BioE News
Keasling Lab makes protein link breakthrough
November 5, 2008 BioE and Chemical Engineering Professor Jay Keasling’s joint proteomics study has uncovered a protein link that may help fight tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Keasling and collaborators at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered proteins residing in the immune system and the self-cleaning system by which cells rid themselves of unwanted parts…
Read MoreArkin analyzes first single-species ecosystem genome
October 10, 2008 Bioengineering Professor Adam Arkin was involved in the genome sequencing analysis of the first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species, discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa.
Read MoreKumar wins NIH Innovator Award
September 22, 2008 Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Sanjay Kumar has been awarded a 2008 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award!
Read MorePaola Timiras, researcher on aging, dies at 85
September 17, 2008 – Dr. Paola Timiras, Professor Emerita of Molecular and Cell Biology and Co-Director the Center for Research and Education on Aging (CREA) at the University of California, Berkeley, passed away of heart failure on September 12.
Read MoreRempel appears in New York Times
September 13, 2008 Dr. David Rempel, Professor of Bioengineering, Director of the Ergonomics Research Laboratory and Occupational Medicine Physician at UC San Francisco answered questions regarding Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other repetitive workplace injuries for The New York Times Expert Q&A column. In the column he discusses all aspects of studies of repetitive motion injuries…
Read MoreBioE Professors Participate in Nano Camp
September 2008 Bioengineering faculty including Stan Berger, Dan Fletcher, Kevin Healy, Sanjay Kumar, Luke Lee, Seung-Wuk Lee, Dorian Liepmann and Song Li all offered their labs over the summer for the UC Berkeley Summer High-School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP). In the program, teens spend a month working alongside a graduate student mentor with the Nanoscale…
Read MoreKeasling’s Work Featured in Discover Magazine
August 8, 2008 Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Jay Keasling’s work on the malaria treatment drug, artemisinin, was highlighted as one of “10 ways that genetically engineered microbes could help humanity” in the August 2008 issue of Discover magazine. The article highlights the ways in which microbes are being harnessed as tiny “workhorses” by…
Read MoreKumar Featured in Moffitt Spotlight Exhibit
August 6, 2008 Three of Berkeley’s most innovative and exciting young faculty are being featured in the new Faculty Spotlight exhibit which opened in Moffitt Library’s lobby on August 6. The work and inspirations of our own Professor Sanjay Kumar, History Professor Abena Osseo-Asare, and Music Professor Nicholas Mathew are highlighted in this exhibit, co-curated…
Read MoreMofrad explores symmetry on cover of Biophysical Journal
August 2008 Work by Bioengineering Assistant Professor Mohammad Mofrad was on the cover of Biophysical Journal in August 2008.
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