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Food, Forests and Fisheries: A Journey In Conservation and Food
Student Caitlyn Ark journals about her dialogue of civilizations experience in Romania and Crete.
February 05, 2020
We Know Exercise Is Good for Your Skin. This Protein Mimics Those Effects in Mice.
Skin cells lose their ability to heal themselves with age. Northeastern biologist Justin Crane is testing how a new treatment to heal wounds in older mice can help researchers understand the mechanisms of healing human skin cells.
January 24, 2020
A New Antibiotic Has Been Hiding in the Gut of a Tiny Worm. It May Be Our Best Weapon Against Drug-resistant Bacteria.
After two years of work, a team of researchers led by Kim Lewis, University Distinguished Professor of biology, announced their discovery of darobactin, which can kill resistant microbes known as gram-negative bacteria.
November 21, 2019
Tapping into the Power of Mitochondria
Dr. Dori Woods and her associates at Northeastern University recent research about the nature and behavior of mitochondria could one day be used to better understand cell function as a whole
November 05, 2019
Iron: The Swiss Army Knife for Bacteria
Dr. Yunrong Chai and his team discovered new, essential uses for iron in biofilms, the bacterial populations that colonize our bodies, our hospitals, and our world.
November 04, 2019
Cancer Tumors Aren’t Always as ‘Tough’ as They Seem
Ph.D. student Xinzhi Li and Assistant Physics Professor Max Bi applied a model to study the rigidity of cancer tumors to help researchers understand how to treat them.
October 22, 2019
The Salamander That Eats Its Siblings’ Arms Could One Day Help You Grow a New One
Axolotls are special because, unlike other animals, they can regrow organs that are just as robust as the originals, no matter how old they get.
October 22, 2019
Why Do the Leaves Change Color in the Fall? And What Do I Do with This Feeling of Existential Dread?
Ever wondered why trees change color in the fall? Aaron Roth explains.
October 21, 2019
Deciphering the Medieval Secrets of the Dragon Prayer Book
The Dragon Prayer Book is a medieval manuscript that had been neglected for years on a back shelf of Snell Library. Northeastern students Zak Ganhadeiro and Connor Hamill led efforts to analyze the book’s animal skin and decipher the lyrics to its chants.
October 04, 2019
Small Pharma: Inside the World of Orphan Diseases, with Alumna Agnes Rafalko
Agnes Rafalko got her PhD in proteomics and nanomedicine at Northeastern. She now works as the Chief Scientific Officer of Glycomine, a startup she herself founded that works on drugs for orphan diseases.
September 17, 2019
He’s Using Theoretical Physics to Make Sense of Cancer
Biology isn't just for biologists anymore. Herbert Levine is one of the scientists tackling biological research from an interdisciplinary perspective - in his case, physics.
August 23, 2019
A Disease You May Not Have Heard of Kills 20,000 People Every Year. He’s Working to Combat It.
Visceral leishmaniasis causes 20,000 deaths every year, yet many people have never even heard of it. Hopefully, the opening of a new research and treatment center at Chemolingot Hospital will change both of those things.
August 12, 2019
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
The Science of Movement
How do we move elegantly? How do we balance? Dagmar Sternad is studying ballet dancers to discover the science of movement.
July 31, 2019