Research discoveries: vascular progenitor differentiation and fibrosis
A new study from the Layne laboratory identified a novel mechanism for vascular adventitial remodeling. The paper, Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein […]
Mosquitos and Small RNAs
BUSM researchers are now able to provide a new genomics resource that details the small RNA transcriptomes (gene expression) of […]
Research discoveries: DOT in worm chromatin
A new study from the Grishok lab: “Caenorhabditis elegans Deficient in DOT-1.1 Exhibit Increases in H3K9me2 at Enhancer and Certain […]
Welcome New Faculty—Michael Blower
We are delighted to announce the recruitment of Michael Blower, PhD who will be joining the Department in September 2020 […]
Research discoveries: seeing G-protein signaling
The Garcia-Marcos lab has developed a suite of modular optical biosensors that enables detection of hetrotrimeric G-protein activity in live […]
COVID-19 Research
Biochemistry labs are actively engaged in COVID-19 related research. The Emili laboratory is using systems biology and quantitative mass spectrometry-based approaches to […]
Research discoveries: connective tissue assembly
A new study from the Layne laboratory: “Mechanisms of aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein secretion and identification of an intracellularly retained variant […]
Emili Lab Receives CTSI Covid Pilot Grant
The Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (BU CTSI) has awarded a pilot grant to Andrew Emili in collaboration […]
New research discoveries: A small RNA makes blood
Recent research from the Cifuentes laboratory that describes the functional role of a non-canonical microRNA-processing pathway has been published in […]
New research discoveries: Adipose tissue remodeling
A new study out of the Farmer lab in collaboration with the Perissi lab, published in Scientific Reports, describes the […]