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New Paper Submission!

Congratulations to Colin Skeen for his recent paper submission! His work presents a standardized pre-PCR enrichment method to improve mutation profiling of circulating cell-free DNA. The manuscript is currently available as a preprint on bioRxiv.

Sanaya and Terry receive Undergraduate Research Awards!

Congratulations to Sanaya Tonsekar and Terry Chen on receiving funding for Spring semester from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program! At the conclusion of the semester, both will present their research at the BU Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Colin and Maren Complete BME Department Prospectus Defense

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.

Hanhminh Graduates from BU BME!

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!

Terry Receives Summer Research Awards!

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

Two Abstracts Accepted to BMES 2023!

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.

Hanhminh receives Undergraduate Research Award!

Congratulations to Hanhminh Nguyen on receiving funding for Fall semester from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program!

Loran receives NIH T32 Fellowship!

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.

Kate graduates from BU BME!

Congratulations to Kate Lee on completing her BS in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University! Well done!

Prof. Pratt Receives Secondary Appointment at BU School of Medicine

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.