Learn more about diagnostics startup Privail from BioE alum and CEO Anwaar Al-Zireeni in this Elevator Pitch video from Skydeck.
Archives for 2015
Kumar and Murthy create hydrogel for fast cell culture studies
Bioengineering professors Sanjay Kumar and Niren Murthy have collaborated to develop a new materials technology that allows them to simultaneously create many cell culture environments with defined material properties for high-throughput analysis.
BioE ranks in top 10 nationwide
Once again Berkeley BioE has been ranked 9th in the nation among undergraduate bioengineering programs by U.S. News & World Report!
UC Berkeley remains the #1 public university and the #3 overall undergraduate engineering program.
Go Bears!
Eko’s digital stethoscope green-lighted by FDA
The digital stethoscope designed by BioE undergrad startup Eko Devices has won federal permission to enter the market.
Healy’s brown fat research in Daily Cal
Check out more on the Bioengineering/Nutritional Sciences research collaboration to implant energy-burning brown fat into mice to stimulate weight loss, featuring Professor Kevin Healy.
The bat man is here – meet new faculty member Michael Yartsev
Learn more about Assistant Professor Michael Yartsev, a new Berkeley faculty member with joint appointments in Bioengineering, the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, and the Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute.
Yartsev receives BRAIN EAGER grant
Assistant Professor Michael Yartsev has received an NSF EAGER grant for funding of his research project, “BRAIN EAGER: Going All Wireless to Establish Bats as The First Mammalian Model System for Vocal Learning.”
Engineered hot fat implants reduce weight gain in mice
Professor Kevin Healy and his postdoctoral researcher Amit Jha collaborated with Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology professor Andreas Stahl and Ph.D. student Kevin Tharp on their experiment to implant energy-burning brown fat into mice to stimulate weight loss.
Herr Lab startup featured in Daily Cal
Professor Amy Herr, alumna Kelly Gardner, and their startup Zephyrus Biosciences were featured in an article on startup innovation in the Daily Cal.