A groundbreaking material — engineered bone marrow (eBM) — has the potential to improve treatment for osteosarcoma, a malignant bone cancer with low survival rates.
Every year, outstanding individuals are recognized for their dedication to guiding and mentoring graduate students. The winners of the 2023 Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award were commended for their unparalleled dedication and commitment to the growth and success of others.
Aidan Gilchrist, a new assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, believes there is an equal need to increase the quality of life as there is to extend it through medical advancements. He researches how the tissues surrounding our cells may be the key to reversing and preventing aging.
Not long after Quarter at Aggie Square launched in fall 2020, students quickly found success through the immersive, undergraduate academic experience. Some participants were admitted to prestigious graduate programs and others earned competitive internship opportunities. This year, one team of undergraduates found success by creating not one, but two innovations as a result of their Experience last fall.
Biomedical engineering seniors at the University of California, Davis, have received the 2023 Sandia Engineering Design Award for a capstone project that may transform how doctors treat elevated intracranial pressure, a severe condition where pressure continues to develop in someone’s head due to a tumor, brain infection or neurological injury.
Using an approach based on computer vision technology, researchers can work back from COVID-19 mortality data to see how infection rates changed on the day a lockdown or similar measure was introduced. The approach could be generally useful in future epidemics and pandemics.
The inside of a living cell is crowded with large, complex molecules. New research on how these molecules could spontaneously organize themselves could further our understanding of how cells manage their essential biochemistry in the crowded space.
PLASMA is a competitive, twelve-week program for students to grow their technology startups at the University of California, Davis. Biomedical engineering undergraduates made up the majority of its 2023 cohort, with one of their teams winning second place for its business idea.
Blanca Osorio '23 cherished the hands-on activities at the College of Engineering. Originally from Los Angeles, California, she found research opportunities and a community that made her time with the college worthwhile.
