Florian Douam listed in Best of the Brink

Congratulations to Florian Douam who was listed in the Best of the Brink: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries for his work on a possible new and improved COVID vaccine. He is #5 on the list.

Florian Douam Receives Smith Odyssey Award

Join us in congratulating Florian Douam who is an awardee of a Smith Family Foundation’s Odyssey Award. The odyssey award was generated to fuel creativity and innovation in junior investigators in the basic sciences and supports the pursuit of high impact ideas to generate breakthroughs and drive new directions in biomedical research.

Florian Douam wins 2024 Kilachand Award

Congratulations to Florian Douam who is a recipient of the 2024 Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering award. This award is for work in collaboration with BU biomedical engineers Wilson Wong and Mark Grinstaff,  BU College of Engineering professor Ahmad (Mo) Khalil, and  Alexander A. Green, an associate professor of biomedical engineering.

Stephen Ross Successfully Defends Dissertation

Join us in congratulating Stephen Ross in the Cifuentes and Mühlberger labs on the successful defense of his dissertation entitled “Studying the Mechanisms of Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional RNA Regulation of Positive- and Negative-Sense RNA Viruses” on November 15, 2024. Nice work, Stephen!

Patrick Keiser Successfully Defends Dissertation

Congratulations to Patrick Keiser in the Davey lab on the successful defense of his dissertation entitled “The Development of Broad-acting, Host-targeting Antivirals against Emerging Viruses” on October 25, 2024. Good work, Patrick!

David Bean Successfully Defends Dissertation

Congratulations to David Bean in the Sagar lab on the successful defense of his dissertation entitled “Investigating the Components of Heterotypic Immunity Associated with Protection against Coronavirus Related Disease” on October 22, 2024. Nice job, David!

Devin Kenney Successfully Defends Dissertation

Join us in congratulating Devin Kenney in the Douam lab on the successful defense of his dissertation entitled “Humanized Mouse Models Reveal Insight into our Understanding of Protective Immune Reponses to SARS-CoV-2” on September 24, 2024. Great job, Devin!