Posts Tagged ‘faculty’
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.
Read MoreSeung-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.
Read MoreLi Lab May Have Found Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells
May 11. 2012 – Research in Bioengineering Professor Song Li’s lab on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) may provide an alternative to embryonic stem cell research. The research is now the top 5 most downloaded paper in Biomaterials Journal.
Read MoreProfessor John Dueber Wins DOE’s Early Career Award
Bioengineering Assistant Professor John Dueber has received the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Award. The award is given to outstanding researchers and funds their research for up to five years and $2.5 million.
Read MoreKarp leads $60 million computer science institute
May 10th, 2012 – Richard Karp, Professor of Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, and Mathematics, will be the the first leader of Berkeley’s new Simmons Institute for the Theory of Computing.
Read MoreDr. David Rempel on Phillips’ New Posture Correcting Monitor
April 10th, 2012 – Imagine a computer screen that could help you keep better posture at the office. Director of the UC Berkeley Ergonomics Program, Dr. David Rempel, reviewed Phillips’ new ErgoSensor Monitor for its potential to help people develop better posture habits.
Read MoreProfessor Keasling Develops Sensor for More Sustainable Biofuels
April 4, 2012 – Bioengineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering professor Jay Keasling and his team of researchers have developed a biological sensor system that stimulates bacteria to produce more sustainable amounts of biofuel.
Read MoreHerr receives 2012 Ellen Weaver award
February 23, 2012 – Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Herr, the 2012 recipient of the Ellen Weaver award from the Nothern California Chapters of the Association for Women in Science.
Read MoreRempel’s innovations protect construction workers
February 2, 2012 – A new highway drill jig developed in the laboratory of Professor David Rempel promises to both ease fatigue and prevent harmful silica exposure for workers drilling into concrete.
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