Department of Bioengineering
Northeastern University College of Engineering
faculty holding bone for osteoporosis research

Research

Convergent research with collaboration across government, industry, and academia

Faculty conduct research as part of the College of Engineering’s multidisciplinary research centers and institutes, such as the Institute for the Chemical Imaging of Living Systems, and the Institute for Mechanobiology, and within their laboratories. 

The department’s research areas of focus include Biomechanics and Mechanobiology; Biomedical Devices and Bioimaging; Molecular, Cell, and Tissue Engineering; and Systems, Synthetic, and Computational Bioengineering.

View faculty profiles for laboratory research as well as our recent Annual Reports.

Research at a Glance

Quick Facts

$34M

external research awards (2022-2024)

20

young investigator awards

16

professional society fellowships

47

Full-time faculty

External Research Funding Examples

  • Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  • American Heart Association
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • The Department of Homeland Security

Latest News

More News
Image for Uncovering Unexpected Protein Creation Processes in the Human Body
Faculty

Uncovering Unexpected Protein Creation Processes in the Human Body

BioE Professor Nikolai Slavov and his team discovered that unexpected amino acid substitutions create abundant, stable proteins in the human body that deviate from standard genetic instructions. This article originally […]

Image for Unlocking Plant Secrets for Safer Medicine and Resilient Crops
Faculty

Unlocking Plant Secrets for Safer Medicine and Resilient Crops

COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Weng, director of the Institute for Plant-Human Interface, is studying natural plant processes to discover safer cancer treatments, develop a potential peanut allergy vaccine, and breed resilient crops capable of advancing global health and sustainability.

Image for Expanding Proteome Diversity Through Alternate RNA Decoding
Faculty

Expanding Proteome Diversity Through Alternate RNA Decoding

BioE Professor Nikolai Slavov’s laboratory published research on “Alternate RNA decoding results in stable and abundant proteins in mammals” in Nature.

Image for New Project Combines Biology, Music, and Math to Display Limb Regeneration
Faculty

New Project Combines Biology, Music, and Math to Display Limb Regeneration

A project named “Morphogenesis,” led by Garret Compston and MIE/BioE Professor Sandra Shefelbine, uses Alan Turing’s pattern with musical representation to portray the biological process behind how individual cells, tissues and organs develop their specific shapes and structures when the embryo is still developing.