University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA·Public
3 labs on PI Pages. It spends $75M a year on research and awards 108 research doctorates a year.
- Students
- 17,933: 13,718 undergraduates, 4,215 graduate
- Postdocs
- 10
- Faculty
- 709 full-time
- Campus
- Primarily non-residential
Labs here
Kellee Siegfried
Biology
Identify the testis RNAs bound directly by Adad1, an RNA binding protein needed to maintain zebrafish sperm stem cells. Compare these RNAs in adad1 mutant and normal testes to see whether Adad1 stabilizes or destabilizes them.
Ozgun Babur
Computer Science·Early-career
Extend the CausalPath framework, which interprets multi-omic data through causal biological networks, to single-cell omics trajectories and to model organisms via homology-based gene mapping.
Alice Carter
Psychology
Test in a randomized trial across 20 Early Intervention agencies whether training providers in Reciprocal Imitation Training (a play-based therapy) improves language and social communication in toddlers with early autism signs, compared with usual care.
Where its research money goes
A year of research spending, from the NSF survey every research university fills in.