Faculty Research

Mar 28, 2023
Dai and Huang-Saad Named AIMBE Fellows
BioE Associate Professors Guohao Dai and Aileen Huang-Saad were named American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer, which is comprised of the top 2% of medical and biological engineers.

Mar 10, 2023
We Need People With Different Perspectives To Solve Problems
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara’s speech at the United Nations about the need for visually impaired people in the field of science earned her a standing ovation.

Mar 07, 2023
Workflows for Single-Cell Proteomics
Allen Distinguished Investigator and BioE Associate Professor Nikolai Slavov’s research on “Initial Recommendations for Performing, Benchmarking and Reporting Single-Cell Proteomics Experiments” was published in Nature Methods.

Mar 02, 2023
Designs for a Non-Invasive Brain Imaging Head Probe
BioE Associate Professor Qianqian Fang was awarded a patent for “Optically monitoring brain activities using 3D-aware head-probe.”
Jan 25, 2023
Spring 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Spring 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

Jan 18, 2023
NSF CAREER Award for Examining sRNAs as Potential Disease Prevention
Jiahe Li, BioE assistant professor, has been awarded a $636,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, titled “Understanding and Harnessing Host-derived Small RNAs Against Opportunistic Pathogens,” to learn how to harness one of the body’s natural defense mechanisms to inhibit bad bacteria.

Jan 05, 2023
Single Cell Protein Analysis for Precision Medicine
nside Precision Medicine published an article entitled “Untangling the Complexities of Single Cell Protein Analysis” that highlights the latest research from the team of Allen Distinguished Investigator and BioE Associate Professor Nikolai Slavov. The research was conducted in the Slavov Laboratory by doctoral students Andrew Leduc, Jason Derks, and colleagues.

Dec 14, 2022
Ghana Biomedical Innovation Summit
The Department of Bioengineering in partnership with the non-profit 4GBI sponsored the Ghana Bioinnovation Workshop and the Ghana Bioinnovation Symposium. The two events attracted a total of over 300 attendees. Fact-finding visits of the Northeastern/4GBI team to rural health clinics, hospitals, and Academic City University College supplemented these events.