" '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

"Northeastern University Distinguished Professor Kim Lewis has received a $1.5 million grant from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to develop better treatments for Lyme disease." –COS News Article

Congratulations to Prof. Missy McElligott for winning the 2015-2016 College of Science Excellence in Teaching Award!

"Scientists and researchers. Educators and future doctors. These were the people behind NU Talk 2016, from the organizers to the presenters themselves. But the impacts and implementations that were presented do not just affect the scientific community. They are global, and they concern the future of society as a whole. The main idea of NU Talk 2016, which was January 28, 2016, was to voice student passions to a general…

"Transcriptional regulation is a tightly regulated, vital process. The transcription factor (TF) CREB1 controls ~25% of the mammalian transcriptome by binding the CRE sequence (TGACGTCA). DNA lesions within CRE modulate CREB1 binding negatively and positively."

"Transcriptional regulation is a tightly regulated, vital process. The transcription factor (TF) CREB1 controls ~25% of the mammalian transcriptome by binding the CRE sequence (TGACGTCA). DNA lesions within CRE modulate CREB1 binding negatively and positively."

"Temporal scaling would arise if all physiological determinants of the risk of death in C. elegans acted as if they were jointly governed by a single stochastic process whose rate constant alone was altered by interventions."

"Temporal scaling would arise if all physiological determinants of the risk of death in C. elegans acted as if they were jointly governed by a single stochastic process whose rate constant alone was altered by interventions."

"Dr. Epstein’s research focused on what he believes to be the single greatest barrier in the way of understanding microbial life. It is known as the great plate count anomaly." –Joshua Timmons, Biology Class of 2017 for COS News

"The number one story [that generated media buzz in 2015] according to Altmetric: "A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance," [was] published in January [2015] in Nature."–ScienceInsider News Article by John Bohannon

"Epstein is using ichips to understand the ecology of bacteria in the natural world. Most recently, some of his colleagues have buried ichips in Greenland tundra to study Arctic microbes." –Stat news article by Carl Zimmer

Biology professors Slava Epstein and Kim Lewis have been recognized by Foreign Policy for their innovative approach to bacteria cultivation.

Biology professors Slava Epstein and Kim Lewis have been recognized by Foreign Policy for their innovative approach to bacteria cultivation.

"Dr. Carolyn Lee-Parsons, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Biology, and Dr. Erin Cram, Associate Professor of Biology, have received a $650,000 grant from the NSF to investigate the production of cancer drugs in Catharanthus roseus, also known as the Madagascar periwinkle." –COS News Article