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She’s building better bones while encouraging diversity in science
Morgan Pfaff, who studies biochemistry, conducts biomaterial research for bone graft applications in Egan Research Center. Pfaff recently received an National Science Foundation grant.
May 12, 2021
He studies how proteins change in reaction to drugs
John Engen is the James L. Waters chair in analytical chemistry and distinguished professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Science. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
April 28, 2021
These athletes pursue championships while on co-op
Megan Carter (left), a sophomore defenseman for the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team, and Sammy Shupe, senior setter for the women’s volleyball team, have been contending for championships while on co-op. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
April 28, 2021
Seeing the Future: Microsoft Partnership allows Professor Jared Auclair to bring Mixed Reality to the Classroom
With the HoloLens, Professor Jared Auclair uses mixed reality media to teach students biotechnology skills. This partnership with Microsoft is bring innovation to Northeastern's classrooms.
April 20, 2021
First-of-its-kind nanosensor could help diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease
Every movement in the human body—from lifting our arms to our beating hearts—is regulated in some way by signals from our brains. Until recently, scientists often tracked and understood that brain-body communication only after the fact, sort of like listening to a voicemail as opposed to being on a call. But researchers at Northeastern have […]
April 16, 2021
Biochemistry Students Selected for Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award
Undergraduates in NU’s American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chapter were selected for the 2020 ‘Chapter of the Year’ honor
June 17, 2020
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.
April 29, 2019
'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.
April 22, 2019
‘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.
April 22, 2019
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.
April 18, 2019
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.
April 18, 2019
Research Grants Awarded to Two Undergraduate Students
Two undergraduate students working in Professor Rebecca Shansky’s lab were awarded research grants from the Mindlin Foundation and Northeastern University.
January 30, 2019
Unraveling the Mysteries Hidden in DNA
New research from Northeastern Professor Mark Williams and Senior Research Scientist Micah McCauley have developed a novel approach to unfurling the mysteries tucked away in human DNA.
January 14, 2019
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.
April 17, 2019