DNA Sequencing

Assistant Professor Ameet Pinto researches SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in wastewater inside the Mugar Life Sciences Building. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Are there COVID-19 cases in your community? The answer may be in your sewer.

Researchers from Northeastern are now using wastewater to determine whether COVID-19 cases are present in a population. While this type of monitoring won’t replace coronavirus testing, it could warn city officials when the virus appears and help them prepare for outbreaks.

by Emily Arntsen September 15, 2020

Ameet Pinto, Northeastern assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, studies how to make water filtration systems that mimic the way water is filtered naturally by manipulating the microbial ecosystems. Here Pinto holds a beaker of activated charcoal, one of the particles he adds to water to absorb contaminants. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

He wants to introduce you to the bacteria in your tap water

Deciphering the type and amount of bacteria in filtered water is extremely expensive and complex. To simplify that process, Northeastern professor Ameet Pinto’s lab is developing a low-cost microscope and easy-to-follow procedures that will help regulate how water quality is monitored.

by Emily Arntsen September 27, 2019

Slava Epstein, professor of biology, looks at a slide containing novel microorganisms from human microbiome. Epstein has published a paper presenting a new theory for dormant bacteria and antibiotic resistance.

Researchers on fast track to combat antibiotic resistance

The marriage of two innovative technologies—one developed by Northeastern’s Slava Epstein—could accelerate both the discovery of new antibiotics that kill pathogens without encountering resistance and the diagnosis of specific pathogens causing disease, enabling fast, targeted treatments.

by Thea Singer January 27, 2017

Leroy Hood to address Northeastern community

Photo by Robin Layton. Biologist Leroy Hood sees humans as walking clouds of data, ripe for the taking…

by Angela Herring November 5, 2012

Who said science and poetry don't mix?

Not me! And certainly not Gail Begley, an academic specialist in the biology department and director of the Pre-Health Advising Program. Begley’s poem…

by Angela Herring April 6, 2012

Are there COVID-19 cases in your community? The answer may be in your sewer.

He wants to introduce you to the bacteria in your tap water

Researchers on fast track to combat antibiotic resistance

Leroy Hood to address Northeastern community

Who said science and poetry don't mix?

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