BioMEMS/ Nanotechnology and Robotics Control of materials at the micron and nanometer scale has the potential to revolutionize the study of biological systems and the treatment of disease. Berkeley researchers were among the original developers of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and the faculty of the Bioengineering Graduate Group remain at the forefront of MEMS research and development applied to biology (BioMEMS). Examples include new polymer-based drug delivery systems for anti-cancer agents, specialized tools for minimally invasive surgery, novel cell sorting systems for high-throughput data collection, and precision measurement techniques enabled by microfabricated devices. Use of new materials to make nanometer-scale structures designed to interact with biological systems is opening a new field of nanotechnology that promises advancements in fabrication technology, biological control, and medical applications. With outstanding fabrication and testing facilities, including the original Berkeley Microfabrication Laboratory, the new NanoBio Center in the Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Building, and the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and links to the local biotechnology industry, students in the Bioengineering Graduate Group become part of a dynamic community that is improving health through new technology. BioMEMS/ Nanotechnology and Robotics faculty in the Graduate Group: Ronald Arenson, UCSF, Affiliate Biomedical Imaging; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Brian Barsky, UCB, Affiliate Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Vision Bernhard Boser, UCB, Affiliate Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Steve Conolly, UCB, Core Member Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Deborah Dean, UCSF, Affiliate Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Tissue Engineering Tejal A. Desai, UCSF, Core Member BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Drug Delivery; Tissue Engineering Robert Full, UCB, Core Member Biomaterials; Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Neural Systems Analysis Amy Herr, UCB, Core Member Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Hami Kazerooni, UCB, Affiliate Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Luke Lee, UCB, Core Member Biomaterials; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision Song Li, UCB, Core Member Biomaterials; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Tissue Engineering Dorian Liepmann, UCB, Core Member Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Drug Delivery Richard Mathies, UCB, Core Member BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Susan Muller, UCB, Core Member Biomaterials; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics Albert Pisano, UCB, Affiliate Biomaterials; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Drug Delivery Boris Rubinsky, UCB, Core Member Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Drug Delivery; Neural Systems Analysis; Tissue Engineering S. Shankar Sastry, UCB, Core Member BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics David Sretavan, UCSF, Core Member Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Neural Systems Analysis; Tissue Engineering; Vision Richard M. White, UCB, Affiliate BioMEMS-Nanotechnology and Robotics