Faculty Research
Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Benjamin Gyori
Benjamin Gyori joins the Bioengineering department in August 2023 as an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Khoury.
Aug 17, 2023
Studying Axolotls To Understand How Limbs Develop and Regrow
MIE/BioE Professor Sandra Shefelbine, in collaboration with Biology Professor James Monaghan, was awarded a $625,000 NSF grant for “In Vivo Mechanotransduction During Limb Growth” to understand the mechanical signaling involved in limb growth.
Aug 10, 2023
New Methods of Analyzing Single Cell Proteomics
Allen Distinguished Investigator and BioE Associate Professor Nikolai Slavov was awarded a patent for “Mass spectrometry technique for single cell proteomics.”
Aug 09, 2023
Overcoming Barriers to Brain Drug Delivery With Focused Ultrasound
BioE Assistant Professor Tao Sun is exploring the use of ultrasound and tiny bubbles to deliver drugs to the brain more effectively, potentially aiding in treating conditions like Alzheimer’s and brain cancer. Results of his research were published in the journal PNAS.
Aug 08, 2023
Professor’s ‘Game-changing’ Alzheimer’s Research a Major Beneficiary of $50 Million Grant
A new research institute led by Allen Distinguished Investigator and BioE Associate Professor Nikolai Slavov is the principal beneficiary of a $50 million grant from two investors, Schmidt Futures and Citadel, to develop new techniques for studying Alzheimer’s disease.
Jul 20, 2023
Spring 2023 Spark Fund Awardees
MIE Associate Professor Randal Erb, ChE/BioE Associate Professor Eno Ebong, ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier, and MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng are recipients of the Spring 2023 Spark Fund Awards from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation.
Jul 05, 2023
$3.8M NIH Award on the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Effects of E-cigarettes and Cigarettes
BioE Associate Professors Chiara Bellini and Jessica Oakes received a $3.8 million NIH grant for “Cardiopulmonary Outcomes of Dual Cigarette and E-cigarette Use in Animal Models of Chronic Exposure.”
Jun 12, 2023
$1.2M NSF Award for Understanding Cell-Fate Transitions for Tumor Development
University Distinguished Professor Herbert Levine, physics and bioengineering, in collaboration with Brown University and MD Anderson Cancer Center, is leading a $1.2 million NSF grant for determining the “Regulation of Cellular Stemness During the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT).”