November 20, 2011 – Bioengineering’s new Master’s Degree focusing in translational medicine was featured in the latest Forefront Magazine. Read it online!
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Lee turns viruses into molecular legos
November 12, 2011 – Berkeley Bioengineering Associate Professor Seung-Wuk Lee has turned a benign virus into an engineering tool for assembling structures that mimic collagen, one of the most important structural proteins in nature. The process developed in his lab could eventually be used to manufacture materials with tunable optical, biomedical and mechanical properties.
Anderson in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Synthetic Biology Delivers Cool Tools but New Therapeutics Are a Ways Off October 17, 2011 – What does it take to transform a microbe normally found in the intestinal tract into a cancer-killing machine? These and other questions about the applicability of synthetic biology abound…. SBI’s J. Christopher Anderson, assistant professor of bioengineering at Berkeley, is […]
First of Its Kind Gene Map of Sulfate-reducing Bacterium
November 9, 2011 – Desulfovibrio vulgaris is a sulfate-reducing bacterium with the unique ability to metabolize metals. A boon to toxic waste cleanup and a curse to oil drilling and storage, understanding how D. vulgaris responds to environmental changes is key for managing use of the bacteria.
New CellScope video
November 8, 2011 The California Academy of Sciences has posted a new video about the CellScope – Fletcher lab’s mobile, cellphone-based microscopy platform. Check it out!
Apori wins Widmer Award at MicroTAS!
October 7, 2011 – Bioengineering Ph.D. student Akwasi Apori won the Lab on a Chip Widmer Poster Award at the 2011 International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS).
Conboy reprograms muscles to combat degeneration
September 22, 2011 Berkeley Bioengineering Assistant Professor Irina Conboy has achieved a breakthrough in regenerative medicine, reprogramming muscles to form new muscle cells.
Herr analyzes tears for diagnosis
September 19, 2011 Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Herr, along with graduate student Kelly Karns, has developed a microfluidic assay which can test tears for proteins that signal disease.
Berkeley BioE ranked in Top 10!
September 14. 2011 UC Berkeley Bioengineering was ranked in the TOP TEN undergraduate bioengineering programs in the United States, according to US News and World Report Best Colleges rankings this week!