Protein signatures of centenarians and their offspring suggest centenarians age slower than other humans
Source: Aging Cell New publication from Dr. Stefano Monti, Associate Professor of Medicine, in collaboration with Dr. Thomas Perls and Dr. Paola Sebastiani of the New England Centenarian Study. See below for a brief summary and click the link to read more. Using samples from the New England Centenarian Study (NECS), we sought to characterize […]
2021 Toffler Scholars in Neuroscience
Source: Boston University School of Medicine Office of the Dean Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Computational Biomedicine) and Computer Science, and founding member of the faculty of BU Computing & Data Sciences; Shangran Qiu, BA, BU CAS; Prajakta Joshi, BDS, MPH, GSDM; Chonghua Xue, BA, Medicine (Computational Biomedicine); and Matthew Miller, BUSM’22, are […]
Lung Cancer Research Foundation Research Grant on Disparities in Lung Cancer Awarded to Dr. Joshua Campbell
Dr. Joshua Campbell, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Computational Biomedicine, received a Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) Disparities Award in collaboration with Dr. Umit Tapan, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology. Click here to read more about their research project.
Boston University researchers to develop new breast tumor models
Source: Eurekalert Breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States after skin cancer, and women with comorbidities (the presence of more than one condition/disease) often fare worse in terms of their breast cancer. Researchers believe that comorbid conditions such as diabetes, obesity and metabolic disease may alter the […]
New Publication from Johnson Lab and Collaborators
A new publication on profiling Tuberculosis Signatures from the Johnson lab is now available in BMC Infectious Diseases (part of Springer Nature). Click here to read the full article.
Dr. Sarah Mazzilli to Present at The Innovator’s Journey: Embracing Creativity & Discomfort in Pursuit of Impact
Source: Boston University Office of Research Thursday, February 25, 2021 | 3-4:30 pm In this series of lightning talks, faculty innovators from across BU schools and colleges will share their diverse paths from invention to market to impact. Featured speakers include Dr. Sarah Mazzilli, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Computational Biomedicine. The […]
Dr. Stefano Monti and Collaborators Awarded NIDCR R01 Grant
Source: Boston University School of Medicine Researchers at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and the School of Medicine have received a five-year, $3.2 million National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) R01 grant. This grant will fund research into the role of b-catenin/CBP signaling in the epigenetic regulation of cellular plasticity […]
Past Event – Dr. Vijaya Kolachalama at BU AHA-GV Lecture
On January 25, 2021 from 2:00-3:00PM, CBM’s Vijaya Kolachalama presented “Unsupervised Machine Learning” at the Bu AHA-GV Lecture. Click here for additional lecture materials.
Maria Perez Cardenas joins CBM as Scientific Program Manager
Maria Perez Cardenas, PhD has joined the Section of Computational Biomedicine as a Scientific Program Manager to support ongoing and new research in early detection of lung cancer with Drs. Spira, Lenburg and Billatos. Maria received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD and most recently worked as a Partnership […]
Dr. Joshua Campbell Receives Award from Lung Cancer Research Foundation
Joshua Campbell, PhD, Assistant Professor has received an award from the Lung Cancer Research Foundation. The award will provide support for two years to research “Determining differences in immunotherapy outcomes and immunobiology in African American patients with NSCLC”.