Berkeley Bioengineer

Official UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering - news, events, astounding research, awesome students.

[Berkeley Engineering @Cal_Engineer]

It’s official: UC Berkeley Engineering has a new dean!

Mark Asta, a distinguished materials scientist and a UC Berkeley faculty member for more than 15 years, will lead our college after a competitive national search. https://t.co/k7T8qdQxAc

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

New work from @arkin_lab, funded by the HHS, have engineered colonies of bacteria that can be inhaled to crowd out pathogenic bacteria without antibiotics. @Cal_Engineer Learn more at https://t.co/xY1SPU1HH9

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Congratulations to bioengineering MD/PhD candidate Alice Tang, named to the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30!
https://t.co/S1TnUy5SO3

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Profs Paul Adams, Adam Arkin, Patrick Hsu & Jay Keasling made the Clarivate 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list! https://t.co/1iwsf5K5lg

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Published today in @natBME, Healy and Murthy labs' heart-on-a-chip + lipid nanoparticles discovers ways to effectively deliver gene therapies to the heart. https://t.co/JEyBGGc1Th

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Good news for the future of adaptable oat cultivation! Adjunct Taner Sen and colleagues have assembled and annotated 33 wild oat genomes and an atlas of gene expression. https://t.co/XH8xE3v0vk

[UC Berkeley SCET @SutardjaCenter]

⏳ Only 1 week left! UC Berkeley’s Engineering Leadership Program starts Aug 20.
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[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Exciting new research from Prof Michael Yartsev!

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

For the first time, neuroscientists have recorded activity from hundreds of neurons simultaneously in bats, providing new clues into how memories are stored. https://t.co/0Nf7SoqUvJ

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Bioengineer Maria Astolfi is working to bring equity to the sharing of indigenous biomedical knowledge

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

PhD student Maria Astolfi, Professor Jay Keasling and colleagues argue for partnerships with indigenous peoples to create a more ethical bioeconomy, one that will sustain indigenous biodiversity and bring these communities into science as equal partners. https://t.co/rL4hk6BuZA

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Congratulations to the 12 incoming, continuing, graduating and alumni BioE Bears receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowships!

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Congratulations Prof Aaron Streets, just inducted as a new 2025 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Congratulations Professor Phil Messersmith, named a 2024 Fellow of AAAS!
https://t.co/SSRYEXixrY

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

You did it! BIG THANK YOU to over 40 donors who gave to BioE today and unlocked our two matching gifts - you're the best! Go Bears!
https://t.co/37JwSzzu1T
#CalBigGive #FundFutureEngineers

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Less than 8 hours left to unlock over $50,000 in matching gift for BioE! https://t.co/37JwSzzu1T

Together we make a brighter future for our students and the world. #CalBigGive #FundFutureEngineers

[iGEM at Berkeley @igematberkeley]

🌟 Big Give is now LIVE! Consider supporting a group of passionate young scientists running experimental teams, training initiatives, and building a synbio community by students FOR students 🧑‍🔬

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[iGEM at Berkeley @igematberkeley]

#iGEMBerkeley deserves Big Give love because of all the amazing opportunities in bioengineering and synthetic biology our students get to participate in!

Donate at https://t.co/esssIMCvP5 today!

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[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Help BioE unlock over $50,000 in matching gifts with your gift of any size! https://t.co/cWPOrGpQ0c
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[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Join us! Bioengineering is recruiting a part-time lecturer:
https://t.co/OAbica1kcq

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Amazing advances from Prof. Patrick Hsu!

[Berkeley Engineering @Cal_Engineer]

Evo 2, the largest AI model in biology to date, can accurately predict the effects of all types of genetic mutations! https://t.co/A5BSLFMY97

[Berkeley Bioengineer @BerkeleyBioE]

Congratulations to Professor David Schaffer on his election to the National Academy of Engineering!