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Monday, December 7, 2015
All living things require proteins, members of a vast family of molecules that nature "makes to order" according to the blueprints in DNA.
Through the natural process of evolution, DNA mutations generate new or more effective proteins. Humans have found so many alternative uses for these molecules...
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Karl Deisseroth, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford, won a $3 million 2016 Breakthrough Prize in life sciences for his contributions to the development of optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control the behavior of cells and has proved...
Thursday, November 5, 2015
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Ever since Stanford Engineering and Stanford Medicine joined together to create the Bioengineering Department in 2002, the ultimate plan was to begin with a Master’s and PhD program and eventually add an undergraduate major.
The Faculty Senate brought this plan to fruition during the last academic...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Stephen Quake, a pioneering Stanford bioengineer whose work with microscopic amounts of fluid is transforming medicine, has received Brandeis University’s Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine.
Quake, the Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, is a world-...
Friday, October 2, 2015
Ross Venook has been selected to present at Stanford’s Great Teaching Showcase. Ross will make a presentation on behalf of the whole team that designed and presents BioE 141, Senior Capstone Design. VPTL helps Stanford kick off the Year of Learning in 2015-16 with this event. All faculty, staff,...
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Stanford researchers have ripped the guts out of a virus and totally redesigned its core to repurpose its infectious capabilities into a safe vehicle for delivering vaccines and therapies directly where they are needed.
The study reported today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The Department of Bioengineering (bioengineering.stanford.edu) is seeking energetic and visionary individuals who are fusing engineering and the physical sciences with biology or medicine to promote scientific discovery and the invention of new technologies or therapies in any area of application.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Amid growing concern about sports-related concussions, some athletes are beginning to wear head-mounted sensors that gauge the speed and force of impacts they receive during competition. Scientists are still working on identifying baseline parameters for injury, but research suggests that certain...
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