June 13, 2013 – Researchers led by Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering David Schaffer and colleagues have developed improved gene insertion techniques that could expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases.
BioE Skydeck startup wins $100k funding
June 6, 2013 – Eko Devices, a startup company nurtured at the Skydeck incubator, was one of two Berkeley startups to win $100,000 in funding from Founder.org. Eko’s diagnostic device started out as a project in BioE 192, the senior capstone design course.
CellScope profiled in The Scientist
June 4, 2013 – The CellScope, a cellphone-based microscope developed in Professor Dan Fletcher’s lab, was profiled in June edition of The Scientist magazine.
Video Interview with Seung-Wuk Lee Lab
June 4, 2013 – USA Today has posted a video interview with BioE Ph.D. Eddie Wang of Professor Seung-Wuk Lee’s lab about their new light-controlled gel.
Seung-Wuk Lee’s work in Scientific American
Research by Bioengineering professor Seung-Wuk Lee was featured in the May 2013 issue of Scientific American, in an article about the future of Nanotechnology.
Lee’s light-controlled gel advances soft robotics
May 28, 2013 – Researchers led by bioengineering professor Seung-Wuk Lee have created a hydrogel that can be manipulated by light.
BioE team takes second place in Big Ideas
May 22, 2013 – A team of bioengineering and biology undergraduates took second place in this year’s Big Ideas @ Berkeley contest with their innovative teaching tool for organic chemistry.
Wireless signals could transform brain trauma diagnostics
Research from Boris Rubinsky, Professor Emeritus in Bioengineering and Professor of the Graduate School in Mechanical Engineering, is using wireless signals to provide real-time, non-invasive diagnoses of brain swelling or bleeding.
Bioengineer Das gets University Medal
May 9, 2013 – Ritankar Das, double major in bioengineering and chemical biology, has been named the 2013 winner of the University Medal.