Highlight – Page 6 – UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering

Aaron Streets named AIMBE Fellow

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Professor Aaron Streets has been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Streets was selected for “developing innovative technology to elucidate genome regulation with single-cell and molecule resolution, and for impactful leadership to diversify bioengineering.

Messersmith named AAAS Fellow

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Bioengineering Chair Phillip Messersmith has been named to the 2024 class of fellows elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Feature: Aaron Streets’ Lab

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Check out this video highlight of Professor Aaron Streets’ research, by the Pew Charitable Trust.

Pivot Bio is using microbial nitrogen to make agriculture more sustainable

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Co-founded by BioE alumnus Karsten Temme, Pivot is bringing cleaner nitrogen to American farmland.

AI can now model and design the genetic code for all domains of life with Evo 2

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Research led by Professor Patrick Hsu has produced Evo 2, the largest AI model in biology to date, which can accurately predict the effects of all types of genetic mutations.

David Schaffer Elected to NAE

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Congratulations to David Schaffer, Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering and Molecular & Cell Biology, on his election to the National Academy of Engineering!

BlotSeq single cell sequencing – animated!

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BioE postdoc Trinh Lam’s animated video explains how Herr Lab’s BlotSeq single-cell tool uses sequencing data to guide protein selection without the need to predefine targets, making the process more flexible.

MTM + NASA = Success

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A team of Master of Translational Medicine students partnered with NASA to find the perfect applications for their microfabrication technology.

Yartsev wins Richard Lounsbery Award

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Michael Yartsev will receive the 2025 Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences to recognize his extraordinary scientific achievement in understanding the neural basis of natural behaviors.