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Northeastern chemistry professor awarded $2.6M NIH grant for neglected disease research
Associate Professor Michael Pollastri spent a decade in the pharmaceutical industry before coming to Northeastern University to focus on finding cures for neglected tropical diseases. The NIH grant will help him continue his work in drug discovery for what's commonly known as sleeping sickness.
October 05, 2016
Chemistry Student Group Earns ACS Outstanding Chapter Award
Congratulations to the Northeastern University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society for earning the title of Outstanding Student Chapter and Green Chemistry Award from the ACS!
September 22, 2016
New College of Science dean’s co-op advice comes from experience
Kenneth Henderson can point to the moment when his career spun in an exciting new direction: a five-month industry placement in London prior to his senior year of college. Here, the new College of Science dean discusses the importance of experiential education and his vision for the college.
September 13, 2016
PhD Profile: Dana Klug
Dana Klug, Chemistry PhD candidate, sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about what it’s like to work and study at Northeastern University.
September 12, 2016
Northeastern Partners with Leading Immunologist to Uncover Protein Linked to Cancer, Other Diseases
In a recently funded project involving Boston Children’s Hospital and Northeastern University, chemistry Professors John R. Engen and Roxana Iacob have teamed up with Prof. Timothy A. Springer—a renowned immunologist and structural biologist from Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Boston Children’s Hospital—to uncover the inner-workings of an extremely complex class of proteins.
September 07, 2016
Northeastern, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute team up for cancer drug development
The goal of the joint research is to understand and develop small molecule drugs that target the deubiquitinating enzyme USP-10.
August 29, 2016
Dean Henderson Delivers Opening Lecture at 50th Anniversary of Student-run Chemistry Conference in Scotland
Northeastern University College of Science Dean Kenneth Henderson delivered the opening lecture at the Universities of Scotland Inorganic Chemistry Conference earlier this week, held at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
August 12, 2016
Studying a critical HIV protein
Professor John Engen helped develop a new hybrid technique to study how a critical HIV protein changes shape to allow infected cells to evade the immune system.
August 01, 2016
Love of plants leads chemistry PhD student down multiple paths
John de la Parra has a goal of using his love of plants to find new medicines from indigenous cultural practices and then bring in the full power of modern biotechnology to create a a controllable platform to create the medicines desperately needed for disease.
July 22, 2016
PhD Profile: Derion Reid, Chemistry
Derion Reid, Chemistry PhD candidate, sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about what it's like to work and study at Northeastern University.
July 12, 2016
Northeastern’s Biotech Program Brings Students, Scientists, and Industry Together
Boston is the apex of today’s biotechnology world. With over 250 companies in Boston, Cambridge, and surrounding suburbs, nearly every pharmaceutical company has a stake in Boston’s biotech network.
June 23, 2016
Chemistry researcher’s paper recognized by C&EN Supplement
Alexander R. Ivanov's paper, "Mass-Spectrometry-Based Molecular Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles: Lipidomics and Proteomics" was recognized by C&EN's publication 'Supplement" as one of the top ten chromatography and mass spectrometry papers.
June 20, 2016
Chemistry researcher's paper recognized by C&EN Supplement
Alexander R. Ivanov's paper, "Mass-Spectrometry-Based Molecular Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles: Lipidomics and Proteomics" was recognized by C&EN's publication 'Supplement" as one of the top ten chromatography and mass spectrometry papers.
June 20, 2016
Keeping up with rapid advancements in the field of proteomics
A short course by Olga Vitek focused on how to keep up in the field of proteomics when the rapid advancements make it tough to interpret and translate meaningful results.
June 14, 2016