Posts Tagged ‘research’
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.
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 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 MoreLuke 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.
Read MoreResearchers 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.
Read MoreNew 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!
Read MoreApori 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).
Read MoreConboy 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.
Read MoreHerr analyzes tears for diagnosis
September 19, 2011 Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Herr, along with graduate student Kelly Karns, has developed a microfluidic assay which can test tears for proteins that signal disease.
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