A UCSF team including recent PhD Mozzi Etemadi was featured in the SF Chronicle for their Smart Diaphragm to detect preterm labor. This research was also a Master of Translational Medicine program project in 2010-11.
Program ranked 7th best in the U.S.
March 11, 2014
New rankings from US News & World Report placed our bioengineering graduate program tied for 7th best in the nation, up from 10th for the past several years.
Scientists ‘herd’ cells in new approach to tissue engineering
March 11, 2014
Researchers led by recent BioE PhD Daniel Cohen and Professor Michel Maharbiz found that an electrical current can be used to orchestrate the flow of a group of cells, an achievement that could establish the basis for more controlled forms of tissue engineering.
Stem cell research may unlock secrets of incurable diseases
March 10, 2014
Stem cell research in Professor David Schaffer’s lab is profiled in the Daily Cal.
Chemical temporarily restores sight in blind mice
March 5, 2014
UC Berkeley professor Richard Kramer and his colleagues have restored sight to blind mice using a small molecule called DENAQ, which, as a photoswitch chemical, changes conformation in response to light.
Mofrad shows how Staph bacteria adhere to nanostructures
March 4, 2014
Professor Mohammad Mofrad and his lab have investigated, for the first time, how individual Staphylococcus Aureus cells glom onto metallic nanostructures of various shapes and sizes. Their research could guide the development of bacteria-resistant materials.
Vlassakis going to Lindau Nobel Meeting
February 28, 2014
Graduate student Julea Vlassakis has been selected to participate in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, to be held from 29 June to 4 July 2014, in Lindau, Germany. Only the 600 most qualified young researchers can be given the opportunity to enrich and share the unique atmosphere of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
Alumni Profile: Timothy Mills
February 21, 2014
Timothy Mills,1986 – our second Ph.D. graduate – spoke with us about his career from academia to venture capital, and memories of the early Bioengineering Graduate Program. I graduated from the University of Colorado in 1980 and was very interested in bioengineering, but there weren’t a lot of formal programs available. Stanford had a work/school co-op […]
Ganguly receives Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
February 21, 2014
Karunesh Ganguly, MD, PhD, assistant professor in residence at the UCSF School of Medicine and the UCSF Department of Neurology and affiliate member of the graduate program, has been awarded the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
MTM and PhD team gets $2.7mil to reduce premature births
February 7, 2014
A team led by bioengineering Master of Translational Medicine and PhD students, along with UCSF bioengineering and medical faculty and staff, has received a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant of $2.7 million over three years for a collaborative project aimed at reducing premature births.
