU Diversity & Inclusion and the Office of Research hosted exploratory meetings to discuss how we might more fully support scholars focused on antiracism and LGBTQIA+ research. As we are developing programming for fall semester, we invite faculty whose research or pedagogical interests are in either or both of these areas to join […]