Bioengineering Associate Professor Amy Herr has been named to the inaugural cohort of Bakar Fellows at UC Berkeley.
Archives for June 2012
CellScope gets $1 million in venture funds
The CellScope, a cellphone-based microscope platform developed in Professor Dan Fletcher’s lab and now a startup company, has received $1 million in startup funding from Khosla Ventures.
Alum wins Emerging Researcher’s National Conference poster
Recent UC Berkeley Bioengineering Alumna Pamela Tiet won first place in Biomedical Engineering for her Technology and Engineering Poster Presentation at the Emerging Researcher’s National Conference in Atlanta, GA.
Amy Herr wins Analytical Chemistry 2012 Young Innovator Award
Bioengineering Associate Professor Amy Herr is the recipient of the Analytical Chemistry 2012 Young Innovator Award.
Kumar lab explains fast tumor migration
June 11, 2012 – Bioengineering Professor Sanjay Kumar’s lab today released major new research showing that tumor cells are able to migrate faster through confined spaces in the body.
Li shows stem cells behind hardened arteries
June 6, 2012 – Bioengineering Professor Song Li has shown that a previously unknown type of stem cell, not smooth muscle cells within blood vessel walls, is to blame for artery-hardening diseases such as atherosclerosis.