News Archive - Daniel Kane

New Insights on Pelvic Floor Damage after Vaginal Birth, and New Directions for Treatment

New insights from UC San Diego researchers on pelvic floor muscle (PFM) dysfunction, which is one of the key risk factors for pelvic floor disorders that impact close to a quarter of women in the U.S. and have a strong association with vaginal childbirth.

Grassroots Graduate School Mentorship Program

Soon after Alexander Chen began as a chemical engineering graduate student at UC San Diego, he stumbled on a problem that he couldn’t help but work to fix. Instead of just admiring the problem, Chen built a grassroots mentorship program for undergraduates considering graduate school.

UC San Diego pilot program aims to increase diversity in electrical engineering graduate programs

UC San Diego launched the first phase of a new pilot program, funded by a gift from Intel Corporation, to increase diversity in its electrical engineering graduate programs. As part of the pilot, UC San Diego is collaborating with Florida A&M University and the University of Texas at El Paso.

Landmark UC San Diego Seed Investment Bolsters Campus Spinoff

In a first-of-its-kind investment, the University of California San Diego is offering seed funding directly to one of its most promising startups, LIMBER Prosthetics and Orthotics Inc.

Commercial-scale Biomanufactured Melatonin is Here

For the first time, large amounts of melatonin are being made by bacteria. Engineered E. coli are feeding on glucose and churning out melatonin, the hormone that controls circadian rhythms. This mode of manufacturing is growing thanks in part to bioengineering advances made at UC San Diego.

Fixing the Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum of Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has launched a program that provides funding to enable early-career faculty in engineering and computer science to build interdisciplinary research collaborations. The program is called the Jacobs School Early Career Faculty Development Award.

Four Early Career Professors at UC San Diego Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

Four UC San Diego faculty have been selected as 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows, a prestigious award for early-career scientists of outstanding promise. The fellowships are awarded in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions.

Progress Toward Fast-charging Lithium-metal Batteries

Engineers report progress toward lithium-metal batteries that charge fast – as fast as an hour. This fast charging is thanks to lithium metal crystals that can be seeded and grown quickly into dense layers of uniform lithium metal that lack battery-performance-degrading spikes called dendrites.

With $25 Million Gift to Bioengineering at UC San Diego, Gene Lay Honors his Mentor Shu Chien

Eminent biotechnology innovator and entrepreneur Gene Lay has committed $25 million through the through the Laygend Foundation to name the Department of Bioengineering in honor of his mentor, Professor Emeritus Shu Chien.

Setting the Stage for Solid-State Battery Success

Battery researchers and other engineers from UC San Diego, with collaboration from the LG Energy Solution, outline three categories of engineering challenges that must be solved in order to transition all-solid-state batteries from the laboratory toward large-scale industrial manufacturing.