BioE News
Glyphic Biotechnologies wins Qiagen Biotech Grant
Glyphic Biotechnologies, founded by BioE alumnus Joshua Young Yang, is one of three winners of QIAGEN’s new Biotech Grants program. Glyphic is developing a first-of-its-kind, next-generation sequencing platform for proteins.
Read MoreFletcher, Herr, Lareau and Streets named new CZB Investigators
Dan Fletcher, Amy Herr, Liana Lareau and Aaron Streets have been named to the second cohort of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub investigators. The Investigator Program, open to faculty members at Stanford University, UC San Francisco, and UC Berkeley, awards $1 million in unrestricted funds over five years to each Investigator, with the goal of building engaged, collaborative communities of Bay Area scientists to solve the biggest challenges in biomedicine.
Read MoreNHS begins use of BioE-pioneered Nanoknife
Non Thermal Irreversible Electroporation treatment, developed by Bioenginering and Mechanical Engineering professor Boris Rubinsky, is now the technology behind the Nanoknife. Licensed from Berkeley by AngioDynamics, the Nanoknife uses electric currents to quickly and easily reach remote tumors in prostate cancer. University College London Hospital was recently the first hospital to use the treatment in…
Read MoreConboy named Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research
Professor Irina Conboy has been appointed incoming Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.. Conboy is a leader in aging research, especially stem cell niche engineering and tissue repair.
Read MoreKhine Named Inaugural Samueli Scholar
BioE alumna Michelle Khine, biomedical engineering professor and associate dean for the Division of Undergraduate Education at UC Irvine, has been named one of six inaugural Samueli Scholars by the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.
Read MoreUC Berkeley partners with new Arc Institute to tackle complex diseases
The Arc Institute was officially launched today with the goal of developing a new model for collaborative research that brings together world-class research with unconstrained funding to enable new discoveries that improve human health. UC Berkeley, Stanford and UCSF are founding scientific members, and bioengineering professor Patrick Hsu is a founding researcher.
Read MoreA first look inside UC Berkeley’s Bakar BioEnginuity Hub
Led by inaugural director Amy Herr, the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub is finishing up extensive renovations to Woo Hon Fai Hall and will open in February 2022. The remodeled landmark building, formerly the Berkeley Art Museum, pairs the Bakar Labs incubator with fellowships and programming for Berkeley students and researchers.
Read MoreDavid Schaffer elected to National Academy of Inventors
Congratulations to David Schaffer, pioneer in the use of engineered viruses to deliver gene therapies, just named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors! Schaffer is the Hubbard Howe Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering.
Read MoreFaculty Profile: Iain Clark
Learn more about Professor Iain Clark in this profile from the Berkeley Science Review.
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