May 2, 2009 A Berkeley Bioengineering student and faculty member have won Chancellor’s Public Service Awards this year, high honors for civic engagement sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center, the Office of Government and Community Relations, and University Events.
Archives for 2009
Lee Lab in Berkeley Science Review
May 2009 Cutting edge Lab-on-a-Chip research from Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee’s lab was featured in the Spring 2009 issue of the Berkeley Science Review. The BSR is a completely student-run and -written publication featuring research at Berkeley. Read the full story at the Berkeley Science Review.
NCIAA funds BioE capstone course
April 26, 2009 Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Herr has received a grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance to fund the new Bioengineering Capstone Design course, BioE 192.
Tirrell elected to AAAS
April 20, 2009 Matthew Tirrell, incoming Chair of the Department of Bioengineering and current Dean of the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Tirrell is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Institute of […]
Luke Lee receives IEEE EMBS Award
April 16, 2009 Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee will receive the 2009 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Award for Excellence in Biomedical Technology in Memoriam of William J. Morlock.
Luke Lee stem cell fellowship at Stanford
April 12, 2009 Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee has received a scholar award from the Siebel Stem Cell Institute, a joint venture between UC Berkeley and the Stanford University School of Medicine.
CellScope wins Intel Inspire-Empower Challenge
April 7, 2009 In yet another high profile win, the CellScope project has won one of four prizes in the international Intel Inspire-Empower Competition.
Schaffer talks stem cells on YouTube
April 2009 Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Professor David Schaffer talks about stems cell research and funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Watch it on YouTube.
Adams and Keasling direct Berkeley Lab
March 31, 2009 Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Professor Jay Keasling has been appointed Acting Deputy Laboratory Director of Lawrence Berkeley Lab, and Adjunct Bioengineering Professor Paul Adams has been appointed Acting Director of Berkeley Lab’s Physical Biosciences Division.