News

Congratulations to Yi on winning the CNS Travel Award!

June 6th, 2024

We are thrilled to share that Yi received a travel award from Society of Neuroscience in the amount of $2,500 USD to attend the Chinese Neuroscience Society (CNS) 2024 conference in Suzhou, China. The applicant pool was competitive, and her application was rated among the best for scientific merit, strength... More

BIL celebrated for new fundings from DoD

March 25th, 2024

Please join us in celebrating our latest funding award from the Department of Defense FY23 Toxic Exposures Research Program for more exciting research studying the effects of APOE4 allele and toxic exposure experiences in brain health. BIL members had a great time celebrating this together with a nice dinner!

Welcome to the team!

July 10th, 2023

We are excited to welcome a number of new lab members joining the team this summer! Special shoutout to our high school intern student, Daniel Kim (second left), who helped out several key projects while visiting Boston. To learn more about each of our new member's role and backgrounds, please... More

Dr. Koo received 2023 Marion and Henri Gendron, DSc, Faculty Award for studying blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability with non-invasive MRI techniques

February 8th, 2023

We are pleased to announce that our principal investigator (PI), Dr. Bang-Bon Koo, is the recipient of the 2023 Marion and Henri Gendron, DSc, Faculty Award. This study, working alongside with Assistant Professor of Radiology, Ning Hua, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Farzad Mortazavi, PhD, will focus... More

Welcome to our new members

March 30th, 2021

We are delighted to welcome two new graduate research fellows, Bowen Qin and Qingyang (Stephanie) Xu, to join us this semester! In addition, we would like to congratulate Yashvardhan (Yash) Das, who has been working with us earlier this year, would start working as a data scientist at Staples Inc., Boston. Best wishes... More