December 3, 2012 – Bioengineering Professor Sanjay Kumar has been named the 2012 STEM CELLS Young Investigator Award winner by AlphaMed Press.
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Arkin Lab adds predictability to genetic engineering of microbial circuits
October 8, 2012 – For synthetic biology to reach its promise, the design and construction of biological systems must be as predictable as the assembly of computer hardware. An important step has been taken by bioengineering professor Adam Arkin and a team of researchers, who have developed an “adaptor” that makes the genetic engineering of […]
Keasling wins Heinz Award
UC Berkeley professor of bioengineering and chemical & biomolecular engineering has been awarded one of four $250,000 Heinz Awards for 2012, for his work in engineering a synthetic form of the malaria drug artemisinin. Read more at the San Francisco Chronicle
Bioengineers get NIH award for tissue chip
July 24, 2012 – Bioengineering professors Kevin Healy and Luke Lee and collaborators have been awarded a two-year, $1.7 million boost to develop on-chip models of living human heart and liver tissue from the NIH.
Amy Herr new Bakar Fellow
Bioengineering Associate Professor Amy Herr has been named to the inaugural cohort of Bakar Fellows at UC Berkeley.
Amy Herr wins Analytical Chemistry 2012 Young Innovator Award
Bioengineering Associate Professor Amy Herr is the recipient of the Analytical Chemistry 2012 Young Innovator Award.
Kumar lab explains fast tumor migration
June 11, 2012 – Bioengineering Professor Sanjay Kumar’s lab today released major new research showing that tumor cells are able to migrate faster through confined spaces in the body.
Li shows stem cells behind hardened arteries
June 6, 2012 – Bioengineering Professor Song Li has shown that a previously unknown type of stem cell, not smooth muscle cells within blood vessel walls, is to blame for artery-hardening diseases such as atherosclerosis.
Seung-Wuk Lee pioneers electricity from viruses
May 13, 2012 – Bioengineering Associate Professor Seung-Wuk Lee has pioneered a new technique to generate electricity from viruses, featured in today’s advance online publication of Nature Nanotechnology.