Message from the Chair, September 2018
In a new “Message from the Chair” Dr. David Harris describes the exciting, new developments in the Department.
New Faculty Positions
GENETICS, GENOMICS, CELL BIOLOGY The Department of Biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Genome Science […]
Ladan Amin Receives Alzheimer’s Fellowship
Congratulations to Ladan Amin, a Postdoctoral Associate in the Harris laboratory, who was just awarded a three-year research fellowship from […]
Barbara Schreiber Appointed as Assistant Dean
Dr. Schreiber has recently been appointed as Assistant Dean GMS Alumni Affairs. As the Assistant Dean for GMS Alumni Affairs, […]
Dr. Cathy Costello honored with special issue in The Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
In recognition of Dr. Catherine Costello’s 2017 ASMS Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry, the entire June 2018 […]
New Software Developed for Glycosaminoglycan Analysis
The Zaia laboratory’s recent study: “Software for peak finding and elemental composition assignment for glycosaminoglycan tandem mass spectra” has been selected […]
Valentina Perissi Promotion
The Department would like to congratulate Dr. Valentina Perissi on her recent promotion to AssociateProfessor of Biochemistry. This is a well-deserved […]
Research Discoveries: Jello in Your Fat
A new study from the Layne lab “Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein enhances adipose tissue stromal progenitor differentiation into myofibroblasts and is upregulated […]
Matthew Layne receives GMS Faculty Recognition Award
The winner of the 2018 Graduate Medical Sciences Faculty Recognition Award was announced yesterday at John McCahan Medical Education Day […]
New research discoveries: glutamine metabolism controls breast cancer
A new study from Dr. Varelas’ group has revealed important insights into the molecular mechanisms that control breast cancer cell […]