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October 28, 2011
Explosives, Rock n' Roll and Rollercoasters: Scientists' Lives Showcased in Newspaper Feature
One performs in a rock band while perfecting computer vision systems. Another spent time in the Amazon forest in his youth and is drawing on that experience to look for ways to create new materials inspired by the rainforest’s fauna. Another is a rollercoaster fanatic and helps explore how different parts of the brain work together as a system. Yet another is a football fan who is improving the brain-machine interface. And yet another had dinner with the King of Sweden without even knowing it and aims to build smart solar farms. All five are professors at the Jacobs School of Engineering and have appeared in the Union-Tribune’s “10 Things” feature. Full Story
October 24, 2011
A Call for Increased Funding for Education and Research at National Medal of Science Awards Ceremony
What did Bioengineering Professor Shu Chien and Barack Obama talk about as Chien received the National Medal of Science from the president Friday at the White House? About the importance of science education and research, of course. Full Story
October 19, 2011
Shu Chien to Receive National Medal of Science in White House Ceremony on Oct. 21
President Barack Obama will present University of California, San Diego bioengineering Professor Shu Chien with the National Medal of Science in a White House ceremony Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST). The ceremony will be carried live by satellite feed and webcast on the White House website at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live. Full Story
September 27, 2011
White House Awards UC San Diego Bioengineering Professor Shu Chien National Medal of Science
President Barack Obama today named University of California, San Diego bioengineering professor Shu Chien one of the seven eminent researchers to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers. Chien is the only engineer among the seven medalists. Full Story
September 12, 2011
UC San Diego Bioengineers Named 2012 Siebel Scholars
With the 2012 class of Siebel Scholars, 85 new scholars – including five from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering – join an ever-growing, lifelong community of leaders. Today, 700 Siebel Scholars are active in a program that fosters leadership, academic achievement, and the collaborative search for solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Full Story
September 7, 2011
Accessible and Affordable Care at Heart of Healthcare Technology Grants
Five teams of scientists from multiple campuses of the University of California and a Southern California hospital have been awarded up to $100,000 each to commercialize their ideas for new, lower cost health care technologies that will address a long-standing need for more affordable and efficient chronic disease management and preventive health care, particularly in underserved communities. The commercialization grant program is led by the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. Full Story
September 1, 2011
Glowing, Blinking Bacteria Reveal How Cells Synchronize Biological Clocks
Biologists and bioengineers at UC San Diego created a model biological system consisting of glowing, blinking E. coli bacteria. This simple circadian system, the researchers report in the September 2 issue of Science,allowed them to study in detail how a population of cells synchronizes their biological clocks and enabled the researchers for the first time to describe this process mathematically. Full Story
August 25, 2011
Genomatica Files Registration Statement for Proposed IPO
Renewable chemicals developer Genomatica announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of shares of its common stock. Full Story
August 10, 2011
Wearable Electronics Demonstrate Promise of Brain-Machine Interfaces
Research conducted by a new member of the bioengineering faculty at the University of California, San Diego has demonstrated that a thin flexible, skin-like device, mounted with tiny electronic components, is capable of acquiring electrical signals from the brain and skeletal muscles and potentially transmitting the information wirelessly to an external computer. The development, published Aug. 12 in the journal Science, means that in the future, patients struggling with reduced motor or brain function, or research subjects, could be monitored in their natural environment outside the lab. It also opens up a slew of previously unimaginable possibilities in the field of brain-machine interfaces well beyond biomedical applications, said Professor Todd Coleman, who joined the Department of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering this summer. Full Story
July 29, 2011
UC San Diego Bioengineering Startup Genomatica Tops New Biofuels Ranking
Renewable chemicals developer Genomatica recently took the #1 spot in the 2011-12 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Materials rankings by BiofuelsDigest. Full Story