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Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
‘What Happens on the Molecular Level to Make Us Sick?’
Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.
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Fulbright scholar Zoe Bishop has always been intrigued by Eastern culture and traditions. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Biochemistry
Her Dream Didn’t Come True and She Couldn’t Be Happier About That
Zoe Bishop has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will spend a year in South Korea as an English teaching assistant.
Sarah Neshat
Biochemistry
Biochemistry Major Sarah Neshat Selected for an NSF Graduate Fellowship
Graduating senior Sarah Neshat has been awarded a fellowship by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). The Biochemistry major is planning to join the PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Photo: A total of 11 Northeastern students have received Truman and Fulbright Scholarships in 2019. They’re serving underrepresented populations, searching for answers to some of the most vexing diseases, and fighting for gender equality. Composite image by News@Northeastern.
Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Northeastern Students Awarded Two Truman, Nine Fulbright Scholarships
A total of 11 Northeastern students have received Truman and Fulbright Scholarships in 2019. They’re serving underrepresented populations, searching for answers to some of the most vexing diseases, and fighting for gender equality.
Sidi Bencherif, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, recently received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop biomaterials that generate oxygen. These materials could help researchers understand how low oxygen environments affect the immune system and potentially be used to supply oxygen to help train immune cells to fight cancer. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biochemistry
How Jello-Like Cubes Can Help Fight Cancer
Northeastern professor Sidi Bencherif receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop oxygen generating biomaterials.
Dr. Makarov presenting on the science behind the Orbitrap analyzer and the history of his invention.
Barnett Institute for Chemical & Biological Analysis, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Dr. Alexander Makarov presenting at Northeastern and the “Past, present, and future of Orbitrap mass spectrometry”
Dr. Alexander A. Makarov, Director of Research at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen, Germany), presented his talk “Past, present and future of Orbitrap mass spectrometry” at Northeastern University.
Postdoctoral student Dali Wang designed a polymer that can carry RNA-based drugs around the body. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
A Microscopic Structure Could Make Drugs More Effective in the Fight Against Cancer, Genetic Disorders, and Viral Infections
Led by associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology Ke Zhang, researchers at Northeastern helped design a polymer that can carry drugs targeting genetic diseases around the body.
Leila Deravi works in her lab in Hurting Hall on Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences
The Secret of a Squid’s Ability to Change Colors may lie in an Unexpected Sparkle on its Skin
Leila Deravi has been working to investigate squid camouflage on a molecular level with a large, interdisciplinary team of researchers. Their work on the longfin squid, reveals an entirely new aspect of the squid’s color-changing abilities, bringing researchers one step closer to being able to replicate it.
Sequencing the genome of the blackfin icefish might help us better understand anemia, osteoporosis, and other aliments. Photo: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Icefish Have Antifreeze in Their Blood, Anemia, and Osteoporosis. And They Feel Just Fine.
Northeastern professor H. William Detrich, a leader of an international collaboration that has recently sequenced the genome of the blackfin icefish.
Samuel V. Scarpino, Ph.D., Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biochemistry, Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Physics
Whooping Cough is Back. Here’s the Global Collaboration to Fight It.
Nearly 50 scientists collaborated with Physics Professor Sam Scarpino to develop a compendium on pertussis and dispute the reasoning for its resurgence worldwide.