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The Mexican axolotl salamander can regenerate many body parts, including its limbs and the spinal cord. Photo by Artem Lysenko from Pexels

Eye of Newt and Leg of Axolotl: Northeastern University Hosted an International Conference on Salamander Research

Northeastern is proud to have hosted the 2019 Salamander Models in Cross-Disciplinary Biological Research Conference.

August 08, 2019

James Monaghan, assistant professor in the College of Science, researches axolotl salamanders on July 19, 2019. Monaghan studies the salamanders in order to better understand complex tissue regeneration. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

The axolotl, an odd-looking salamander from Mexico, can regrow its limbs, organs, and even parts of its eyes flawlessly, and without scarring. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

This Salamander Can Regenerate Limbs like Deadpool. Can It Teach Us to Do the Same?

James Monaghan, associate professor of biology at Northeastern, is studying the axolotl, a type of salamander native to Mexico because of its ability to regrow lost or injured body parts. Monaghan hopes that ability might one day be transferable to humans.

July 23, 2019

Student Nohelly Derosiers transfers C. elegans in Javier Apfeld’s lab at the Mugar Life Sciences Building. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

How Long Will We Live? The Answer Isn’t in a Crystal Ball. But It Might Be in Our Brains.

Northeastern biology professor Javier Apfeld can extend the lifespan of a worm by manipulating how its brain processes information. Now he wants to know why.

July 08, 2019

Northeastern graduates Francis Nimick, left, and Amanda Stroiney, right, work at the upstart company Outcomes4Me, where they’re developing a mobile app that delivers personalized treatment information to people with breast cancer. Stroiney says that she wouldn’t be working at Outcomes4Me, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, if not for the opportunity to do co-op at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as part of the university’s CaNCURE program. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

The Program That's Training the Students who could Transform Cancer Treatment

Northeastern graduates work at the upstart company Outcomes4Me, where they’re developing a mobile app that delivers personalized treatment information to people with breast cancer.

June 13, 2019

Students in an Organic Chemistry class work in a lab in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Chemistry Department Ranked Most Gender Diverse

The Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity held a survey that found Northeastern's chemistry department to be the most gender diverse!

May 22, 2019

Two COS Students Earn 2019 Goldwater Scholarship for STEM Research

Two COS students have received the 2019 Goldwater Scholarship. With this award, they will continue STEM research in microbiology.

April 30, 2019

Jared Auclair, the director of Northeastern’s BATL, principle investigator and the lead researcher for the grant proposal. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology

BATL Awarded $4.3M MLSC Grant to Expand Facilities, Provide Biomanufacturing Trainings

Northeastern's Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory was accepted into the 2019 Competitive Capitol Program, enabling the expansion of the campus and improvement to the biomanufacturing industry.

April 29, 2019

Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

‘What Happens on the Molecular Level to Make Us Sick?’

Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.

April 22, 2019

Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

'What Happens on the Molecular Level to Make Us Sick?'

Isaac Kresse, a chemistry and computer engineering student at Northeastern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to study the role of chaperone proteins in age-related diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.

April 22, 2019

Fulbright scholar Zoe Bishop has always been intrigued by Eastern culture and traditions. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Her Dream Didn’t Come True and She Couldn’t Be Happier About That

Zoe Bishop has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will spend a year in South Korea as an English teaching assistant.

April 18, 2019

Fulbright scholar Zoe Bishop has always been intrigued by Eastern culture and traditions. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Her Dream Didn't Come True and She Couldn't Be Happier About That

Zoe Bishop has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will spend a year in South Korea as an English teaching assistant.

April 18, 2019

Sarah Neshat

Biochemistry Major Sarah Neshat Selected for an NSF Graduate Fellowship

Graduating senior Sarah Neshat has been awarded a fellowship by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). The Biochemistry major is planning to join the PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

April 17, 2019

Photo: A total of 11 Northeastern students have received Truman and Fulbright Scholarships in 2019. They’re serving underrepresented populations, searching for answers to some of the most vexing diseases, and fighting for gender equality. Composite image by News@Northeastern.

Northeastern Students Awarded Two Truman, Nine Fulbright Scholarships

A total of 11 Northeastern students have received Truman and Fulbright Scholarships in 2019. They’re serving underrepresented populations, searching for answers to some of the most vexing diseases, and fighting for gender equality.

April 17, 2019