Backman Laboratory
Northwestern University · Biomedical Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Biomedical Engineering
PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026 23:59 CST
Source: mccormick.northwestern.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026MS in Biomedical Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
May 1, 2027 23:59 CDT
Source: mccormick.northwestern.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Vadim Backman at Northwestern University Biomedical Engineering lists Physical genomics, chromatin engineering, cellular transcriptional memory, superresolution optical nanoscopy, genome nanoimaging, visible optical coherence tomography, new technologies for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics, cancer biomarkers as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Heterochromatin protein 1α acts as an essential stabilizer of chromatin packing domainsPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Oct 8
- Mechanical regulation of cell memoryNature Structural & Molecular Biology · Sep 29
- Genome-Wide Mapping of Major Histone Modifications Reveals Distinct Epigenetic Regulatory States in a Reef-Building CoralPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Sep 16
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