News Archive - Northeastern University College of Science

08/13/19 - BOSTON, MA. - Penny Beuning and Mary Jo Ondrechen work in their lab in Hurtig Hall on August 13, 2019. Beuning and Ondrechen analyze amino acids to to create a new way of identifying what different proteins in our body do. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Penny Beuning and Mary Jo Ondrechen, Northeastern professors of chemistry and chemical biology, are developing new ways to predict the function of an enzyme by looking at the roles of the individual amino acids that make up its structure. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

They Want to Reveal the Chemistry of Every Enzyme Ever

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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.

Richard Wamai, an associate professor of cultures, societies, and global studies at Northeastern, helped to build a research and treatment center in Kenya to combat visceral leishmaniasis, the second-most deadly parasitic disease after malaria. Photos by Natalia Jidovanu for Northeastern University

A nurse and pharmacist admit 10-year old Lopeto Losile to the new ward of the Chemolingot Sub-County Hospital. Losile’s father observes the process. Photo by Natalia Jidovanu for Northeastern University

A Disease You May Not Have Heard of Kills 20,000 People Every Year. He’s Working to Combat It.

Visceral leishmaniasis causes 20,000 deaths every year, yet many people have never even heard of it. Hopefully, the opening of a new research and treatment center at Chemolingot Hospital will change both of those things.

07/31/19 - BOSTON, MA. - Aron Stubbins, associate professor of marine and environmental sciences, uses a solar simulator to inspect microplastics from the open ocean in the Mugar Life Sciences Building on July 31, 2019. Stubbins received a grant from the National Sciences Foundation to study the effect of sunlight on microplastics. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Aron Stubbins, associate professor of marine and environmental sciences, uses a solar simulator to inspect microplastics from the open ocean in the Mugar Life Sciences Building. Stubbins received a grant from the National Sciences Foundation to study the effect of sunlight on microplastics. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Nearly Eight Million Tons of Plastic Is Missing from Our Oceans. Where Did It Go?

Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences

Professor Aron Stubbins's research into microplastics provides important insight into the whereabouts of almost eight million metric tons of missing plastic.

(Video) The Future of Sunscreen

Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences

The pigments in the skin of cephalopods, including squid, octopus, and cuttlefish, can absorb ultraviolet radiation. Researchers in Northeastern’s Biomaterials Design Group are studying these animals to find ways to create new, environmentally friendly sunscreen.

Northeastern professor Sanjeev Mukerjee is working to lower the cost of fuel cells to make gasoline-powered cars obsolete. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

He Wants to Make Gas-powered Cars Obsolete

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Sanjeev Mukerjee, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern, is working to develop technology to lower the cost of fuel cells for consumer vehicles.

Students in an Organic Chemistry class work in a lab in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Chemistry Department Ranked Most Gender Diverse

Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

The Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity held a survey that found Northeastern's chemistry department to be the most gender diverse!

Michelle Mouw, the chief operating officer of Mass Hike, says that she joined the organization because she believes in the restorative and healing effects of nature. “This company is important to me because I believe access to nature is not a privilege, but a right,” she says. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

She’s Giving Boston Residents a Taste of the Great Outdoors

Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences

Michelle Mouw, the chief operating officer of Mass Hike, says that she joined the organization because she believes in the restorative and healing effects of nature.

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

‘What Happens on the Molecular Level to Make Us Sick?’

Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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: 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.

Northeastern Students Awarded Two Truman, Nine Fulbright Scholarships

Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences

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.

Dr. Makarov presenting on the science behind the Orbitrap analyzer and the history of his invention.

Dr. Alexander Makarov presenting at Northeastern and the “Past, present, and future of Orbitrap mass spectrometry”

Barnett Institute for Chemical & Biological Analysis, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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.

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