Cheemeng Tan, a professor of biomedical engineering, leads an interdisciplinary and multi-campus research team working on a method for room temperature storage of cellular therapies, aiming to make the life-saving potential of these therapies much more accessible and cheaper than ever before.
Practicing wellness can sometimes feel like extra homework. With support from the NSF, UC Davis educator Susan Gentry will investigate how students approach self-care and whether bringing wellness exercises into the classroom can help.
UC Davis researchers are partnering with Mango Materials to make sustainable plastics derived from waste methane more affordable, combining university research, industrial-scale biomanufacturing and workforce training to advance the growing industry.
Two M.D./Ph.D. students with a biomedical engineering focus have been awarded grants from the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine. The grants support leading-edge research aimed at improving patient care and advancing health equity.
Through a collaboration with Germany’s Max Planck Institute, UC Davis Ph.D. student Toulik Maitra is developing computational tools to accelerate the design of organic semiconductors that could help advance flexible electronics and more efficient OLED displays.
In a new study published in Nature Communications, UC Davis researchers detail an infrared sensor that excels above freezing temperatures. The sensor combines a membrane-based design and radio frequencies to increase performance, detecting signals as low as 740 picowatts in room temperature environments.
Development engineers and a biomedical engineering graduate student from the University of California, Davis, were part of a study granting scientists a rare glimpse into how the human brain navigates space. This research could be the foundation of future treatments for debilitating conditions like dementia.
UC Davis researcher Rich Whittle joined an international team aboard a parabolic flight to study how microgravity affects blood flow to protect astronauts during long-duration space missions.
UC Davis engineers Isaac Kim and Mingwei Zhang were among the recipients of the inaugural awards granted through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission — a national program leveraging artificial intelligence to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, discovery science and national security.
UC Davis students in Cyclone RoboSub are taking their autonomous underwater vehicle beyond the pool, using it to support environmental research in open waters and to educate the next generation of robotics engineers.
