UCSF Bioengineering Professor Sarah Nelson has been awarded the 2012 UCSF Graduate Student Association Faculty Mentor Award for her outstanding contributions to the Bioengineering Graduate Department.
Alum Dennis Discher elected to National Academy of Engineering
Bioengineering Ph.D. alumnus Dennis Discher (1993), currently the Robert D. Bent Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, was recently elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
Congratulations outstanding GSIs!
April 2012 – Each year, over 200 Graduate Student Instructors across UC Berkeley are chosen for their outstanding work in the teaching of undergraduates.
2012 NSF Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program has awarded prestigious fellowships to six Berkeley-UCSF graduate students. Congratulations to Matthew Bakalar, Katie Fink, Daniel Liu, Jennifer Soto, Joanna Rys and Matthew Rubashkin, our six new inductees into the NSF program.
Future Scientist Program in Sustainable Design: Panama
Future Scientist, a non-profit organization started by several Bioengineering grad students, returned from the first Program in Sustainable Design in Panama.
Tejal Desai receives Dawson Biotechnology Award
Tejal Desai, UCSF Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Chair of the Bioengineering Graduate Program, has been awarded the 2012 Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
BioE Graduate Program Ranked in Top 10!
US News and World Report has named the UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering one of the TOP TEN graduate programs in the US.
Alumnus Di Carlo receives Navy Young Investigator Award
March 2012 – Bioengineering Ph.D. and B.S. alumnus Dino Di Carlo, now a bioengineering assistant professor at UCLA, has won the prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Office of the Navy.
Nelson Lab and Ph.D. student in Science
January 11, 2012 – Bioengineering Graduate Group member Professor Sarah Nelson’s lab has new research out on the cover of Science Translational Medicine today.
Full’s leaping lizards in the news
January 4, 2012 – Graduate program faculty and UC Berkeley Professor Bob Full is in the news with his discoveries on how lizards and dinosaurs can inspire robot design. Read more and watch a video at the UC Berkeley News Center.
Synthetic biologists produce CAD tools for RNA
December 22, 2011 – Synthetic biology researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory have developed computer assisted design (CAD)-type models and simulations for RNA molecules that make it possible to engineer biological components.
FIVE graduate faculty 2012 AIMBE Fellows
December 20, 2011 – Congratulations to UCSF Professors Tejal Desai and David Saloner, and Berkeley Professors Adam Arkin, Luke Lee and Lisa Pruitt, all new members of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows!
Two BioEs in 30 under 30!
December 19, 2011 Congratulations to Bioengineering Ph.D. student Mozziyar Etemadi and undergraduate alumnus Albert Mach, both named in this year’s Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 list.
Alumna Khine named to Women on Top Awards
November 18, 2011 – UC Irvine Associate Professor and graduate program alumna Michelle Khine has been named a “Top Scientist” in the 2011 Women on Top Awards by Marie Claire Magazine, in the November 2011 issue.
Apori wins Widmer Award at MicroTAS!
October 7, 2011 Bioengineering Ph.D. student Akwasi Apori won the Lab on a Chip Widmer Poster Award at the 2011 International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS).
Three graduate faculty win NIH Director’s New Innovator awards
September 28, 2011 – Three faculty of the UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering were selected for NIH New Innovator awards. Professors Edward Chang and Bo Huang of UCSF and Michelle Chang of UC Berkeley were among those selected for 2011.
2012 Siebel Scholars named
September 9, 2011 The Siebel Foundation has announced the names of five UC Berkeley Bioengineering graduate students who have been named Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes outstanding graduate students from the world’s most prestigious business, computer science, and bioengineering graduate schools. Each of the Class of 2012 Siebel Scholars will receive a $35,000 […]
Downing wins systemwide Grand Challenge
June 17, 2011 Bioengineering graduate student Tim Downing was the winner of this year’s “Grand Challenge” competition at the annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium.
Siebel Scholars trek to China
May, 2011 Two recent Bioengineering Ph.D. alumni Siebel Scholars – and one Berkeley BioE undergraduate alumni, now a recent Ph.D. from MIT – are traveling through China as part of a Siebel Foundation delegation.
Apori’s poster takes first place
May 12, 2011 Bioengineering graduate student Akwasi Apori took first place in the research poster competition at the 26th International Symposium on MicroScale Bioseparations!
BioEs win big in Big Ideas
May 3, 2011 Bioengineering students won big in this year’s Big Ideas @ Berkeley competition. UC Berkeley’s annual “Big Ideas” prize competition inspires innovative and high-impact student projects aimed at solving the world’s most pressing problems.
2010-2011 Outstanding GSI awards
April 2011 Each year, over 200 Graduate Student Instructors across campus are chosen for their outstanding work in the teaching of undergraduates. The Outstanding GSI Awards are given to the best GSIs of the year, nominated by the course instructor.
Tam receives Whitaker award
April 11, 2011 Congratulations to Bioengineering graduate student Johnny Tam, recipient of a Whitaker International Scholar Award for research in Barcelona, Spain!
Karns win best poster at LabAutomation
February 1, 2011 BioE Ph.D student Kelly Karns won the LabAutomation Academic Poster Award at this years LabAutomation 2011 conference in Palm Springs.