June 19, 2013 – Bioengineering professor Adam Arkin and collaborators have new findings which suggest that bacteria in the laboratory show little adaptive gene regulation in response to their environment.
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Undergrad capstone team designs surgical innovation
June 18, 2013 – A team of BioE undergraduates from Professor Amy Herr’s capstone design course (BioE 192) have developed an innovative technology to improve laparoscopic surgery.
Schaffer develops new therapy to restore sight
June 13, 2013 – Researchers led by Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering David Schaffer and colleagues have developed improved gene insertion techniques that could expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases.
BioE Skydeck startup wins $100k funding
June 6, 2013 – Eko Devices, a startup company nurtured at the Skydeck incubator, was one of two Berkeley startups to win $100,000 in funding from Founder.org. Eko’s diagnostic device started out as a project in BioE 192, the senior capstone design course.
CellScope profiled in The Scientist
June 4, 2013 – The CellScope, a cellphone-based microscope developed in Professor Dan Fletcher’s lab, was profiled in June edition of The Scientist magazine.
Video Interview with Seung-Wuk Lee Lab
June 4, 2013 – USA Today has posted a video interview with BioE Ph.D. Eddie Wang of Professor Seung-Wuk Lee’s lab about their new light-controlled gel.
Seung-Wuk Lee’s work in Scientific American
Research by Bioengineering professor Seung-Wuk Lee was featured in the May 2013 issue of Scientific American, in an article about the future of Nanotechnology.
Lee’s light-controlled gel advances soft robotics
May 28, 2013 – Researchers led by bioengineering professor Seung-Wuk Lee have created a hydrogel that can be manipulated by light.
BioE team takes second place in Big Ideas
May 22, 2013 – A team of bioengineering and biology undergraduates took second place in this year’s Big Ideas @ Berkeley contest with their innovative teaching tool for organic chemistry.