The Ngo Lab, led by Professor John Ngo (Biological Design Center) aims to achieve a better, multi-scale understanding of the molecular organization of life—and to help other scientists do the same—by developing tools to measure, probe, and even re-program how cells communicate with one another...
You’re due to run a grueling road race in a few hours. Do you have the stuff to make it across the finish line or will you crash before the end? Or maybe you’ve got a ballet recital or a poker tournament or a big speech
Fifteen distinguished Boston University faculty members shared their research at an event jointly hosted by the Center for Information Systems and Engineering (CISE) and the Biological Design Center (BDC) at the Center for Computing and Data Sciences on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
With a competitive National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award, Boston University is positioning itself to become a major hub not only in the emerging research field of biological feedback control, but also in the training of tomorrow’s engineering biology workforce.
When infection or disease strikes the lung—cancer, pneumonia, COVID-19—it’s tough for researchers to see what’s going on inside the organ. Even if they simulate in a lab the disease in a lung, they can’t recreate the forces the rib cage places on it without blocking their view of what’s happening.
Belmont High 11th graders David Luo (left) and Yareh Constant, here working on a machine-learning cancer prediction model that can be used as a fast and accurate preemptive check and second opinion, were among the 50-plus students at BU’s first-ever Biology and Machine Learning Hackathon.
A smart pill no bigger than a blueberry can withstand the stomach’s acidic fluids, detect signs of gastrointestinal trouble, and send warning signals to an ordinary smart phone
Professor Ahmad “Mo” Khalil (BME) and colleagues have developed a more precise and effective gene circuit engineering method that might boost the field of synthetic biology to the next level, ultimately resulting in more effective and enduring cell therapies for cancer and other diseases, among other applications.