This BioE startup uses a video game to predict kids’ asthma attacks.
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Magnetic Insight installs first scanner, raises $3Mil in funding
BioE startup Magnetic Insight will install their first Magnetic Particle Imaging scanner at the Stanford School of Medicine, where researchers will explore using MPI to solve challenges in cell therapy and vascular imaging. The company, led by PhD alumnus Patrick Goodwill and BioE professor Steven Conolly, has also recently secured an oversubscribed seed funding round of $3M.
Knox Medical graduates from Indie Bio
Alumni-founded startup Knox Medical has completed their incubation period at the Indie Bio accelerator and is moving out into the world. Check out CEO Charvi Shetty’s presentation at Demo Day.
BioE alum startup, Knox, receives NSF SBTT Phase I grant
Knox Medical Diagnostics, founded by BioE alumna Charvi Shetty, has been awarded an NSF Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I grant for their child-friendly asthma home monitoring system.
Tentori receives Ford Fellowship
Recent BioE PhD Augusto Tentori has been awarded a prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship for postdoctoral study. Only 21 scholars in the country were granted postdoctoral fellowships this year. Tentori received his Ph.D. in 2015 for work in Professor Amy Herr’s lab, and is now a researcher at MIT.
Bolt Threads SXSW interview
Check out this great interview with PhD alum and Bolt Threads founder David Breslauer at SXSW!
The Low Down: How Lung Cancer Made Things Personal
Bioengineering research has a personal connection for alumna Adeeti Ullal.
Alumna Mathrani talks about using an internship to start her career
BioE alumna Shilpi Mathrani talks about her experience in UC Berkeley’s Bio-Manufacturing to Market program in this feature story.
Landgraf receives Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in Achievement By Young Alumni
BioE alumnus Connor Landgraf (BS 2013, MEng 2014) has been awarded the 2016 Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in Achievement By Young Alumni!