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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.”
Sep 02, 2026
Bioengineering Alumna to Speak at Boston Convocation
Bioengineering alumna Samantha Johnson, E’21, MS’21, founder and CEO of Tatum Robotics, will serve as the featured alumni speaker at Northeastern University’s Boston Convocation, where she will share how her student experiences led her to develop tactile-signing robotic technology for the DeafBlind community.
Aug 13, 2026
Celebrating Four Engineering Innovators Named in Women Who Empower Awards
Four Northeastern University College of Engineering alumnae and students were recognized in the 2026 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards, celebrating bold leadership, creative problem-solving, and entrepreneurial impact across medical technology, health, and wellness.
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 22, 2026
BioE PhD Student Wins Best Poster Presentation at Gordon Research Conference for Optics and Photonics
Kelvin Amakye (above left), a second-year bioengineering PhD candidate in Assistant Professor Christa Haase’s lab, won Best Poster for his project “A Custom Three-Photon Microscope for Intravital Imaging of Axolotl Regeneration” at the Gordon Research Conference for Optics and Photonics in Medicine and Biology 2026.
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.
Jul 14, 2026
BioE PhD Student wins Best Oral Presentation at the 2026 C. elegans Neuroscience Meeting
Sahana Gangadharan, a fourth-year BioE PhD candidate in Associate Professor Vivek Venkatachalam’s lab, won the “Best Oral Presentation” award at the 2026 C. elegans Neuroscience Meeting (CeNeuro).