Archive for 2013
Fletcher in the Wall Street Journal
Bioengineering Professor Dan Fletcher wrote a short opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal Friday, September 20, 2013.
Read MoreAlum helps run Bioengineering Bootcamp for high school students
BioE undergraduate alum Sasha Denisin, now a PhD student at Stanford, partnered with the Stanford Department of Bioengineering to run a 6-week hands-on design experience in bioengineering for high school students.
Read MoreUndergrad gets best poster at SRC TECHCON 2013
Cameron Baradar, an undergraduate researcher in professor Amy Herr’s lab, won a Best in Poster Award at the 2013 Semiconductor Research Corporation TECHCON conference in Austin, Tx.
Read MoreTekla Labs sponsors “Build My Lab” contest
Tekla Labs, a non-profit founded by BioE graduate students and postdocs, are sponsoring the Build My Lab Contest, a DIY lab equipment design competition along with Instructables.
Read MoreAlumni Steen and Dietrich in Wired magazine
PhD alumni Eric Steen (’10) and Jeff Dietrich (’11) are featured in “Synthetic Biology 2.0” in Wired magazine online. The article discusses their startup company Lygos and the the up-and-coming garage garage industry of synthetic biology. Read the full article at Wired.
Read MoreLaney and Berkeley build microfluidic bay bridge
From June through August, a group of 18 students from Laney College participated in a program for specialized training in medical device technology. Taught by UC Berkeley project scientist Dr. Seung-min Park, a member of Professor Luke Lee’s laboratory, students learned the basics of design, fabrication and applications of microfabrication technology through hands-on training at…
Read MoreFive students named 2014 Siebel Scholars
The Siebel Foundation has announced the names of five UC Berkeley Bioengineering graduate students who have been named Siebel Scholars.
Read MoreFormer BioE postdoc Nilsson named to TR35
August 22, 2013 – Dr. Lina Nilsson, former bioengineering postdoc in Professor Dan Fletcher’s lab, has been named one of this year’s 35 Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review.
Read MoreKassianidou wins HHMI Fellowship
August 14, 2013 – BioE graduate student Elena Kassianidou has been awarded an International Predoctoral Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
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