News
Jun 04, 2025
Patent for Hybrid Nanopore Technology for Biomolecule Sensing
COS/BioE Professor Meni Wanunu received a patent for “Lipid-free anchoring of thermophilic bacteriophage G20c portal adapter into solid-state nanopores.”
May 27, 2025
Oakes Receives ISAM 2025 Young Investigator Award
BioE Associate Professor Jessica Oakes received the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) 2025 Young Investigator Award. This award recognizes a scientist under 40 who has made significant contributions to the field of aerosols in medicine.
May 27, 2025
PhD Students Volunteer at Elementary School Science Fair
Six BioE and MIE PhD students volunteered at the annual Broadmeadow Elementary School Science Fair in Needham, Massachusetts, alongside MIE/BioE Professor Sandra Shefelbine, where K-5th grade students presented individual projects.
May 20, 2025
Patent for Robotic Aquaculture System
BioE/ECE Affiliated Faculty Joseph Ayers, MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson, CEE University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar, ECE Professor Milica Stojanovic, and CEE/MES Associate Professor Amy Mueller were awarded a patent for “Robotic aquaculture system and methods.”
May 13, 2025
Two BioE Students Receive NSF GRFP Honorable Mentions
Meet the two bioengineering students who were honorable mentions of the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards, Kaitlyn Ramesh and Victoria Williams.
May 02, 2025
Short Bursts of Mechanical Stress on Epithelial Cells Can Trigger Lasting Biological Response
Ning Wang, BioE professor and director of the Institute for Mechanobiology, and a team of researchers published “Mechanomemory After Short Episodes of Intermittent Stresses Induces YAP Translocation via Increasing F-actin” in APL Bioengineering.
Apr 30, 2025
Sontag Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences
Eduardo Sontag, university distinguished professor of ECE/BioE, was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Apr 23, 2025
Bioengineering Student Receives 2025 Compass Award
Gabrielle Rose Bailey, E’25, bioengineering and biochemistry, is a recipient of the 2025 Compass Award, which recognize exemplary students from the senior class who have demonstrated a true dedication to the core values of leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and a commitment to Northeastern.
Apr 22, 2025
2025 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2025 were awarded to more than 40 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service.
Apr 22, 2025
Once Extinct Plant Gene Could Impact New Drug Discovery
COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Wen applied a new method called molecular gene resurrection to repair a defunct gene found in the coyote tobacco plant that encodes cyclic peptide nanamin. This peptide could be used in new cancer treatments, antibiotics development, and insect protection for crops. The research was published in PNAS.