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Feb 06, 2025
Inclusive STEM for Neurodiverse Learners
Erik Brenner, director of belonging initiatives, is a speaker at the 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in Boston. He will participate on the panel “How To: Inclusive STEM Programs for Neurodiverse Undergraduate/Graduate Students.”
Feb 04, 2025
Frog Biology Could Provide Insights Into Human Response to Allergens
COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Weng published “Rapid Expansion and Specialization of the TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptor Family in Amphibians” in PLOS Genetics. His research explores how warnings frogs receive about potentially dangerous compounds in food they taste could help scientists understand how humans could detect similar signals, like allergens.
Feb 04, 2025
Auguste and Hung’s Research Featured on Cover of Langmuir
ChE Professor Debra Auguste and Associate Professor Francisco Hung’s research on “Effects of Lipid Headgroups on the Mechanical Properties and In Vitro Cellular Internalization of Liposomes” was featured as a supplementary journal cover of Langmuir.
Feb 03, 2025
Mosallaei Selected as Optica Fellow
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei was selected as an Optica Fellow (formerly OSA) for outstanding contributions in active and time-modulated optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces. Optica Fellows are chosen based on several factors, including outstanding contributions to research, business, education, engineering, and service to Optica and its community.
Feb 03, 2025
ONR Young Investigator Award for Engineering Clostridia Microbes
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research for “Expanding the Product Range of Anaerobic Methanol Fermentation.” He is engineering Clostridia microbes that absorb methanol and convert them into a protein-based biomass deriving a wide range of materials, from food to plastics.
Jan 31, 2025
Internal Models for Complex Object Control
COS/ECE University Distinguished Professor Dagmar Sternad published research on “Simplified Internal Models in Human Control of Complex Objects” in PLOS Computational Biology.
Jan 31, 2025
Bypassing Blood-Brain Barrier for Targeted Brain Therapy
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji’s research on the “Effective Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Blood-Brain Barrier Impermeant Anti-IL-1β Antibody via the Minimally Invasive Nasal Depot (MIND) Technique” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Jan 31, 2025
Improving Drug Delivery to the Brain
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji’s research on the “Murine Model of Minimally Invasive Nasal Depot (MIND) Technique for Central Nervous System Delivery of Blood–Brain Barrier-Impermeant Therapeutics” was published in Lab Animal.