After qualifying for the Olympics in June, incoming BioE 1st-year student Annika McEnroe says that swimming provides her with a safe space to de-stress. Annika will be swimming for Cal this year.
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Recent news from Berkeley Bioengineering
Berkeley BioE ranked 6th in the nation!
The Berkeley Bioengineering undergraduate program has been ranked #6 among U.S. undergraduate bioengineering programs, by US News & World Report. This is our highest ranking yet, as Berkeley BioE continues our climb to the top!
Cannabis researchers seek to unlock the healing power of pot
Alumni-founded company Lygos is featured in the Wall Street Journal for their efforts to produce targeted cannabinoid compounds through synthetic biology.
I’m a Bioengineer
Ori Hoxha
Research Associate, Protein Fluidics, Inc.
BS Bioengineering, 2016
My role is to provide an interface between the different realms that need to be crossed to take our device to market, namely the biochemistry and the microfluidics.
“Berkeley Bioengineering enabled me, through hands-on research experience and by being able to take classes across different departments, to create a balanced profile, something critical for being constructive in a small start-up.”
Supada Sritanyaratana
Clinical Demand and Supply Leader, Genentech
BS Bioengineering, 2013
I predict how much medicine we need to produce to ensure that we have enough medicine for the patients in our clinical trials. Currently, I am managing the global supply of a new Alzheimer’s drug and a Macular Degeneration (blindness) drug.
“When I’m faced with a new problem, I take a step back to brainstorm multiple possible solutions from different perspectives ..to choose the solution that makes sense for the greater whole by empathizing with all of the stakeholders.”