A small company working out of Stanley Hall is seeking a paid summer intern familiar with the soft lithography process. Interested parties contact Paul Lum: p_lum@berkeley.edu.
Researchers resolve riddle of mammalian brain’s navigation system
In a study published in Nature, a team of researchers in the lab of Professor Michael Yartsev studied neural activity in the hippocampus of freely flying bats and found that the neural codes remained unchanged over days and weeks. The discovery that these GPS-like neural codes remain stable over time has upended previous research and may further our understanding of diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Rempel leads study on electric vehicle charging stations
A study led by Professor Emeritus David Rempel and the environmental non-profit group Cool the Earth tested the functionality of 657 EVSE (electric vehicle service equipment) connectors at all 181 open public, non-Tesla charging stations in the Bay area. The study found that 27% were nonfunctional, a concerning issue for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.
Local news features BioE High School Competition
The annual BioEngineering High School Competition, conceived and managed entirely by undergraduates in the Berkeley BioEngineering Honor Society, was featured in the local The Press newspaper, along with the winning high school team.
Berkeley’s Bakar BioEnginuity Hub opens its doors
UC Berkeley this week celebrated the grand opening of the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH), the campus’s bold new home for research and innovation. BBH owes much of its success to founding Director Amy Herr and current Director David Schaffer, both BioE Professors. Nearly 20 startups have already moved into the space, several led by bioengineering alumni.
Berkeley commencement features two BioE speakers
Both the keynote and student speakers at the 2022 UC Berkeley doctoral commencement ceremony are bioengineers! Recent PhD alumna Sally Winkler, now a research scientist at AbbVie, will give the student address, and Ann Lee-Karlon, BS alumna and COO of Altos Labs, will deliver the keynote. The ceremony on May 18 will be webcast live.
Lab Manager Position @ UCSF Mission Bay
The Huang and Gartner labs at UCSF develop genomics and imaging technologies with applications in tissue engineering and cell and developmental biology. We are searching for a joint lab manager with a potential start day as early as May 2022. Candidates will have the opportunity to participate in research but this is not a requirement. […]
Internships and jobs at Neurona Therapeutics
Our alumnus passed this on – Neurona is still recruiting summer interns and full time employees: https://www.neuronatherapeutics.com/careers/job-opportunities/
2022 UC Undergraduate Experience Survey
Folks – this is different from our BioE undergraduate survey, but also important! The 2022 UC Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) is one of the best ways to share your experiences as a Berkeley undergraduate. As an incentive for your participation, when you submit the completed survey you will be automatically entered into the various drawings for Amazon.com […]