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.
BioE News
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.
TWO BioE finalists for University Medal
May 8, 2013 – Two bioengineering students were among the five finalists for the University Medal, the top award for a graduating undergraduate student at UC Berkeley. These are the first bioengineering finalists for the award in the history of the department.
Dueber named Outstanding Instructor
May 6, 2013 – Assistant Professor John Dueber was awarded the 2012-2013 Outstanding Instructor Award from the Bioengineering Honor Society. This honor is granted by undergraduate student vote to one instructor of a bioengineering course during the current academic year. Congratulations!
2013 Departmental Citation and Chair’s Award
April 29, 2013 – We are pleased to announce this year’s undergraduate award winners from the Bioengineering Department: Daniel Price has been awarded the 2013 Departmental Citation in Bioengineering, and the Chair’s Award in Bioengineering will go to Tahoura Samad.
Keasling wins George Washington Carver Award
April 18, 2103 – Bioengineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Professor Jay Keasling has been awarded the 2013 George Washington Carver Award for innovation in industrial biotechnology.
Bioengineer named Goldwater Scholar
April 18, 2013 – Bioengineering junior Ritankar Das has been awarded the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.
Large-scale production of engineered malaria drug launches
April 11, 2013 – Twelve years after bioengineering and chemical engineering professor Jay Keasling learned how to engineer yeast to produce the potent anti-malarial drug artemisinin, manufacturing plants are launching large-scale production of the medication.