Michael Yartsev and collaborators have been awarded a $1.2M grant from the Human Frontier Science Program. They will use a molecular, neural and comparative approach to study vocal learning in bats.
BioE benefactor Andrew Grove, 1936-2016
Intel Corporation former CEO and Chairman Andrew S. Grove passed away today at the age of 79. Grove was a UC Berkeley alumnus and a staunch supporter of bioengineering, who donated the founding gift for our Master of Translational Medicine program. He will be missed.
BioE startup Zephyrus acquired by Bio-techne
Zephyrus Biosciences, a startup company spun out of professor Amy Herr’s lab, was acquired today by Bio-techne, a top biosciences tools company. Zephyrus was led by BioE PhD Kelly Gardner and pioneered commercialization of Herr Lab’s single-cell western blotting technique, which they will continue as part of the Protein Platforms Division of Bio-Techne.
PhD program moves up to #6 in the US!
New rankings from US News & World Report place our UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering tied for 6th best in the nation, up from 7th for the past two years.
Adams named Lawrence Berkeley Lab Division Director
Bioengineering Adjunct Professor Paul Adams has been name Division Director for the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
The Low Down: How Lung Cancer Made Things Personal
Bioengineering research has a personal connection for alumna Adeeti Ullal.
MTM student wins UC Berkeley Global Health Case Competition
Master of Translational Medicine student Tyler Schmeckpeper is a member of the winning team for the first UC Berkeley Intramural Global Health Case Competition.
Mofrad Lab student wins first prize in Biophysical Society Image Contest
Zeinab Jahed, an Applied Science & Technology graduate student in Mohammad Mofrad’s lab, has won the first place prize in the 2016 “The Art of Science” image contest at the annual meeting of the Biophysical Society. The image, titled “Bacterial Networking“, shows a scanning electron microscopy of Staphylococcus Aureus bacterial cells forming networks on top […]
Alumna Mathrani talks about using an internship to start her career
BioE alumna Shilpi Mathrani talks about her experience in UC Berkeley’s Bio-Manufacturing to Market program in this feature story.