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    Connie Phong wants to know how an animal adapted to live in a highly specialized environment — just below the freezing point for seawater — responds to warming oceans.

    How Northeastern scientists are using Antarctic sea spiders to study life on the edge

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    Fleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe has identified a way to target two of the deadliest cancer types with chemotherapy drugs but without the harms associated with chemotherapy.

    Northeastern researcher uses light to target and kill cancer cells

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  • Intestinal Bacteria Could Give Doctors an Objective Test for Chronic Lyme Disease

    Intestinal Bacteria Could Give Doctors an Objective Test for Chronic Lyme Disease

    Chronic Lyme disease is a relatively unknown to the general public, but horrific fact of life for many. A new way of identifying this mysterious syndrome doesn't involve any bulls-eye rashes, but your gut.
  • PhD Student Judene Thomas Biomedical Science Career Program HOPE Scholarship

    PhD Student Judene Thomas Biomedical Science Career Program HOPE Scholarship

    Congratulations Judene Thomas, a second-year PhD student in the Department of Biology who has been named a recipient of the ‘20­–’21 Biomedical Science Career Program HOPE Scholarship from Harvard Medical School.
  • How a Freeloading Worm Might Help Us Live Healthier, Longer Lives

    How a Freeloading Worm Might Help Us Live Healthier, Longer Lives

    Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent, microscopic worm, has evolved a way to take advantage of protection provided by nearby bacteria. This response could provide clues as to how humans coordinate our own cellular defense systems.
  • Biology and Bioinformatics With Julian Stanley

    Biology and Bioinformatics With Julian Stanley

      What motivated you to pursue a PlusOne master’s degree? I joined Northeastern in the biochemistry program on a 5-year, 3-co-op plan. I already had an interest in bioinformatics, but the Bioinformatics PlusOne program had not been approved yet. During my third year, I wanted to learn more technical skills, so I briefly switched to the “Biology and […]
  • On the Front Lines of COVID-19 with COS Alumna Dr. Ali Wallace

    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.
  • Six Northeastern Professors Named to 2019 List of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ Around the Globe

    Six Northeastern Professors Named to 2019 List of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ Around the Globe

    The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list features has included six Northeastern researchers who rank in in the top 1 percent by citations in their fields between 2006 and 2016.
  • Food, Forests and Fisheries: A Journey In Conservation and Food

    Food, Forests and Fisheries: A Journey In Conservation and Food

    Student Caitlyn Ark journals about her dialogue of civilizations experience in Romania and Crete.
  • We Know Exercise Is Good for Your Skin. This Protein Mimics Those Effects in Mice.

    We Know Exercise Is Good for Your Skin. This Protein Mimics Those Effects in Mice.

    Skin cells lose their ability to heal themselves with age. Northeastern biologist Justin Crane is testing how a new treatment to heal wounds in older mice can help researchers understand the mechanisms of healing human skin cells.