COS News

Four Northeastern University biochemistry students– Kai Beattie, Ashley Brown, Gabrielle Hernandez, and Joie Sun– represented the university’s American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) chapter at the society’s national meeting in Philadelphia.

Ai Ra shares his experience pursuing an MS in Bioinformatics, one of our professional master's program. Read to learn more about his experience!

Two Northeastern faculty members, biology professor Tovah Day and chemistry professor Steven Lopez have received National Science Foundation CAREER grants, awarded to early-career academics with the potential to serve as role models in research and education.

A new study from a Northeastern-led collaboration, looking into the C. elegans worms’ interactions with their microbiome, found that the worms are willing to leave a bacterial food source when they’re exposed to one of their deadliest toxins and identified the driving neurological mechanism behind it.

Northeastern’s Ukraine Cultural Club, led by Deanna Zawadiwsky, a fourth-year psychology and economics major, met on Centennial Common to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As quadruple jumps take over the gold standard in Olympic figure skating, Dagmar Sternad explains the physics and anatomical explanation behind these impressive moves.

The College of Science Excellence in Teaching Awards recognize and reward outstanding NU College of Science faculty for their significant contributions to student learning. We are pleased to announce this year’s winners.

Assistant professor of physics Max Bi has dedicated years of work at the intersection of two fields: physics and biology. Today, such work has earned him the prestige of being a 2022 Sloan Research Fellow.

Cameron Young recently earned the Churchill Scholarship for his impressive work in the field of biochemistry that will allow him to continue his studies at Cambridge university.

Professor Penny Beuning, chair of the chemistry and chemical biology department; Elizabeth Mynatt, dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences; and Hazel Sive, dean of the College of Arts and Science, have all been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Hear from biology professors Kim Lewis and Eddie Geisinger to learn about the research being done to combat antibiotic resistance. Our researchers share novel solutions to this widespread issue, including the research strategies and sophisticated advancements in drug development that have made it all possible.

After the microscopic roundworms he was studying survived a toxic chemical environment, professor Javier Apfeld was intrigued to discover their tactic for protection against chemical foe.