» Biology Professor Dan Kirschner and his lab used x-rays to uncover how mutations affect the structure of myelin, a focal point of research in multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders.  News release | Science Daily

» Battleground at the Cellular Level
Biologist Williams seeking to decipher the mysteries of HIV and AIDS. More

» NIH Grant to Study the Cell Biology of Toxoplasma gondii
The National Institutes of Health awarded a $1.4 million, four year grantfor the "Cytoskeleton Scaffold Assembly in Toxoplasma gondii" project. More 

» BC Biology Undergrads Receive Summer Research Fellowships
Jeff Cooney (BC '09) and Kathleen Soltis (BC '10) worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital. More

» Spring 2009 Undergraduate Research Celebration. More

» 2009 Graduate Poster Session. BC science graduate students gathered together for prospective interdisciplinary collaborative projects. More

» 'Re-Greening' Would Create Jobs
Using stimulus funds to 're-green' communities would create jobs and a healthier environment for future generations, according to a piece co-authored by Environmental Studies Director Eric Strauss, science advisor for the Urban Ecology Institute. CNN

» Remembering Karen Muskavitch
Dr. Karen Muskavitch was an adjunct assistant professor in the Biology Department. More

» M.-J. Gubbels, Assist. Professor of Biology, awarded a March of Dimes research funding under the Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award program. More 

» Undergraduate Researcher
Camille Petri '09 is among the authors of a paper describing development of a prototype malaria test printed on a disposable Mylar card, part of a system the researchers hope will allow diagnosis far from any lab. BC Chronicle | PhysOrg | Medical News Today

» BC Biologists Work Toward Creating Theory of Cancer
A group of researchers led by professors T. Seyfried and J. Chuang found evidence supporting Warburg theory of cancer. More | BC News Release | Scientist Live (UK) | Genetic Engineering News | Bio-Medicine | Science Daily 

» Early-Stage Gene Transcription Creates Access to DNA
Prof. Charles Hoffman and an international team of researchers report new findings about gene expression yielded from their study of a gene found in yeast. More | BC News Release | Genetic Engineering News | Science Daily | ScienceCentric | Biology News Net | PhysOrg 

» BC Chemistry & Biology researchers use novel organic molecules to understand cancer cell survival pathways. More

» John Brigande, BC Ph.D. graduate of 1997, conducts his research on how genes control hearing development. Nature| More (.pdf)

» Biology Professor Seyfried is invited to take an honorary position of NTSAD Scientific Advisory Committee Chair. More

»Cellular Symmetry
New discoveries in cell division. More

» A Molecule with Therapeutic Potential for Reducing Tumor Blood Vessels
The recent collaborative work of Biology profs. T. Seyfried, T. Chiles, and P. Mukherjee was focused on a molecule that can help solve one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century – cancer therapy. More

»Drs. Chiles, Cai (BC Biology) and Naughton (BC Physics) were awarded a grant from NSF for integrative research on a novel nanosensor.

» Professor Clote Awarded Funding from Digiteo Foundation
He will continue his bioinformatics study on RNA structure and properties in the international project. More

» Inna Grishkan ’08 won the Grant W. Balkema Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher. More

» Cancer research first
BC researchers led by professorThomas Seyfried have developed the first laboratory mouse model that mimics cancer's spread through the human body. More (.pdf) | Science Daily | UPI

» Dr. Marc-Jan Gubbels awarded Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. Research Grant.  More

» Biology Professor A. Annunziato Awarded NSF Grant. More

» BC Biology Researchers Aid Effort to End Tay-Sachs Disease. More

» Two Marth lab’s papers appeared in Feb. 2008 issue of Nature Methods. More

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