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A new report from a group of Northeastern researchers explores across disciplines how biotech can ensure safe, sustainable life beyond Earth.
The key to international space cooperation is developments in biotechnology, Northeastern researchers say
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The NeuroPRISM lab, led by assistant psychology professor Stephanie Noble, makes tools that pave the way for reliable and reproducible neuroimaging of the brain.
Precise maps of the brain’s deepest corners are made possible through tools developed by these Northeastern researchers
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Spotlight: The National Society of Black Women in Medicine
“People are meant to exist in communities” The National Society of Black Women in Medicine at NU are making that change. Toun Olorungbemi, co-Founder & charter president of the National Society of Black Women in Medicine at Northeastern I am a Nigerian-American university student at Northeastern, studying Behavioral Neuroscience in the College of Science with...
Co-op Spotlight: Q&A with Chris Jurcisin, BS in Biochemistry
Chris Jurcisin is in his 3rd-year here at Northeastern and is enrolled in the biochemistry program. Learn more about Chris’ successful first co-op with a start-up pharmaceutical company here in Boston. 1. Tell us about yourself. My name is Chris Jurcisin, and I am a 3rd-year biochemistry major. I chose this major because I have always been...
Biochemistry students attend American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting
Four Northeastern University biochemistry students– Kai Beattie, Ashley Brown, Gabrielle Hernandez, and Joie Sun– represented the university’s American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) chapter at the society’s national meeting in Philadelphia.
Student-led collaboration explains how worms navigate a world of food and toxins
A new study from a Northeastern-led collaboration, looking into the C. elegans worms’ interactions with their microbiome, found that the worms are willing to leave a bacterial food source when they’re exposed to one of their deadliest toxins and identified the driving neurological mechanism behind it.
Stunned students protest Russian invasion of Ukraine
Northeastern’s Ukraine Cultural Club, led by Deanna Zawadiwsky, a fourth-year psychology and economics major, met on Centennial Common to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Recipients of the College of Science Excellence in Teaching Award 2022
The College of Science Excellence in Teaching Awards recognize and reward outstanding NU College of Science faculty for their significant contributions to student learning. We are pleased to announce this year’s winners.
Northeastern’s first Churchill Scholar will study breast cancer at Cambridge University
Cameron Young recently earned the Churchill Scholarship for his impressive work in the field of biochemistry that will allow him to continue his studies at Cambridge university.
Q&A with Ellen Smith: CaNCURE Spring Cohort
Biochemistry major Ellen Smith shares her co-op experience at CaNCURE.
Landmark study into the genetic disorder offers clues into links between metabolism and mental health
Researchers at Northeastern and neighboring colleges say they’ve made a landmark discovery that takes a deeper look at the metabolic and biochemical origins of a debilitating genetic disease known to cause a range of symptoms and health problems. A new study, published Wednesday, focused on a severe neurodevelopmental disorder referred to as 16p11.2 Deletion Syndrome,...
The human genome has been mapped. Here’s the next monumental step.
Jeffrey Agar and his colleagues are working on helping humanity develop treatments for hundreds of currently untreatable diseases
A vegetable garden grows on the Boston campus
New vegetable garden is growing at Northeastern's Boston campus, with participants from all academic backgrounds.
This mysterious on-off switch holds clues to new cancer treatments
Within each of our cells, there’s an on-off switch that controls when cells divide and reproduce. The metaphorical finger that flips this switch is a protein called RAS. Under normal circumstances, RAS switches on to help our bodies repair wounds or replenish cells, to name a few of its functions. But sometimes, the switch gets...