Editing Boston University (section)

=== Mathematics and sciences ===
[[File:Alexander Graham Bell.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Alexander Graham Bell]], inventor of the telephone]]
Affiliates of Boston University have won seven [[Nobel Prize]]s. [[Alexander Graham Bell]], inventor of the telephone, conducted many of his experiments on the BU campus when he was professor of Vocal Physiology and Elocution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 5, 1922 |title=About BU: Fast Facts &#124; Boston University Admissions |url=http://www.bu.edu/admissions/bu-basics/fast-facts/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424011014/http://www.bu.edu/admissions/bu-basics/fast-facts/ |archive-date=April 24, 2014 |access-date=October 17, 2011 |publisher=Boston University}}</ref> In Boston, Bell was "swept up" by the excitement engendered by the many scientists and inventors residing in the city. In 1875, the university gave Bell a year's salary advance to allow him to pursue his research. The following year, he invented the telephone in a Boston University laboratory.<ref name="Kilgore 1991" /> In the twenty-first century, the university has become a pioneering center for synthetic biology thanks to the work of [[James Collins (bioengineer)|James Collins]]. Collins and co-workers also discovered that sublethal levels of antibiotics activate mutagenesis by stimulating the production of reactive oxygen species, leading to multidrug resistance.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kohanski |first1=M. A.|last2=DePristo |first2=M. A. |last3=Collins |first3=J. J. |year=2010 |title=Sublethal antibiotic treatment leads to multidrug resistance via radical-induced mutagenesis. |journal=Molecular Cell |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=311–320 |doi=10.1016/j.molcel.2010.01.003 |pmc=2840266 |pmid=20159551}}</ref> This discovery has important implications for the widespread use and misuse of antibiotics.

Christopher Chen, an interdisciplinary researcher whose work involves engineering, medicine, and biology, joined BU in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leading Tissue Engineering Researcher Chen Joins BME Faculty {{!}} College of Engineering |url=https://www.bu.edu/eng/2013/12/03/leading-tissue-engineering-researcher-chen-joins-bme-faculty/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215153130/https://www.bu.edu/eng/2013/12/03/leading-tissue-engineering-researcher-chen-joins-bme-faculty/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |website=www.bu.edu}}</ref> Chen directs the Biological Design Center at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Team {{!}} Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering Building |url=https://www.bu.edu/kilachandcenter/the-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215153119/https://www.bu.edu/kilachandcenter/the-team/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |website=www.bu.edu}}</ref> His research focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Other notable Boston University scientists include [[Sheldon Glashow]], winner of the 1979 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]], [[Daniel Tsui]], winner of the 1998 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]], and [[Osamu Shimomura]], winner of the 2008 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].<ref name="Award Winning Faculty">{{Cite web |title=Award Winning Faculty |url=http://www.bu.edu/research/aboutus/award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628071410/http://www.bu.edu/research/aboutus/award/ |archive-date=June 28, 2014 |access-date=June 25, 2014 |website=Boston University Research |publisher=Boston University Office of the Vice President and Associate Provost for Research}}</ref>