Inspired by turkey skin, Seung-Wuk Lee’s team has devised a bacteriophage-based sensor whose color changes upon binding specific molecules. This research was published in January in Nature Communications.
BioE News
Healy quoted on bioprinting
Bioengineering Chair Kevin Healy was quoted in an overview of bioprinting technologies in Tech News World.
MTM “SmartDerm” team wins $70K from UCSF CTSI Catalyst Award Program
MTM project “SmartDerm: A Monitoring System for Decubitus Ulcer Prevention” received $70,000 from UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute to support early translational research.
Stem cell research may unlock secrets of incurable diseases
Stem cell research in Professor David Schaffer’s lab is profiled in the Daily Cal.
Mofrad shows how Staph bacteria adhere to nanostructures
Professor Mohammad Mofrad and his lab have investigated, for the first time, how individual Staphylococcus Aureus cells glom onto metallic nanostructures of various shapes and sizes. Their research could guide the development of bacteria-resistant materials.
Vlassakis going to Lindau Nobel Meeting
Graduate student Julea Vlassakis has been selected to participate in the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, to be held from 29 June to 4 July 2014, in Lindau, Germany. Only the 600 most qualified young researchers can be given the opportunity to enrich and share the unique atmosphere of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
Natividad-Diaz creates game-changing monitor for HIV
Bioe grad student has developed a handheld cell counter the size of a Rubik’s Cube that’s affordable and easy to use to check CD4 levels in blood samples.
How damaged is your DNA?
A startup by BioE alum Jon Tang wants your DNA.
Capstone startup aims to revolutionize modern stethoscope
Eko Devices, a startup company by a BioE alum that spun out from a BioE 192 capstone design project, was featured in the Daily Cal for their high-tech stethoscope redesign.