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!
The following projects will be presented during the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting, held October 11th - 14th in Seattle, WA:
“Optimization and Expansion of Digital PCR Multiplexing for Rare Mutation Detection” presented by Colin Skeen in the Imaging Strategies in Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis session on October 13th from 8:30-8:45 AM.
We are very excited to extend a warm congratulations and welcome to our newest undergraduate researcher, Terry Chen. Terry was awarded an Undergraduate Research Program grant through BU STEM Pathways. He is currently in his sophomore year in the BU BME program.
Congratulations to Loran Gliford on being selected to be a trainee in the NIH T32 Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology (SB2) Training Program at BU! The training fellowship provides funding for the next two years.
Effective November 17, 2022, Prof. Pratt received a secondary appointment of Assistant Professor, Hematology & Medical Oncology, Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
The Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Professorship recognizes a faculty member who is conducting truly interdisciplinary work and either holds or has the potential to hold appointments in multiple schools and colleges at BU.