A more contagious variant of the coronavirus is now dominant in the U.S. Variants are complicating the fight to subdue the pandemic and raising calls for continued vigilance–and mask-wearing. Illustration by Alison Booth/Northeastern University

What makes SARS-CoV-2 so infectious? The answer is in its proteins. Mary Jo Ondrechen and Penny Beuning, professors of chemistry and chemical biology, are using machine learning to investigate these proteins and begin to understand how to slow the spread of the virus.

Lecturer of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Dr. Stephen Hatfield sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about his research at Northeastern University.

Hugo Guterres, Chemistry PhD candidate, sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about what it’s like to work and study at Northeastern University.

A biology professor and bioinformatics graduate student are among a large group of international researchers who authored the recent publication.

The College of Science Graduate Program staff sat down with Vanecia Harrison-Sanders and Patricia Corrigan to discuss their work in graduate co-op.

Northeastern’s Master of Science in Bioinformatics combines interdisciplinary core coursework.