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Biotechnology
They’re Using Virtual Reality to Ensure Patients Get Safe and Effective Drugs
Northeastern’s Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory is teaming up with Agilent, a lab equipment manufacturer, to expand its ability to help researchers worldwide make quality drugs.
August 05, 2020
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
On the Front Lines of COVID-19 with COS Alumna Dr. Ali Wallace
The Biochemistry '13 alumna took time out of her busy schedule to give us an on-the-ground look at COVID-19 preparations at MGH and to discuss her formative experience here at Northeastern.
August 05, 2020
Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cannabis Products Are Everywhere. But What Do They Actually Do?
Researchers at Northeastern and Loyalist College in Ontario, Canada, are teaming up to train graduate students in the analytical techniques required to investigate cannabis, and help them understand the regulatory landscape in both Canada and the U.S.
August 05, 2020
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology
A New Antibiotic Has Been Hiding in the Gut of a Tiny Worm. It May Be Our Best Weapon Against Drug-resistant Bacteria.
After two years of work, a team of researchers led by Kim Lewis, University Distinguished Professor of biology, announced their discovery of darobactin, which can kill resistant microbes known as gram-negative bacteria.
August 05, 2020
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biotechnology
Iron: The Swiss Army Knife for Bacteria
Dr. Yunrong Chai and his team discovered new, essential uses for iron in biofilms, the bacterial populations that colonize our bodies, our hospitals, and our world.
August 05, 2020
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology
Small Pharma: Inside the World of Orphan Diseases, with Alumna Agnes Rafalko
Agnes Rafalko got her PhD in proteomics and nanomedicine at Northeastern. She now works as the Chief Scientific Officer of Glycomine, a startup she herself founded that works on drugs for orphan diseases.
August 05, 2020
Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Northeastern Establishes Global Partnership to Improve the Quality of Medicine
Northeastern has joined with a research and training center in Ireland to prepare the next generation of scientists, engineers, and lab technicians to produce high quality drugs for patients around the world.
August 05, 2020
Biotechnology
MS Biotech Student Divya Parikh Honored as 2019 Forbes Under 30 Scholar
Divya Bharat Parikh, a Northeastern student working towards her MS in Biotechnology, was honored as a Forbes Under 30 Scholar at the 2019 Forbes Under 30 Summit.
August 05, 2020
Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
They Want to Reveal the Chemistry of Every Enzyme Ever
Professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern are using a combination of computational predictions and experimental testing to explore the connection between the chemical make-up of an enzyme and its function.
August 05, 2020
Biotechnology
They’re Ensuring Quality Medication Gets to the Patients Who Need It
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is funding BATL's efforts to expand their ability to train people in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in new medications, such as biologics.
August 05, 2020
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology
The Program That's Training the Students who could Transform Cancer Treatment
Northeastern graduates work at the upstart company Outcomes4Me, where they’re developing a mobile app that delivers personalized treatment information to people with breast cancer.
August 05, 2020
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology
The Program That’s Training the Students who could Transform Cancer Treatment
Northeastern graduates work at the upstart company Outcomes4Me, where they’re developing a mobile app that delivers personalized treatment information to people with breast cancer.
August 05, 2020
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology
BATL Awarded $4.3M MLSC Grant to Expand Facilities, Provide Biomanufacturing Trainings
Northeastern's Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory was accepted into the 2019 Competitive Capitol Program, enabling the expansion of the campus and improvement to the biomanufacturing industry.
August 05, 2020
Biochemistry, Biotechnology
This New Drug Design Provides Hope for Patients With an Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
Debra Auguste a professor of chemical engineering, designed a new way to target triple-negative breast cancer that simultaneously delivers a cancer-killing drug and interferes with the cancer’s ability to grow and spread.
August 05, 2020