Category: Research
NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission to Deliver First BU-Engineered Device to the Moon
A telescope created by Brian Walsh, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and his team, will be hitching a ride on NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander. The Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) will be the first BU-created device to land on another planetary body. “LEXI will image, for the first time, the boundary of Earth’s magnetic field,” Walsh says, and how it deflects solar wind and charged particles emanating from the sun.
Kilachand Fund Boosts Projects on Antiviruses, Brain Imaging, and Antibiotic Resistance
Three projects won awards from the Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering. One project attempts to “solve the design, manufacturing, and delivery challenges of antibodies.” The others are pursuing ways to improve neuroimaging and to counteract antibiotic resistance.
Italy Gives $21 Million to BU’s CARB-X
Italy awarded CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) $21 million to help advance new antibiotics, vaccines, and rapid diagnostics for infections that don’t respond to existing treatments. CARB-X is based at the Boston University School of Law.
Biopharma Company GSK and BU Collaborate on Lung Disease Treatments
A new collaboration between the global biopharma giant and researchers from BU’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) and Boston Medical Center could bring hope to millions around the world with lung diseases. Together, they aim to use CReM-developed lung cells to better understand pulmonary fibrosis and identify new ways to halt or slow the progression of this and other lung diseases.
BU Biomedical Engineer Wins NIH Research Award
Alexander A. Green, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research Award winner. By tracking the forces involved when cells interact, as in cell-based cancer therapies, Green aims to learn how to control cell behavior and develop potent disease treatments.
BU Team Wins Grant to Train PhD Students to Counter Climate Change
Malika Jeffries-EL, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of chemistry, along with a team of BU researchers, has been awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship grant (NRT) to help PhD students collaborate across disciplines to develop new ideas to convert and store sustainable energy sources.
2024 Ignition Awards Bring BU Science and Tech to Market
Awarded annually by BU Technology Development, Ignition Awards are designed to accelerate the advancement of promising science and technology. This year’s awards support six projects, including strengthening teeth against sensitivity, processing encrypted data in the cloud, monitoring kidney dialysis in real time, jump-starting a cure for lung disease, helping immune cells fight pancreatic cancer, and a new way to attack liver cancer.
Mark Grinstaff Receives NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award
A new technology that could revolutionize vaccines has garnered William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor Mark Grinstaff one of just six inaugural Trailblazer Engineering Impact Awards. The $3 million award will allow Grinstaff and his team to explore new possibilities in the engineering of messenger RNA to make more effective and longer-lasting vaccines.
BU’s Framingham Heart Study Gets New Director
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones has been appointed director of the nation’s longest-running study of heart disease. The study is run by Boston University and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Seven BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Awards
The prestigious NSF CAREER awards mark a significant achievement for early-career scientists and come with five years of continuous funding. The 2024 winners include Michael Albro, Ana Fiszbein, Jonathan Huggins, Wenchao Li, Andrew Sabelhaus, Rabia Yazicigil, and Rachel Brulé (not pictured).
