Check out more on the Bioengineering/Nutritional Sciences research collaboration to implant energy-burning brown fat into mice to stimulate weight loss, featuring Professor Kevin Healy.
The bat man is here – meet new faculty member Michael Yartsev
Learn more about Assistant Professor Michael Yartsev, a new Berkeley faculty member with joint appointments in Bioengineering, the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, and the Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute.
Yartsev receives BRAIN EAGER grant
Assistant Professor Michael Yartsev has received an NSF EAGER grant for funding of his research project, “BRAIN EAGER: Going All Wireless to Establish Bats as The First Mammalian Model System for Vocal Learning.”
Engineered hot fat implants reduce weight gain in mice
Professor Kevin Healy and his postdoctoral researcher Amit Jha collaborated with Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology professor Andreas Stahl and Ph.D. student Kevin Tharp on their experiment to implant energy-burning brown fat into mice to stimulate weight loss.
Herr Lab startup featured in Daily Cal
Professor Amy Herr, alumna Kelly Gardner, and their startup Zephyrus Biosciences were featured in an article on startup innovation in the Daily Cal.
Photonics breakthrough points to ultrafast DNA diagnostics
Professor Luke Lee’s lab has developed technology that promises to make the standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test cheaper, more portable, and many times faster by accelerating the heating and cooling of genetic samples with light.
Conboy lab wins QB3-Calico Longevity Fellowship
Yan Liu, postdoctoral researcher in Professor Irina Conboy’s lab, is one of only three inaugural members of the QB3-Calico Fellows program. Liu is now a Longevity Fellow, receiving funding for a longevity-based research project.
Yartsev receives Konishi Neuroethology Research Award
New Assistant Professor Michael Yartsev is one of the recipients of the 2015 Konishi Neuroethology Research Award. The awards from the International Society for Neuroethology are intended to promote research by early career investigators. Congratulations!
Healy Lab grows beating human heart tissue from stem cells
Researchers in Professor Kevin Healy’s lab have developed a template for growing beating cardiac tissue from stem cells, creating a system that could serve as a model for early heart development and as a drug-screening tool to make pregnancies safer.