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Chemistry professor working to help people with fatal genetic disorder
Professor John R. Engen and Professor Timothy Springer of Harvard Medical School publish paper about the molecular basis of Myostatin activation.
January 31, 2018
Northeastern and GlaxoSmithKline launch joint experiential PhD program
Northeastern has partnered with global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline to launch a first-of-its-kind, joint experiential PhD program. Employees of GSK who enroll in the program will conduct pharmaceutical research projects co-developed by the company and Northeastern, and GSK will cover the tuition costs of the program as well as all the research expenses.
January 23, 2018
Why you should care about rare tropical diseases
Chemistry Professor Mike Pollastri has dedicated his life to the study of neglected tropical diseases. He shares why this research is so important for the future of disease in the U.S., and around the world.
January 12, 2018
PhD Profile: Amissi Sadiki
Amissi Sadiki, 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.
December 11, 2017
Professor Sunny Zhou talks about his research
Zhaohui "Sunny" Zhou, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about his research at Northeastern University.
November 19, 2017
Student Chapter for the National Organization of Rare Disorders formed at Northeastern
"One of the overall main goals for our group is to raise awareness," said pharmacy student and organization founder Jennifer Shoskes. "One of the main things about rare diseases is that people don't know about them – and it's not just about the disease, but to shed light on what patients and their caregivers go through."
October 19, 2017
Science meets Security: How Northeastern is impacting the future of forensic science research
Northeastern Professor and Director of the Core Mass Spectrometry Facility at the Barnett Institute Dr. Adam Hall is the Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Research and Forensic Science, a virtual center to innovate new research in the field of forensics. Northeastern's involvement in this national project will be the start not only to many new research projects in areas like drug analysis and DNA repair, but also as…
September 28, 2017
Dr. Harry B. Gray of Cal Tech presents “Electron Flow Through Proteins” as chemistry colloquium speaker
Dr. Harry B. Gray, Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry, and founding Director of the Beckman Institute, at the California Institute of Technology, visited Northeastern on September 30, 2015.
November 12, 2015
Dr. Harry B. Gray of Cal Tech presents "Electron Flow Through Proteins" as chemistry colloquium speaker
Dr. Harry B. Gray, Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry, and founding Director of the Beckman Institute, at the California Institute of Technology, visited Northeastern on September 30, 2015.
November 12, 2015
Rare Cell Studies Earn Researcher Prestigious Mass Spectrometry Award
Alexander R. Ivanov, research associate professor in the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, has received a research award from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. The award, one of only two given each year, provides a financial grant to young scientists to promote academic research in mass spectrometry.
September 09, 2015
Chemistry Department Garners National Recognition
Northeastern’s chemistry department was recently named top 10 in a review of career support services among American chemistry departments.
August 24, 2015
Student receives National ACS Med Chem Division Fellowship
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is thrilled to and proud to announce that graduate student Dana Klug has received one of three ACS Med Chem Division graduate student fellowships awarded nationally.
August 14, 2015
Professor Carla Mattos provides invited commentary on NCI Ras Initiative Website
Professor Carla Mattos was invited to provide commentary on the NCI Ras Initiative website.
August 06, 2015
Professor Matthias Mann of Munich, Germany to visit Northeastern for inaugural Karger Medal Event in October
Professor Matthias Mann has been named the inaugural recipient of the 2015 Karger Medal, named in honor of Dr. Barry L. Karger who has been director of the Barnett Institute at Northeastern since 1973.
July 16, 2015