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"Artificial liver” research featured on the Wall Street Journal's VentureWire blog

Research collaboration between the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Empiriko has led to development of a device, which has been heralded as an artificial liver.  The Biomimiks technology is designed to allow researchers to screen potential pharmaceuticals for toxic metabolites, bypassing the need for animal studies.  Work at Northeastern involves department chair Graham […]
February 11, 2014

"Artificial liver” research featured on the Wall Street Journal's VentureWire blog

Research collaboration between the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Empiriko has led to development of a device, which has been heralded as an artificial liver.  The Biomimiks technology is designed to allow researchers to screen potential pharmaceuticals for toxic metabolites, bypassing the need for animal studies.  Work at Northeastern involves department chair Graham […]
February 11, 2014

Green Chemistry Recognized

The department’s ACS student affiliates’ chapter was this year’s recipient of the Green Chemistry award. This accolade was given in addition to their chapter being named an outstanding chapter for the third year running – a feat that few others nationally can claim. In making the award, which was accepted at the 2013 National meeting […]
September 01, 2013

Thomas Gilbert elected to National ACS Board

Thomas R. Gilbert was recently elected to the American Chemical Society Board of Directors. He will serve as the director for District I, which includes New England, New York, and parts of Pennsylvania. Gilbert, whose research focus at Northeastern is chemical and science education, has been a member of the ACS since 1968, and has […]
August 16, 2013

Chemistry student group earns chemical society’s high honor

North­eastern University’s stu­dent chapter of the Amer­ican Chem­ical Society has been des­ig­nated as “out­standing,” the highest honor bestowed upon a uni­ver­sity by the world’s largest sci­en­tific society.
November 13, 2012

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