Biomedical Imaging & Instrumentation

UCSF, Berkeley, and LBNL and have long been at the forefront in biomedical imaging and instrumentation. The three campuses share resources from several imaging centers, including the Center for Functional Imaging at LBNL, the Magnetic Resonance Science Center at UCSF, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience BIC center at Berkeley. Scanners include the latest generation 1.5, T, 3.0 T and 7 T GE MRI scanners at the new Mission Bay Campus, two fMRI scanners at Berkeley, and several experimental nuclear medicine scanners.

The are many groups doing exciting Biomedical Instrumentation research at Berkeley, UCSF and LBNL. These include improved or novel medical imaging scanner construction, including Nuclear Medicine detectors and systems, MRI hardware and systems and Ultrasound hardware and diagnostic software. Many researchers focus on various technologies for improved therapy, and on novel cellular imaging. There are many working on technology to study fundamental neuroscience and to develop novel sensors and systems for high throughput biological assays.

Advances in imaging technology continue to expand our understanding of such problems as neurodegenerative diseases, osteoporosis, arthritis, psychiatric and behavioral disorders, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Specific research areas include improved or novel medical imaging scanner construction, MRI pulse sequences for spectroscopy, DTI, and cancer imaging and Ultrasound hardware and diagnostic software. The research environment at UCSF, Berkeley, and LBNL will allow a graduate student to train for an exciting and high-impact career in Biomedical Imaging.

Biomedical Imaging & Instrumentation faculty in the Graduate Group:

David Agard, UCSF, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging

Ronald Arenson, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics

David Attwood, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Ruzena Bajcsy, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Martin Banks, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Brian Barsky, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Vision

Bernhard Boser, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics

Thomas F. Budinger, UCSF/UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Maurice Cohen, UCSF, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Neural Systems Analysis

Steve Conolly, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics

Mark D'Esposito, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis

Stephen E. Derenzo, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Chris Diederich, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Drug Delivery

Bruce Faddegon, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

John Featherstone, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

Daniel A. Fletcher, UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Drug Delivery; Tissue Engineering

Loren Frank, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Instrumentation; Neural Systems Analysis

Daniel Fried, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomedical Imaging

Jack Gallant, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Robert G. Gould, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Martin Graham, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Instrumentation

Julius Guccione, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

Grant Gullberg, UCB, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Mats Gustafsson, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Bernard Halloran, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Instrumentation; Tissue Engineering

Randall A. Hawkins, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Roland Henry, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Amy Herr, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics

Donna Hudson, UCSF, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Neural Systems Analysis

Nola Hylton, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

William Jagust, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Thomas James, UCSF, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Drug Delivery

Don L. Jewett, UCSF, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Selig N. Kaplan, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Stanley Klein, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Sanjay Kumar, UCB, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

John Kurhanewicz, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Thomas Lang, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Luke Lee, UCB, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Edwin R. Lewis, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Instrumentation; Neural Systems Analysis

Xiaojuan Li, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Jeffrey Lotz, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Instrumentation; Tissue Engineering

Sharmila Majumdar, UCSF/UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Gerard Marriott, UCB, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Sally J. Marshall, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Imaging, Tissue Engineering

Grayson W. Marshall, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

Tracy McKnight, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Pratik Mukherjee, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis

Srikantan Nagarajan, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis

Sarah J. Nelson, UCSF/UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Susan Noworolski, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Alex Pines, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Jean Pouliot, UCSF, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Stanley Prussin, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Robert Ritchie, UCB, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging

Sabrina Ronen, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Austin Roorda, UCB, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Vision

Boris Rubinsky, UCB, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Drug Delivery; Neural Systems Analysis; Tissue Engineering

David Saloner, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging

Youngho Seo, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

John Shepherd, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Michael Silver, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Robert Spear, UCB, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging

David Sretavan, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Instrumentation; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Neural Systems Analysis; Tissue Engineering; Vision

Robert Stroud, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging; Drug Delivery

Michael Stryker, UCSF, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Colin Studholme, UCSF, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomedical Imaging

Mark Swanson, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Daniel Vigneron, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Instrumentation

Jasmina Vujic, UCB, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

Rong Wang, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging

Michael Weiner, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomedical Imaging

William Young, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

Xiaoliang Zhang, UCSF, Core Member
Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation