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Apr 24, 2023
NIH $1.96M MIRA R35 Award To Battle Against Antibiotic Resistance
Elizabeth Libby, assistant professor of bioengineering, recently received a five-year, $1.96 million Early Stage Investigator R35 MIRA (Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award) grant from the National Institutes of Health for “Physiological and Developmental Role of Bacterial Ser/Thr Kinases.” Libby’s research is focused on how bacteria develop resistance at the cellular level—knowledge that will be crucial to the development of more effective antibiotics.
Apr 20, 2023
2023 Capstone Projects
The engineering departments hosted a series of poster sessions and presentations featuring capstone projects completed by our engineering seniors.
Apr 20, 2023
2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Research
Ryan Jamieson, PhD’23, bioengineering, received the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Research, which recognizes those that have shown an exceptional ability to conduct high-level research and make contributions to the scholarly literature in their fields.
Apr 19, 2023
2023 Condit Award
Zachary Hoglund, E’24, bioengineering and biochemistry, won the Sears B. Condit Award, which is awarded to top graduating seniors with the highest GPA and who have at least 60 semester hours at Northeastern.
Apr 19, 2023
2023 Huntington 100 COE Recipients
The 2023 members of Northeastern University’s “Huntington 100,” a group of undergraduate students selected for their outstanding achievements locally and globally, included 18 students from the College of Engineering.
Apr 12, 2023
Cationic Contrast Agents for Cartilage Imaging for Early Diagnosis of Arthritis
Ambika Bajpayee, associate professor, bioengineering, published a paper, “Cationic Carrier Mediated Delivery of Anionic Contrast Agents in Low Doses Enable Enhanced Computed Tomography Imaging of Cartilage for Early Osteoarthritis Diagnosis,” in the journal ACS Nano. The research details the creation of positively charged contrast agents that can target cartilage tissue in joints affected by osteoarthritis, enabling CT imaging at very low doses.
Apr 06, 2023
2023 Compass Awards
Bioengineering students Joseph Blanchet, E’22, and Shandy Ndjigue, E’23, are recipients of the 2023 Compass Awards, which recognizes exemplary students from the senior class who, during their time on campus, have demonstrated a true dedication to a core set of values: leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and commitment to Northeastern.
Apr 06, 2023
‘I Feel I Have a Very Big Task Ahead,’ Says First Recipient of Northeastern’s Chanrai Family Graduate Scholarship
Kelvin Amakye is the first recipient of the Chanrai Family Graduate Scholarship which he will use to pursue a master’s degree in bioengineering.