Research Revealed: COVID-19 Testing Lab Opens Facilities to Researchers
December 2022 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate CORE FACULTY SPOTLIGHT COVID-19 Testing Lab Opens Facilities to BU Researchers With support from the Kilachand Fund, BU's Clinical Testing Laboratory is being converted into a core facility within the existing Design, Automation, Manufacturing & Processes (DAMP) Lab. The lab's robots are capable of... More
Research Revealed: Celebrating the Space for Discovery, Career Workshops, and More
October 2022 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate COLLABORATION IN ACTION In the five years since the launch of the Kilachand Fund, and the opening of the Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, the $100 million interdisciplinary research fund has advanced work on science's biggest challenges. In 2017, BU... More
Research Revealed: How Collaboration Helped BU Researchers Develop a New Tool to Assess Cognitive Impairment
July 2022 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate COLLABORATION IN ACTION Researchers at Boston University have created an artificial intelligence program that detects cognitive impairment accurately and efficiently from voice recordings. Although the results still need to be validated against other data sources, this new tool could streamline our capacity to diagnose... More
Research Revealed: How one BU-led collaboration is keeping the magic alive five years in
June 2022 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate COLLABORATION IN ACTION 14 Institutions on a Common Quest to Mend Broken Hearts A BU-led team of researchers is engineering small patches of cardiac muscle that could repair the heart, treat heart disease, and speed drug development. Behind the scenes, the massive... More
Research Revealed: Finding Collaborators, Funding, and More
March 2022 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate RESEARCH HOW-TO Find a Collaborator at BU Thorny problems require creative input from a team of experts that span disciplines. The good news: BU offers a suite of resources to help you identify research collaborators. A new on-demand webinar offers an overview... More
Research Revealed: Advancing Diversity and Equity in Research
February 2022 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate FEDERAL FUNDING Promoting Diversity in Biomedical Research Top takeaways from a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) UNITE Initiative event, which highlighted opportunities for diversifying the biomedical research workforce and building new career pathways in the field. CALL FOR PROPOSALS Research on Sustainability Misinformation BU's... More
Research Revealed: Game-changing data source now available at BU
December 2021 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate NEW DATA SOURCE: 2.3 Billion Voter History Records Now Available to BU Researchers: BU has acquired a three-year subscription to a national voter file that includes records on over 200 million voters plus 2.3 billion voter history records. This... More
Research Revealed: Mid-Semester Collaboration Starters
October 2021 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Collaborate DATA SCIENCE & ANTIRACISM: Meet Collaborators Using Data Science to Investigate Racial Equity: On Tuesday, November 30, our Research on Tap lightning talk series brings together researchers using data science to uncover racial inequity and provide a data-driven path to an antiracist future. INFECTIOUS... More
Research Revealed: Events on Finding Funding, Collaborators, and More
September 2021 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Insider Insights RESEARCH ON TAP: Pandemic Preparedness & Response Research on Tap brings together groups of BU researchers on important topics. In our first event of the new academic year on September 22, faculty studying the impact of emerging infectious... More
Research Revealed: The Power of Multimedia
July 2021 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Insider Insights PROMOTE YOUR WORK The Power of Multimedia In May, a 60-second video about how a team of BU mechanical engineers used Japanese paper-cutting techniques to create soft robotic grippers earned more than 750k views. Here are four lessons for other faculty promoting new... More