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Cancer research co-op opens the door to medical school for this student
Biochemistry student Brian Cortese found mentorship, experience, and opportunities through the CaNCURE program.
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Photo by Tim Briggs
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Magma blebs and volcano behavior on co-op at Woods Hole
How do you figure out what happens before a volcanic eruption? Look for blebs! These snapshots of the past are helping researchers like Alexandra Castillejo understand how magma rises to form an eruption.
Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Dispatches from an Antarctic Co-op: Winter has gone
Jake's second to last post reflects on his time at Palmer Station
Biotechnology, College of Science
New $4.4M National Science Foundation grant supports minorities in fast-track biotechnology program
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will announce Tuesday that a program developed by Northeastern and Middlesex Community College to offer students a fast track to earning associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in biotechnology and preparing for careers in life sciences has received a $4.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund scholarships that support low-income and underrepresented minorities.
Matt Everett and one of the California Two Spot octopuses held in the Marine Biological Laboratory’s outreach tanks. Photo by Tim Briggs
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Caring for octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish on co-op
Cephalopod co-op Matt Everett didn't know what to expect when he started at the Marine Biological Laboratory, but he's found a place where he can forge new science while working with animals--a lifelong dream.
Val Perini gives opening remarks at the Ocean Literacy Summit in the Curry Ballroom on November 15, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Bringing the ocean to the people
Translating science for the public isn't easy work, but this summit helps ocean communicators find the best ways to help get their points across.
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Social insects under pathogenic stress invest in offspring quality over quantity
New research from Professor Rebecca Rosengaus and graduate student Erin Cole investigates the impacts of pathogens on termite colony formation
Former graduate student of the Bowen Lab, Patrick Kearns, in the field.
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Filtering fungi enhance nutrient removal in salt marshes
Salt marshes provide essential ecosystem services, such removing nutrients from runoff before it enters the ocean, but there is more research needed to uncover the mechanisms by which these services are provided and how they are being impacted by increasing human activity. A recent study appearing in the journal Microbial Ecology, led by former NUMSC graduate […]
Arun Bansil, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics, poses for a portrait at Northeastern University on July 24, 2017. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Physics
Quantum information systems will revolutionize computing… as soon as we figure out how to make them
Professor Arun Bansil's new grant from the Department of Energy to investigate new ways to design quantum information systems.
Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Antarctica is no longer the cool place it used to be for its cold adapted fish. So what changed?
Professor Bill Detrich has released a new video series aimed at educating middle school students about the Antarctic based on his research at Palmer Station.