Mohammad Abbas Yaseen
Assistant Professor,
Bioengineering
Contact
- m.yaseen@northeastern.edu
- 206 ISEC
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 617.373.8584
Research Focus
Advanced microscopy for minimally invasive, in vivo characterization of brain function
Education
- PhD, Rice University, Bioengineering, 2008
- BS, Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, 2002
Professional Affiliations
- Society for Neuroscience
Research Overview
Advanced microscopy for minimally invasive, in vivo characterization of brain function
Optical Microscopy & Neuro-Imaging Lab
The OMNI Lab strives to develop and apply high-resolution optical technologies to investigate brain function in rodent models of human disease. Specifically, we apply advanced optical microscopy methods to investigate metabolic and immune features during healthy brain function and their disease-related alterations. The overarching goal of these efforts is to characterize the etiologies of debilitating brain pathologies, including stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Understanding at the cellular level how these pathologies advance within living brains will ultimately help identify precise and robust biomarkers for diagnosis and therapy.
Selected Research Projects
- Relating neuroimmune and neurovascular alterations during Alzheimer’s Disease progression
- Principal Investigator, National Institute of Health
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- B. Li, R. Ohtomo, M. Thunemann, S.R. Adams, J. Yang, B. Fu, M.A. Yaseen, C. Ran, J.R. Polimeni, D.A. Boas, Devor, E.H. Lo, K. Arai, S. Sakadžić, Two-photon Microscopic Imaging of Capillary Red Blood Cell Flux in Mouse Brain Reveals Vulnerability of Cerebral White Matter to Hypoperfusion, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 40(3), 2020, 501-512
- Li, T.V. Esipova, I. Sencan, K. Kilic, B.Y. Fu, M. Desjardins, M. Moeini, S. Kura, M.A. Yaseen, F. Lesage, L. Ostergaard, A. Devor, D.A. Boas, S.A. Vinogradov, S. Sakadžić, More Homogeneous Capillary Flow and Oxygenation in Deeper Cortical Layers Correlate with Increased Oxygen Extraction, ELife, 8, 2019, e42299
- C.A. Gomez, S. Sakadzic, J. Sutin, W. Wu, B. Fu, D.A. Boas, M.A. Yaseen, Phasor Analysis of NADH HIM Identifies Pharmacological Disruptions to Mitochondrial Metabolic Processes in the Rodent Cerebral Cortex, PLoS One, 13(3), 2018, e0194578
Feb 07, 2025
Spring 2025 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several COE, COS, and Khoury students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Spring 2025 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Sep 15, 2023
Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Feb 04, 2022
Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

Jan 03, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Mohammad Abbas Yaseen
Mohammad Abbas Yaseen joins the Bioengineering department in January 2020 as an Assistant Professor.