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Serine, glycine and other nonessential amino acids are critical for tumour progression, and strategies to limit their availability are emerging as potential therapies for cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms driving this response remain unclear and the effects on lipid metabolism are relatively unexplored. 

Nominated by: Professor Pedro Cabrales, Professor Geert Schmid-Schoenbein, and Professor Ester Kwon

Nominated by: Professor Adam Engler and Professor Bruce Wheeler

An international team of researchers has developed a non-invasive blood test that can detect whether an individual has one of five common types of cancers, four years before the condition can be diagnosed with current methods. The test detects stomach, esophageal, colorectal, lung and liver cancer. Called PanSeer, the test detected cancer in 91% of samples from individuals who had been asymptomatic when the samples were collected and were only diagnosed with cancer one to four years later.

This year's Outstanding Chapter Award goes to the University Of California - San Diego led by chapter president Reo Yoo.

Drs. Arnost and Kitty Fronek were both recruited by Dr. Benjamin W. Zweifach and joined the newly formed Bioengineering group in the Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, a precursor of today’s Department of Bioengineering, at UC San Diego.  As medical investigators, their appointment in 1968 was a critical step in coalescing Bioengineering studies, research and education into a new profession with an explicit health care medical research direction.  It consolidated the basis for education and research that placed UCSD Bioengineering as one of the foremost centers for this activity in the United States and the world. 

The Department of Bioengineering ranks 4th in the nation for biomedical/bioengineering (US News and World Report Ranking of Best Engineering Schools, published March 2020).

Bioengineering has ranked among the top four programs in the nation every year for more than a decade.