Graduate faculty member Zev Gartner has been named one of Popular Science magazine’s 2015 Brilliant 10 for his work understanding the structure and and assembly of cells.
Five BioE startups nominated for QB3 awards
Congratulations to 5 startups founded by BioE alumni, all nominated for 2015 QB3 awards:
Diassess and Privail for Diagnostics Startup of the Year, Bolt Threads and Lygos for Synthetic Biology Startup of the Year, and Magnetic Insight for Groundbreaking Science.
Four BioE startups nominated for QB3 awards
Congratulations to four startups founded by BioE PhD alumni, all nominated for 2015 QB3 awards: Diassess for Diagnostics Startup of the Year, Bolt Threads and Lygos for Synthetic Biology Startup of the Year, and Magnetic Insight for Groundbreaking Science.
Bolt Threads photo essay on MIT Tech Review
Learn how alumni startup Bolt Threads spins its synthetic spider silk.
Five students named 2016 Siebel Scholars
Malav Desai, Kathryn Fink, Kunwoo Lee, Anusuya Ramasubramanian, Zachary Russ have been named the 2016 UC Berkeley Siebel Scholars in Bioengineering by the Siebel Foundation.
Alum Huynh featured in UCSF Magazine
Check out BioE alumna Grace Huynh (2007), now Senior research scientist at the Institute for Disease Modeling, featured in the UCSF Magazine.
Major Innovation in Molecular Imaging Delivers Spatial and Spectral Info Simultaneously
Graduate faculty member Ke Xu has invented a new technology to image single molecules with unprecedented spectral and spatial resolution, thus leading to the first “true-color” super-resolution microscope.
Another Milestone in Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis
Graduate faculty member Michelle Chang collaborated on a major new milestone in developing a bioinorganic hybrid approach to artificial photosynthesis.
Alumna receives new BRAIN research grant
Alumna Amina Qutub (PhD 2004), now Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University, has received a 2015 NSF BRAIN Initiative award for her research on identifying design principles of neural cells.
Faculty Perspective: Cancer, Cultures, and Personalized Medicine
A conversation with Professor Sanjay Kumar about the technologies still needed to enable the future of medicine. This is the first in a series of interviews with faculty members about the hot developments and unmet needs in their fields.
Tejal Desai Awarded Brown Engineering Alumni Medal
Tejal A. Desai, PhD alumna and professor and chair of the Department of the UCSF Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, was awarded the 2015 Brown Engineering Alumni Medal (BEAM) from Brown University’s School of Engineering, in recognition of her career achievements in the field of engineering.
Anderson lab develops potential molecular lock and key for GMOs
Researchers in bioengineering professor Chris Anderson’s lab have used synthetic biology to develop an easy way to lock down bacteria, to contain its accidental spread. The work, led by recent BioE Ph.D. Gabriel Lopez, shows promise as a potential method of containing advances created through synthetic biology and genetic engineering.
Vlassakis to co-chair Gordon Research Seminar
Bioengineering graduate student Julea Vlassakis was elected Co-Chair of the 2017 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on the Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics.
Ke Xu named 2015 Pew scholar
Ke Xu, assistant professor of chemistry and member of the bioengineering graduate program, has been named a Pew scholar, a program for investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.
BioE grad students sweep prizes at AAPM Northern California
Bioengineers took all three top prizes at the Northern California American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting this year, beating out a crowd of postdocs and grad students from UC Davis, UCSF, Stanford, LBNL, and Berkeley.
Alumni startup Bolt Threads in Businessweek
Bolt Threads, a startup company founded by BioE PhD alum David Breslauer, is planning to revolutionize the clothing industry by spinning spider silk from engineered yeast.
Two faculty named Bakar Fellows
Bioengineering Graduate Program members Michael Lustig and Ke Xu have been named to the second cohort of Bakar Fellows at UC Berkeley. The Bakar Fellows Program supports innovative research by early career faculty at UC Berkeley with a special focus on projects that hold commercial promise in the fields of Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences or multidisciplinary work in these disciplines.
BioE Bakar Fellows profiled
Learn about the disruptive technologies pioneered by four different Bioengineering Graduate Program faculty in Berkeley Engineer magazine – Laura Waller, Shawn Shadden, John Dueber, and Miki Lustig.
Bioengineers receive $3.2 million for visionary retina research
Austin Roorda, UC Berkeley professor of optometry and vision science and member of the graduate program, is lead investigator on an ambitious new project to map the interaction of retinal cells in an effort to better understand how visual data is processed before it is sent to the brain. The research is funded by the National Eye Institute’s Audacious Goals Initiative.
Alum Etemadi profiled at UCSF
BioE PhD alumnus Mozzi Etemadi was profiled this Spring in the UCSF newsletter.
Desai examines inclusivity
Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences professor Tejal Desai talks about the evolution of a more inclusive scientific community in this video.
DeRisi new AAAS Fellow
Professor Joseph DeRisi, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF and member of the graduate program, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which recognizes the world’s most accomplished leaders in science, humanities, arts, business and public affairs.
Datta and Monteiro new NDSEG Fellows
Congratulations to BioE PhD students Esha Datta and David Monteiro, awarded 2015 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships. The NDSEG Fellowship is sponsored and funded by the Department of Defense (DoD). NDSEG selections are made by the Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Army Research Office (ARO).
New breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis
Professor Michelle Chang, member of the graduate program in bioengineering and UC Berkeley professor of chemistry, is one of the lead researchers developing a hybrid system of semiconducting nanowires and bacteria that mimics the natural photosynthetic process.