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.
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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.
Li 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.
Professor 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.
Luke Lee awarded Gates Foundation grant
December 16, 2011- Berkeley Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee has been selected to receive a Point-of-Care Diagnostics grant through Grand Challenges in Global Health, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Researchers engineer E.Coli to eat switchgrass and make fuel
November 29, 2011 – Research by Bioengineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Professor Jay Keasling is taking synthetic biology another step closer to full-scale production of biofuels.
New CellScope video
November 8, 2011 The California Academy of Sciences has posted a new video about the CellScope – Fletcher lab’s mobile, cellphone-based microscopy platform. Check it out!
Apori wins Widmer Award at MicroTAS!
October 7, 2011 – Bioengineering Ph.D. student Akwasi Apori won the Lab on a Chip Widmer Poster Award at the 2011 International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS).
Conboy reprograms muscles to combat degeneration
September 22, 2011 Berkeley Bioengineering Assistant Professor Irina Conboy has achieved a breakthrough in regenerative medicine, reprogramming muscles to form new muscle cells.