December 20, 2008 Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Professor Jay Keasling was featured in Newsweek as a “Person to Watch”. The article focuses on his synthetic biology work building molecular tools to turn common ingredients into medical artemisinin and to make malaria drugs affordable and accessible.
Archives for December 2008
Schaffer elected AIMBE Fellow
December 15, 2008 Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Professor David Schaffer has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Conolly and Schaffer bring stem cell grants to Berkeley
December 12, 2008 Bioengineering faculty Steve Conolly and David Schaffer have both been awarded grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to create new tools to speed the translation of basic stem cell research into clinical therapies. Twenty three grants were announced this week to 18 institutions by the state’s stem cell agency, […]
Marriott Scientist Top Innovator
December 2008 Bioengineering Professor Gerard Marriott’s work on FRET technology earned him a place as a “Top Innovator of 2008” in The Scientist for his winning combination of invention, vision and utility.