Advancing Novel Energy Storage Materials to the Marketplace
Prof. Ramesh Jasti has received a Boston University Ignition Award to investigate carbon nanohoops as advanced energy storage materials. The winning proposal was developed in collaboration with 2nd year graduate student, Evan Darzi, in the Jasti Group. Through this award, they aim to advance their research to commercialization, possibly as a start-up company. Porous carbon […]
Liver Cancer Chemotherapeutic Moves Closer to Commercialization
Boston University’s competitive Ignition Award Program funds faculty to advance their research toward commercialization (e.g., licensing, startup companies). Prof. Scott Schaus and his co-inventor, Prof. Ula Hansen in BU Biology, have received an Ignition Award to develop a small molecule chemotherapeutic for the effective treatment of primary liver cancer. Liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is […]
Ramesh Jasti Receives Sloan Research Fellowship
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian scientists to receive Sloan Research Fellowships in 2013. The President of the Foundation, Dr. Paul Joskow, considers these Fellows, “the best of the best among young scientists.” Among this year’s recipients is Prof. Ramesh Jasti whose work firmly places him in this group. […]
NIH Funds Neglected Tropical Disease Research
The National Institutes of Health Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21) funding mechanism is intended to encourage high risk but potentially high impact research. Prof. Karen Allen and her collaborator at the University of New Mexico, Prof. Deborah Dunaway-Mariano, have received a two-year R21 award to understand the structure and function of trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (T6PP), an […]
Jasti Receives NSF CAREER Award
Prof. Ramesh Jasti has received a 5-year Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The prestigious CAREER awards support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Prof. […]
Proteomics on the Silk Road
Since his retirement in 2009, Prof. Emeritus Richard Laursen, a protein chemist for most of his career, has focused on using modern chemical instrumentation to analyze textiles, paint, and other art and archaeological objects. Utilizing LC-MS, he has become a world-renowned expert in the analysis of dyes from natural sources in historical textiles, including those […]
Whitty Research Features in Recent News Stories
The work of Prof. Adrian Whitty has recently been receiving attention from outside news sources. Following its September conference, “Innovation in Drug Discovery and Development Summit: Macrocycles and Constrained Peptides,” SciBX – Science-Business Exchange dedicated its November issue to an in-depth look at macrocyclic compounds in drug discovery, “Bringing macrocycles full circle.” Prominently featured in […]
Chemistry Alumni Connect with Current Students
As part of BU’s September 2012 annual alumni weekend celebrations, the Department of Chemistry invited four distinguished alumni to describe some highlights of their varied careers in science and technology and how their BU education launched them on these career paths. The speakers ranged in fields (theoretical chemistry to organic chemistry to physical chemistry) and […]
Chemistry Teaching Enhanced by Three New Instructors
This fall, Chemistry welcomes three new instructors to its teaching core. Dr. Rebecca Loy has joined the department as Course Coordinator for the organic chemistry laboratory program (CH 203/204/214). In addition to developing the laboratory curriculum and giving the pre-laboratory and course lectures, she directs and trains the courses’ Teaching Fellows and Undergraduate Assistants. Prior […]
DOE Funds Keyes to Develop Novel Gas Hydrate Simulation Methods
Gas hydrates – ice with small molecules trapped in cages – are important for the energy sector because they store natural gas and carbon dioxide, block gas pipelines with an enormous cost impact, and hold potential for hydrogen storage and water purification. In a 3-year, $500K award, the Department of Energy has funded Prof. Tom […]