Li Lab shows physical cues help mature cells revert into embryonic-like stem cells
October 21, 2013
October 21, 2013 Professor Song Li and his research team have shown that physical cues can replace certain chemicals when inducing mature cells back to a pluripotent stage, capable of becoming any cell type in the body.
Michelle Chang’s work touted in Science
October 11, 2013
A new synthetic biology technique could revolutionize medicinal chemistry by enabling site-selective insertion of fluorine into natural products in vivo. Read more (subscription required) at Science.
Tim Downing in BMES video
October 4, 2013
Check out BioE Ph.D. student Tim Downing explaining his research in this video from BMES 2013.
Nelson leads team to new prostate cancer monitoring method
September 16, 2013
Sarah Nelson, UCSF Professor of radiology and co-chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, has led a team of researchers who developed a new imaging technology to noninvasively image prostate tumors.
Tekla Labs sponsors “Build My Lab” contest
September 16, 2013
Tekla Labs, a non-profit founded by BioE graduate students and postdocs, are sponsoring the Build My Lab Contest, a DIY lab equipment design competition along with Instructables.
Alumni Steen and Dietrich in Wired magazine
September 13, 2013
PhD alumni Eric Steen (’10) and Jeff Dietrich (’11) are featured in “Synthetic Biology 2.0″ in Wired magazine online. The article discusses their startup company Lygos and the the up-and-coming garage garage industry of synthetic biology. Read the full article at Wired.
Five students named 2014 Siebel Scholars
September 11, 2013
The Siebel Foundation has announced the names of five UC Berkeley Bioengineering graduate students who have been named Siebel Scholars.
Kassianidou wins HHMI Fellowship
August 14, 2013
August 14, 2013 – BioE graduate student Elena Kassianidou has been awarded an International Predoctoral Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
Natividad-Diaz wins 2nd for Innovation in Primary Healthcare
July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013 – Bioengineering Ph.D. student Sylvia Natividad-Diaz has won second place in the Prize for Primary Healthcare, a CIMIT – Ambulatory Practice of the Future competition.
