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Easy to Use 3D Bioprinting Technique Creates Lifelike Tissues From Natural Materials

November 28, 2018

Bioengineers have developed a 3D bioprinting technique that works with natural materials and is easy to use, allowing researchers of varying levels of technical expertise to create lifelike tissues. The goal is to make human organ models that can be used for drug screening and ex vivo studies.

UC San Diego Receives $12.4M NIH Grant to Map the Human Nervous System

February 23, 2022

The National Institutes of Health have awarded UC San Diego a grant totaling $12.4 million. This will support a new research center dedicated to studying the human brain and central nervous system 〈CNS〉, specifically the ways they’re affected by HIV and opioids.

Arrhythmia Mapping Technology Demonstrates Positive Clinical Results

May 4, 2022

Bioengineers and cardiologists from UC San Diego invented a technology that can accurately and noninvasively map atrial and ventricular heart arrhythmias in a matter of minutes. The technology demonstrated 97.3 percent accuracy in a clinical validation study, and recently received FDA clearance.

Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund Announces Five Inaugural Awardees

September 17, 2024

UC San Diego announced recipients of its inaugural Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund, recognizing five groundbreaking research teams for their exceptional projects.

News Obituary: Y.C. Bert Fung

December 20, 2019

Yuan-Cheng “Bert” Fung, known as “the father of biomechanics” and one of the founders of the discipline of bioengineering at the University of California San Diego, passed away Dec. 15, 2019 of natural causes. He was 100.

UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Among Best in Nation, According to U.S. News and World Report

March 16, 2016

The 2017 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools and programs in engineering and medicine.

How to Speed Up Muscle Repair

March 17, 2021

By studying how different pluripotent stem cell lines build muscle, researchers have for the first time discovered how epigenetic mechanisms can be triggered to accelerate muscle cell growth, providing new insights for developing therapies for muscle disease, injury and atrophy.

Injectable Gel Could Repair Tissue Damaged by Heart Attack

February 21, 2012

University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks.

CAMP ‘Bridge to the Doctorate’ Program Graduates 12 Doctoral Candidates in STEM Fields

June 20, 2013

…Pohaku, chemistry; Manuel Ruidiaz, bioengineering; Esmeralda Ruiz, biomedical sciences; Sergio Sandoval, bioengineering; Moses Tataw, computer science; Roberto Tinoco, biology and Melanie Zauscher, mechanical engineering. CAMP is one of 42 Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation programs funded by the NSF in the United States. For more information about CAMP at…

Five Ph.D. students named Siebel Scholars

September 27, 2016

Five engineering graduate students from the University of California, San Diego have been named 2017 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes exceptional students at the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, and bioengineering and provides them with a financial award for their final year of studies.

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