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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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Her HIV research shed new light on treating African women with AIDS. Now her focus is Covid-19.
Nomathemba Chandiwana, a Northeastern 2004 graduate, uses her expertise on HIV and infectious diseases to find solutions for the soaring Covid-19 cases in South Africa.
No needles? No problem. This COVID-19 vaccine could be inhaled.
Paul Whitford and a team of scientists develop an inhalable vaccine strategy in the hopes of offering a simple and efficient way of administering COVID-19 vaccines.
Student Profile: Margaret Cai, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering Major
Margaret Cai is a Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry Major. She is graduating in the Class of 2022. Why did you decide to study Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry at Northeastern? “I’ve always been very interested in biology and chemistry. When I was younger, I read books about diseases just because I found them fascinating. I chose...
She’s building better bones while encouraging diversity in science
Morgan Pfaff, who studies biochemistry, conducts biomaterial research for bone graft applications in Egan Research Center. Pfaff recently received an National Science Foundation grant.
He studies how proteins change in reaction to drugs
John Engen is the James L. Waters chair in analytical chemistry and distinguished professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Science. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
These athletes pursue championships while on co-op
Megan Carter (left), a sophomore defenseman for the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team, and Sammy Shupe, senior setter for the women’s volleyball team, have been contending for championships while on co-op. Photos by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
Seeing the Future: Microsoft Partnership allows Professor Jared Auclair to bring Mixed Reality to the Classroom
With the HoloLens, Professor Jared Auclair uses mixed reality media to teach students biotechnology skills. This partnership with Microsoft is bring innovation to Northeastern's classrooms.
First-of-its-kind nanosensor could help diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease
Every movement in the human body—from lifting our arms to our beating hearts—is regulated in some way by signals from our brains. Until recently, scientists often tracked and understood that brain-body communication only after the fact, sort of like listening to a voicemail as opposed to being on a call. But researchers at Northeastern have...
Biochemistry Students Selected for Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award
Undergraduates in NU’s American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chapter were selected for the 2020 ‘Chapter of the Year’ honor
The Coronavirus Might Have Weak Spots. Machine Learning Could Help Find Them.
What makes SARS-CoV-2 so infectious? The answer is in its proteins. Mary Jo Ondrechen and Penny Beuning, professors of chemistry and chemical biology, are using machine learning to investigate these proteins and begin to understand how to slow the spread of the virus.
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.
Could Houses of the Future Be Made by Bacteria?
Imagine if we could grow a building the way coral polyps grow a reef, or if living cells in our clothes could break down sweat and body odor. It’s not science fiction, says associate professor Neel Joshi. It’s the future of scientific research.