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Dr. Leila Deravi builds tech solutions that replicate nature
Electronic screens whose color-changing technology is inspired by squids. Skin constructed in the lab from protein fibers to mimic the aging process and test products that may slow it down.
November 29, 2016
Students in MS Biotechnology Share Rewarding Pre-co-op Experiences
On November 14, students in Northeastern’s Biotechnology Professional Science Master’s program gathered in the Curry Student Center to hear their classmates describe the pre-co-op work experiences they had performed during the summer semester. Co-op Coordinator Vanecia Harrison-Sanders moderated the panel. The intent of the pre-co-op is to provide “real-world” learning in industry, government, teaching hospitals, and academic research […]
November 15, 2016
A Conversation With the COS Graduate Co-op Coordinators
The College of Science Graduate Program staff sat down with Vanecia Harrison-Sanders and Patricia Corrigan to discuss their work in graduate co-op.
October 17, 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
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
Northeastern receives $9M to fast track discovery of new antibiotics
A team led by University Distinguished Professor of Biology Kim Lewis received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to launch a novel platform for developing antibiotics that kill pathogens without encountering resistance.
July 11, 2016
Dr. Auclair appointed academic director of Northeastern’s Biotech Programs
Dr. Jared Auclair comes to the position having been a significant contributor to the university’s educational mission teaching Protein Mass Spectrometry and establishing and operating Northeastern's Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory in Burlington, MA
June 29, 2016
Dr. Auclair appointed academic director of Northeastern’s Biotech Programs
Dr. Jared Auclair comes to the position having been a significant contributor to the university’s educational mission teaching Protein Mass Spectrometry and establishing and operating Northeastern's Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory in Burlington, MA
June 29, 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
Kenneth W. Henderson appointed dean of College of Science
Kenneth W. Henderson, a scholar of synthetic and structural inorganic chemistry, is a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. He will join Northeastern on July 1.
May 23, 2016
Biotech entrepreneurs pitch their startups
Biotech entrepreneurship took center stage at Northeastern on Friday, when four teams of graduate students pitched their startups to a panel of judges at a competition that wrapped up an eight-week boot camp.
May 19, 2016
Dr. Anand Asthagiri and team reveal how cancer cells escape from tumors and spread
Metastasis is the cause of approximately 90 percent of deaths among cancer patients. How does metastasis come about? And can we stop it? Research published by Dr. Ashagiri and his team in Biophysical Journal reveals how the abnormal protein-fiber scaffolding of tumors and the agility of the cancer cells themselves come together in a perfect storm to […]
April 27, 2016
Amgen Massachusetts and the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis Announce Scholar Award
The Wolfgang Goetzinger-Amgen Memorial Scholar Award is in memory of Amgen’s well-respected and esteemed colleague, Wolfgang Goetzinger, an analytical chemist at Amgen’s Cambridge R&D facility and former post-doctoral fellow in the Barnett Institute at Northeastern University.
April 14, 2016
Chinese delegation visits Northeastern to learn about biotechnology
On Friday, March 18, faculty and staff of Northeastern’s Biotechnology Programs welcomed a delegation of 18 professors, physician’s and research fellows from Anhui Province in China. The group spent time in New Jersey and Massachusetts visiting a variety of sites in order to learn about the U.S. biotechnology industry. The delegation wanted to visit Northeastern in order […]
March 21, 2016