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Massachusetts residents can access free Google AI online training
Dear Boston University Community, Good news: Massachusetts residents can access free Google AI online training through the Massachusetts AI Hub [link is https://aihub.masstech.org/google-certificates#:~:text=Massachusetts%20residents%20will%20receive%20no%2Dcost,Google%20AI%20Essentials]. You must be a Massachusetts resident to enroll. The course is available at no cost for a limited time through December 31, 2027. This is an excellent opportunity to build your AI […]
BU offers AI learning opportunities through the AI Development Accelerator (AIDA)
BU offers AI learning opportunities through the AI Development Accelerator (AIDA) at https://www.bu.edu/aida/ BU offers a variety of ongoing training opportunities in AI [link is https://www.bu.edu/tech/about/training/classroom/generative-ai-tools/], including Quick Start: Introduction to Generative AI, Noodle Factory AI: Generative AI Chatbot, and GenAI Tools for Productivity: Microsoft Copilot Chat, Adobe Firefly, and TerrierGPT, provided through EdTech and […]
Congratulations to Neil Ganem!
Neil Ganem, PhD, has been named co-director of the MD-PhD program, effective July 1. He had been serving as associate director for the past year, working alongside Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD, and Steven Borkan, MD, who have stepped down from the role and returned to the faculty. An associate professor of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics, Dr. […]
Olga Karpicheva news!
Olga Karpicheva was chosen to present an electrifying platform talk at the Tucson Myofilament Meeting on May 24th titled: Quantifying the structural basis of thin filament cooperativity: the effect of single myosin-heads on the position of tropomyosin on actin
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Congratulations to Olga Karpicheva!
Olga Karpicheva (Lehman Lab) was chosen to speak at the 70th Annual Biophysical Society meeting in San Francisco and at the biennial Myofilament Meeting in Tucson. The title of her talks – Quantifying the structural basis of thin filament cooperativity: The effect of single myosin-heads on the position of tropomyosin on actin.
Congratulations to Vidhya Kumaresan!
Vidhya Kumaresan is the recipient of a 2026 Sexual Medicine Research Fund Award and in collaboration with Professor of Medicine and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Medicine/Computational Biomedicine Sarah Mazzilli, PhD, will obtain pilot data for chronic cocaine-induced novel changes in regulation of gene-expression underpinning drug use-induced exacerbation […]
Congratulations to Rachel Flynn!
Rachel Flynn is the recipient of a 2026 Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Award and will study how cancer cells gain cellular immortality through the activation of the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway. ALT occurs in lethal metastatic prostate cancer, but the mechanisms promoting the activation of ALT are unknown. This research aims to identify […]
Congratulations to Clint Makino!
Clint Makino is the recipient of a 2026 Spivack Neuroscience Pilot Award and will test whether bicarbonate is a risk factor in certain blinding retinal diseases, and whether blocking bicarbonate synthesis might preserve vision by protecting the rods and cones.