November 2005 Our newest bioengineering professor, Dr. Seung-Wuk Lee, just received one of the first-ever Nano 50 Awards from Nanotech Briefs journal. This award recognizes the top 50 technologies, products, and innovators that have significantly impacted – or are expected to impact – the state of the art in nanotechnology.
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Head-Gordon receives cyber-chemistry grant
November 1, 2005 Bioengineering Professor Teresa Head-Gordon is one of four researchers across the country to be selected as a principal investigator for the new “cyber-enabled chemistry” grants from the National Science Foundation.
Conboy and Healy in Lab Notes
October 2005 Bioengineering Professors Irina Conboy and Kevin Healy are featured in this month’s Lab Notes, research news from the College of Engineering. The article profiles their collaboration with David Schaffer of chemical engineering to develop injectable materials for delivering stem cells to the body. They plan to use the stem-cell seeded hydrogel to protect […]
Lee lab collects awards at nano conference
October 2005 Bioengineering graduate students from Professor Luke Lee’s research group garnered a collection of high-profile honors at the Ninth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS), held in Boston from October 9th to 13th.
Fletcher lab researchers explain bacterial movement
September 23, 2005 Joshua Shaevitz, Miller Research Fellow in Integrated Biology and member of Professor Dan Fletcher’s laboratory, is lead author on a paper describing the twirly way Spiroplasma bacteria get around.
Conboy in Cell
September 8, 2005 A review article co-authored by bioengineering professor Irina Conboy was published in the September 8, 2005 issue of Cell, one of the most respected journals of biology.
Undergrad Deppe presents at BMES
September 2005 Senior ME major Allison Deppe spent the summer doing research with bioengineering professor Mohammad Mofrad through the Berkeley Summer Bioengineering Research Program. Now she’s off to the 2005 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) fall meeting to present the results of her research.
Dr. B elected President – Society of Molecular Imaging
September 2005 Dr. Thomas Budinger was recently elected President of the Society of Molecular Imaging.
Berger awarded Cook Chair
August 2005 Dr. Stanley Berger, Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed to the Montford G. Cook Endowed Chair in Engineering.