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.
Alumnus Di Carlo engineers restraint
November 2010 Bioengineering Phd and BS alumnus Dino Di Carlo, now Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at UCLA, was profiled in the November 2010 edition of Innovations, from Berkeley Engineering.
Two BioE Alums are NIH New Innovators
September 30, 2010 Two Bioengineering Ph.D. alumni have received NIH Director’s New Innovator awards for 2010!Dino DiCarlo, PhD 2006, and Michelle Khine, PhD 2005, have both received this five-year, $1.5 million grant.
2011 Berkeley Siebel Scholars Named
August 26, 2010 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 2011 Siebel Scholars will receive a $35,000 […]
Bioe grad students take ASME honors
June 2010 Bioengineering Ph.D. students Javad Golji and Mohammad Azimi won 1st and 2nd place awards in the PhD student paper and podium presentation competition at the 2010 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 15-20, 2010.
BioE shines at Business Plan Competition
May 13, 2010 Bioengineering teams snapped up many of the top awards at the Berkeley Business Plan Competition again this year, taking the Grand Prize, First Place in Life Sciences, First Place in Products and Services, and the People’s Choice Award.
Bioengineering – A Family Affair
May 4, 2010 Bushra Samad will be receiving her B.S. in Bioengineering from Berkeley this month, but she’s not leaving. Bushra will be staying on as a Ph.D. student in the Bioengineering Graduate Group – and her twin daughters will be entering their second year as Berkeley undergrads. Her daughter Tahoura is also a Bioengineering […]
Congratulations NSF Fellows!
April 2010 Many Bioengineering students and alumni have been awarded fellowships or honorable mentions through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
2009-2010 Outstanding GSI awards
April 2010 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.
Alumna makes more news with ShrinkyDinks
March 2010 BioE Ph.D. Alumna Michella Khine received more recognition for her groundbreaking microfluidics research in Scientific American.
PhD student Apori named Merck Dissertation Fellow
March 6, 2010 Bioengineering PhD student Akwasi Apori has been selected as a 2010 UNCF Merck Graduate Science Dissertation Fellow.
Science in the Amazon
March 2010 Future Scientist, a global science education outreach program founded by two Bioengineering graduate students, is featured in the March 2010 issue of Innovations from the College of Engineering.
Alumna makes more news with ShrinkyDinks
March 2010 BioE Ph.D. Alumna Michella Khine received more recognition for her groundbreaking microfluidics research in Scientific American.
Student Mitra finalist for CIMIT Prize
February 24, 2010 Bioengineering Ph.D. student Debkishore Mitra and his team were selected as one of ten finalists for the 2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare.
Anti-medical school, pro health
February 1, 2010 Our unique Bioengineering graduate class, Anti-medical School, has been making the news with its innovative approach to health education.
Alumna Khine featured in Innovations
February 1, 2010 Bioengineering Ph.D. alumna Michelle Khine launched UC Merced’s first startup using a kids toy: Shrinky Dinks. Now an Assistant Professor at UC Irvine, Khine was featured in UC Berkeley’s Innovations newsletter, and around the globe, for her innovative use of kids thermoplastic craft toys to produce low-cost microfluidic devices.
BioE grad student selected to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
January 26, 2010 Bioengineering graduate student Chenlu Hou was selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany as a guest of Siemens AG. She was one of only three students chosen from the United States.
Future Scientists teach in Peru
January 2010 Bioengineering graduate students founded a new program called Future Scientists that provides technical education to resource-poor communities.
Lam’s photo in Olympus Bioscapes
November 2009 Dr. Wilbur Lam, Bioengineering Ph.D. alumnus and postdoc in the Fletcher Lab, received an honorable mention in the 2009 Olympus Bioscapes International Digital Imaging Competition.
Berkeley Bioengineers selected as Siebel Scholars
September 16, 2009 The Siebel Foundation yesterday announced five UC Berkeley Bioengineering graduate students who have been named Siebel Scholars. This is the first year the Foundation has expanded the Scholars program to recognize and engage outstanding graduate students in the field of bioengineering.