Bioengineering PhD alumni Nick Fawzi and Sapun Parekh started a conversation about something completely different and ended up with a grant from the Human Frontier Science Program to study membraneless organelles.
In memory of Frank Tendick
Frank Tendick, Bioengineering PhD 1993, passed away on February 7, 2018. In addition to being an alumnus, Tendick taught Introduction to Robotics and several other graduate and undergraduate courses in bioengineering at UC Berkeley for many years. He established and directed the Milton J. Pearl and Leonard D. Rosenman Surgical Skills Center at UCSF, where he was also a faculty member, from 2003–2007. Our fondest thoughts and memories go with him.
Alumna Woodruff talks toxic flame retardants and maternal health
Alumna Tracey Woodruff, Ph.D., MPH, who directs the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, has been collaborating with clinicians at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) since 2008 to follow pregnant women and measure blood levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
Bolt Threads co-founder wants you to wear recyclable silk clothes made from artificial proteins
Check out BioE PhD alum David Breslauer on the San Jose Mercury News Sunday Business front page.
0Share Tweet Meet Alum Adam Mendelsohn
Learn more about BioE PhD alumnus Adam Mendelsohn, whose exciting work with his startup, Nano Precision Medical, Inc., is blazing new pathways in drug delivery.
Alumnus Kunwoo Lee in 30 Under 30
2016 PhD and founder of startup GenEdit Kunwoo Lee has been named to the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30. Lee, a former student in Professor Niren Murthy’s lab, developed a way to deliver muscular dystrophy-curing CRISPR edits to the body using nanoparticles.
Alumna Khine named UC Irivine Engineering Innovator of the Year
Michelle Khine, 2005 PhD alumna and current professor at UC Irvine, was named their 2017 Innovator of the Year and featured in Irvine’s Discovery magazine.
Alumna Woodruff studies toxic exposure at UCSF
Professor Tracey Woodruff, PhD 1991, is now the director of UC San Francisco’s Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE). Her work identifying, measuring and preventing exposure to environmental contaminants that affect human reproduction and development is featured in the latest issue of the UCSF magazine.
Downing in 2017 30 Under 30
Congratulations 2013 PhD Tim Downing, now a professor at UC Irvine, named to the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work examining how extracellular signals can influence the final fate of cells.
BioE startup Lygos raises $13 million
Lygos Biotech, founded by PhD alumni Jeffrey Dietrich and Eric Steen, has raised $13 million in Series A funding to continue their work producing high-value specialty chemicals through synthetic biology. Their process uses domestic sugars instead of petroleum for chemical production, and has already resulted in the world’s first bio-based production of malonic acid.
BioE startup Diassess featured in Wired
John Waldeisen, CEO and Co-founder of Diassess, talks with Wired about the diagnostic tech landscape post-Theranos.
Orsborn named 2016 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow
BioE alumna Dr. Amy Orsborn was named a 2016 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow, a program that awards research grants to five women postdoctoral scientists annually for their contributions in STEM fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. Orsborn is now a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, studying improved treatments for people with motor disabilities caused by limb loss, stroke or spinal injury.
Tentori receives Ford Fellowship
Recent BioE PhD Augusto Tentori has been awarded a prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship for postdoctoral study. Only 21 scholars in the country were granted postdoctoral fellowships this year. Tentori received his Ph.D. in 2015 for work in Professor Amy Herr’s lab, and is now a researcher at MIT.
Alumnus Di Carlo wins PECASE
BioE alumnus Dino Di Carlo, now a professor at UCLA, was awarded the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The award was presented at the White House on May 5, 2016.
Bolt Threads SXSW interview
Check out this great interview with PhD alum and Bolt Threads founder David Breslauer at SXSW!
Di Carlo receives Materials Research Society’s Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Bioengineering alumnus Dino Di Carlo, (B.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2006), has been named the 2016 Outstanding Young Investigator by the Materials Research Society. He is currently a professor in the department of bioengineering at UCLA. His award winning research, Microstructured Materials for Cell Analysis and Regeneration, will be presented at the 2016 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit on Thursday, March 31 at UCLA.
Interview with alumna Rachel Gerver
Check out this interview with PhD alumna Rachel Gerver on development engineering and early infant HIV diagnosis.
Alumna Lee receives Air Force Young Investigator Award
PhD Alumna Somin Eunice Lee has received a Young Investigator Research Program award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Lee, now an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, was granted the award to fund her work on “Sub-Diffraction Temperature Mapping of Protein Interconversions.” Congratulations!
Dueber Lab runner-up for Breakthrough of the Year!
A breakthrough from John Dueber’s lab, led by BioE PhD William DeLoache, was a runner-up for Science magazine’s 2015 Breakthrough of the Year! They were recognized for creating an engineered yeast that can convert sugar into the makings of opioid painkillers.
Alumnus Discher elected to National Academy of Medicine
Bioengineering alumnus and Robert D. Bent Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, and mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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.
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.