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Biology PhD student Alison Wirshing wins International Award

Poster Award goes to . . . Alison Wirshing! Congratulations to Biology PhD student Alison Wirshing for winning the International Society of Differentiation Beverly McKinnell Student Award (and 1000€) at the Society for Developmental Biology Poster Competition this past weekend! Alison participated in the 75th Annual Meeting ISD 19th International Conference (http://sdbonline.org/2016mtg). After being selected […]
August 09, 2016

MRSA Studies: Scientists find new antibiotic in the human nose

MRSA Studies identify potential treatment from Bacteria found in the Human Nose Until now, conventional antibiotic discovery has focused on looking for compounds from bacteria living in dirt. But identifying novel compound structures from soil microbes has been getting harder. The new research, from Andreas Peschel and colleagues at the University of Tübingen, suggests that the […]
August 01, 2016

Biology Graduate Colloquium

2016 Annual Biology Graduate Colloquium The annual biology graduate colloquium took place on the 18th and 19th of May this year. The two-day event ended with a cookout. Our graduate students are required to hone their research presentation skills to help prepare them for careers as scientists. This annual colloquium allows students to present amongst fellow […]
June 03, 2016

Meet the graduates: Theo Bowe

"I would say that my biggest achieve­ment at North­eastern was man­aging to bal­ance all of the demands on my time needed to meet the aca­d­emic and extracur­ric­ular goals I set for myself, while still man­aging to explore inter­ests unre­lated to these goals and to have fun."
May 06, 2016

Meet the graduates: Julie Hugunin

"Mind­ful­ness helped me in ways I never imag­ined it could. It made me so much calmer, so much hap­pier. That per­sonal expe­ri­ence has made me want to pro­vide the same for others. When I’m a physi­cian and a researcher, I want it to be part of my approach."
May 04, 2016

Biochemistry Club is Recognized for Outstanding Activity

Our Undergraduate Biochemistry Club was honored nationally and on campus. The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) designated the The Northeastern Chapter of the Biochemistry Club as the 2016 Outstanding Chapter. The University has also awarded the group with a 2016 Phoenix Award. Congratulations to our students for this recognition of their enthusiasm […]
April 27, 2016

Student on co-op in South Africa starts soup kitchen

“When Sophie Chaney packed up her bags and headed off to her co-op in Cape Town, South Africa, she anticipated working in the field for the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The biology major has done that, often collecting pollen samples from flowers in order to compare them to other samples captured in other areas. […]
April 11, 2016

Six of Our Students Honored with Huntington 100 Distinction

Huntington 100 Program Awards Six Distinguished Juniors and Seniors of Biology Department Majors this year! Congratulations to our Biology Department students: Berit Lindell–dual major in Biology and Sociology, Rebecca Larson–Biochemistry; Kristian Teichert–Biochemistry; Lola (Ololade) Akingbade–Behavioral Neuroscience; Ralph Peterson–Behavioral Neuroscience, and Madeleine Smith–Behavioral Neuroscience! These six students are being honored with the Huntington 100 award. The Huntington 100 program […]
April 09, 2016

Excellence Awards Received by Biology Ph.D. Candidates

Congratulations to both Johanna Farkas, Biology PhD Candidate, for being awarded the Dean's Excellence Award in Teaching and Brittany Berdy, Biology PhD Candidate, for being awarded the Dean's Excellence Award in Leadership!
April 06, 2016

Researchers investigate four promising new Lyme disease treatments

"It’s no sur­prise that when North­eastern researchers reported last May how the bac­terium that causes [Lyme] dis­ease evades antibi­otics, sug­gesting new [Lyme Disease] treat­ments, the media and the gen­eral public took notice." -Thea Singer for COS News
March 29, 2016

Prof. Javier Apfeld studies worms to reveal the fountain of youth

" 'What con­trols how long an organism lives?' he asks. 'I study that ques­tion in worms, which are a great model because they live only about two weeks, so I can do exper­i­ments quickly and rel­a­tively inex­pen­sively . . . many of the genes that affect lifespan in worms affect lifespan in other organisms.' " – News@Northeastern article by Thea Singer
March 22, 2016

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