Faculty Research
Oct 15, 2026
2026 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines.
Oct 09, 2026
Sternad and Krotov Win Best Conference Paper Award at BioRob 2026 for Whip Control Study
COS/ECE University Distinguished Professor Dagmar Sternad and Aleksi Krotov, MS’20, PhD’26, bioengineering, won the Best Conference Paper Award (Second Place) at the IEEE RAS/EMBS 11th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2026) in Edmonton, Canada for their paper “Hitting a target with a whip: The center of mass as a simplified internal model to control the whip,” which will be published in IEEE Transactions in Medical Robotics and Bionics.
Oct 05, 2026
Unlocking the Secrets of Cellular Memory
BioE Professor Ning Wang explores how cells retain and respond to past physical forces, advancing our understanding of cellular memory and opening up new possibilities for treating aging and various diseases.
Sep 21, 2026
Bajpayee Receives $3.1M NIH Grant to Develop Cartilage-Targeted Gene Therapy for Osteoarthritis
Ambika Goel Bajpayee, Professor of Bioengineering at Northeastern University, has received a five-year, $3.1 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop a nonviral, cartilage-targeted gene therapy for osteoarthritis (OA).
Sep 18, 2026
Haase Awarded $2.2M NIH MIRA ESI Grant to Study Cellular Dynamics
Christa Haase, assistant professor at Northeastern University jointly appointed in Bioengineering and Physics, has been awarded a five-year, $2.2 million R35 MIRA (Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health. The award, granted through NIGMS’s Early Stage Investigator (ESI) program, will support Haase’s research program, “From Motion to Mechanism: How Cellular Dynamics Shape Molecular Programs and Function In Vivo.”
Aug 11, 2026
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 […]
Jul 20, 2026
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.
Jul 20, 2026
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.