The last of the 2012 Spring Thematic Seminar Series lectures “Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease” will be held on Tuesday, April 10. Featured speaker, Richard J. Youle, PhD, Senior Investigator, Chief, Biochemistry Section, NIH, NINDS in Bethesda, Md., will be speaking on “Mitochondrial Quality Control and Parkinson’s Disease”. Dr. Youle’s lab is exploring […]
The Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is holding the Third Annual Translational Research Symposium on Thursday, April 26, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will be held at the Boston University Metcalf Trustees Center, located inside the John and Kathryn Silber Administrative Center, One Silber Way, 9th Floor on the Charles River Campus.
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered the regulation and functional significance of the acute phase response during a lung infection. The findings, which will be published in the May edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrate that the liver responds in order to increase defenses in the blood that prevent […]
Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) received an Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) award from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT). The Pinnacle Award, the highest level of recognition given, was awarded to TranSComm by Richard A Davey, Secretary and CEO of Massachusetts DOT. The award recognizes Massachusetts employers efforts to […]
Please join The Department of Biochemistry and The Evans Center on Tuesday, April 3, at 3 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium for second part of the Spring 2012 Thematic Seminar Series Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease.
A special spring carnival is taking place on April 1 in Hiebert Lounge for all area individuals with developmental disabilities. Co-sponsored by the Boston University Down Syndrome (BUDS) program and the Boston University Developmental Disability (BUDDs) awareness group, with the support from the BUSM Alumni Association, the carnival will feature games, crafts, prizes, snacks, and […]
Four fourth-year DMD students who didn’t know each other very well boarded a plane together in early March headed to Mexico, and returned a week later as the best of friends. The students: John Keyes, Kimberley Ung, Vera Chernomordik, and Oshin Anjirghooli joined team leader Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Frank Schiano and GSDM alum Ismael […]
Join David G. Nicholls, PhD, Professor of Mitochondrial Physiology, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, Calif., and Visiting Professor, University of Lund, Sweden as he speaks on “The bioenergetics of mitochondria in the cell.” This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and The Evans Center. It is the first part of the Spring 2012 Thematic Seminar Series, Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease and will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 3 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium.
Join your colleagues for a faculty development opportunity exploring “Emerging Topics in BU/VA Collaborations” on March 30. The goal of this workshop is to provide a continuous means of fostering collaborations among BU/VA faculty and to keep investigators up-to-date about the complex issues that arise between affiliated institutions. A variety of panelists from the Medical Campus and the VA will give thumbnail viewpoints with ample opportunity for Q&A. Panel moderators will summarize action points for future discussions.
Surpassing this year’s National Residency Matching Program rate of 95 percent, the highest in 30 years, members of the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Class of 2012 had a 97 percent match rate. “These are the best results in a decade at BUSM and the Class of 2012 was accepted at many of the […]