Prof. Pratt is one of seven early-career recipients recognized by the foundation for innovative research on critical areas in neuroscience, cancer, immunology, and pain. Prof. Pratt is the first ever recipient from Boston University in the award’s 48-year history.

Congratulations to Colin Skeen and Maren Eltze on their successful completion of the BME Department’s Prospectus Defense! The topics discussed in their seminars have been presented at: C Skeen, P Sitaram, J Sexton, S Tsai, ED Pratt, “Optimization and Expansion of Digital PCR Multiplexing for Rare Mutation Detection,” in Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society Fall Meeting (BMES), Seattle, WA, 2023.

Congratulations to Hanhminh Nguyen on completing her BS in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. She will begin a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at BU this fall. Well done!

Congratulations to Terry Chen on receiving summer research funding from STEM Pathways as well as a Distinguished Summer Research Fellowship!

Prof. Pratt will co-chair the BMES Annual Meeting Cancer Technologies Track with Prof. Madeleine Oudin. The meeting will take place in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct 23-26 2024.