Bioengineering News

Two BioE Alums are NIH New Innovators

September 30, 2010

September 30, 2010 Two Bioengineering Ph.D. alumni have received NIH Director’s New Innovator awards for 2010!Dino DiCarlo, PhD 2006, and Michelle Khine, PhD 2005, have both received this five-year, $1.5 million grant. The New Innovator Award is the largest and most prestigious grant awarded to junior investigators by the NIH, designed to enable recipients to…

BioE Flies High in NRC Rankings!

September 29, 2010

September 29, 2010 The UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering ranked near the very top of the nation’s doctoral programs in Bioengineering, according to a detailed survey by the National Research Council.

Fletcher receives Tech Award

September 21, 2010

September 21, 2010 Bioengineering Professor Dan Fletcher has been named a Tech Awards Laureates for 2010 by The Tech museum of Science and Technology in San Jose, CA.

Fletcher’s CellScope films smallest stop-motion animation

September 20, 2010

September 20, 2010 The animators behind the famous Wallace & Gromit movies has created the world’s smallest stop-motion animation film using CellScope technology pioneered by Berkeley Bioengineering Professor Dan Fletcher.

Lee’s optics enable in-building waste-water treatment

August 26, 2010

August 26, 2010 Optical technology developed in Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee’s laboratory will be an important component of a breakthrough in new plans grey water disinfection for sustainable buildings.

Lee’s optics enable in-building waste-water treatment

August 26, 2010

August 26, 2010 Optical technology developed in Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee’s laboratory will be an important component of a breakthrough in new plans grey water disinfection for sustainable buildings.

Students spread engineering to local kids

June 4, 2010

June 2010 A group of engineering undergrads, including many BioE students, have formed a busy and successful group of mentors teaching science and engineering to local K-12 students.

Rubinsky taps potatoes for power

June 3, 2010

June 2010 Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering Boris Rubinsky is working to bring power to remote or impoverished parts of the world, using the humble potato.

Kumar selected for Frontiers of Engineering

June 2, 2010

June 2010 Congratulations to Berkeley Bioengineering Assistant Professor Sanjay Kumar, who has been selected by the National Academy of Engineering to participate in the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering program.

Bioengineers featured in Berkeley Science Review

June 1, 2010

June 2010 Research on biomaterials by Bioengineering faculty Kevin Healy, Sanjay Kumar and David Schaffer is featured in the Spring 2010 issue of the Berkeley Science Review.

Luke Lee – Fellow of the RSC

May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010 Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Grove talks BioE Masters in NY Times

May 17, 2010

May 17, 2010 In a New York Times article today, Intel founder Andrew Grove talks about his gift to UC Berkeley/UCSF for the new joint Master’s Degree program in Bioengineering.

2010 BioE Department Citation

May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010 December graduate Tim Wang has been named recipient of the 2010 Departmental Citation in Bioengineering.

Arkin named Director of Berkeley Lab PBD

May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010 Bioengineering Professor Adam Arkin has been named the new Director of the Physical Biosciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

Mofrad profiled in Innovations

May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010 Bioengineering Assistant Professor Mohammad Mofrad was profiled in this month’s issue of Innovations from the UC Berkeley College of Engineering.

Bioengineering – A Family Affair

May 4, 2010

May 4, 2010 Bushra Samad will be receiving her B.S. in Bioengineering from Berkeley this month, but she’s not leaving. Bushra will be staying on as a Ph.D. student in the Bioengineering Graduate Group – and her twin daughters will be entering their second year as Berkeley undergrads. Her daughter Tahoura is also a Bioengineering…

BioE student receives Chancellor’s Public Service Award

May 1, 2010

May 1, 2010 Graduating BioE senior Tu Tran has been awarded one of the 2010 Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service.

Lee gets Human Frontier Science Award

May 1, 2010

May 1, 2010 Berkeley Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee has been awarded a major research grant from the Human Frontier Science Program.

Terry Johnson wins Golden Apple teaching award

April 21, 2010

April 21, 2010 Bioengineering Lecturer Terry Johnson has been named the recipient of the 2010 Golden Apple teaching award.

Luke Lee wins Ho-Am Prize

April 20, 2010

April 20, 2010 Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee has been awarded the 2010 Ho-Am Prize in Engineering

Alum Jain receives Soros Fellowship

March 3, 2010

March 2010 BioE undergraduate alumnus Amit Jain was named a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow for 2010.

Keasling in National Academy of Engineering

February 18, 2010

February 18, 2010 Jay Keasling, UC Berkeley Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, was elected this week to the National Academy of Engineering.

Amy Herr named Sloan Research Fellow

February 16, 2010

February 16, 2010 Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Herr has been named a 2010 Sloan Research Fellow.

Mofrad Receives NSF CAREER Award

February 2, 2010

February 2, 2010 Berkeley Bioengineering Assistant Professor Mohammad Mofrad has received a 2010 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. CAREER awards are given to young researchers in science and engineering who have also translated their work into significant education activities.

Fletcher talks cell motion on video

February 1, 2010

February 2010 Bioengineer Associate Professor Dan Fletcher works to understand, on a cellular level, the physiology of movement within the human body. Check out his research, and it’s relation to the Olympics and our own movement, in this National Science Foundation video.