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Berkeley Bioengineer retweeted
It’s official: UC Berkeley Engineering has a new dean! Mark Asta, a distinguished materials scientist and a UC Berkeley faculty member for more than 15 years, will lead our college after a competitive national search. bit.ly/4sSMsIc

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New work from @arkin_lab, funded by the HHS, have engineered colonies of bacteria that can be inhaled to crowd out pathogenic bacteria without antibiotics. @Cal_Engineer Learn more at bit.ly/3YCNuug
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Congratulations to bioengineering MD/PhD candidate Alice Tang, named to the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30! forbes.com/30-under-30/2026/…
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Profs Paul Adams, Adam Arkin, Patrick Hsu & Jay Keasling made the Clarivate 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list! clarivate.com/highly-cited-r…
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Published today in @natBME, Healy and Murthy labs' heart-on-a-chip lipid nanoparticles discovers ways to effectively deliver gene therapies to the heart. engineering.berkeley.edu/new…
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Good news for the future of adaptable oat cultivation! Adjunct Taner Sen and colleagues have assembled and annotated 33 wild oat genomes and an atlas of gene expression. sci.news/genetics/oat-pangen…
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Berkeley Bioengineer retweeted
⏳ Only 1 week left! UC Berkeley’s Engineering Leadership Program starts Aug 20. ✅ Apply now: hubs.li/Q03yZ-rc0 🎥 Watch: hubs.li/Q03yZYnB0 🎓 Trusted by Apple, Samsung, Qualcomm & 1,200 engineers. #BerkeleyELPP #Leadership #STEM #TechLeadership #Engineering
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Exciting new research from Prof Michael Yartsev!
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For the first time, neuroscientists have recorded activity from hundreds of neurons simultaneously in bats, providing new clues into how memories are stored. news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/09…
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Bioengineer Maria Astolfi is working to bring equity to the sharing of indigenous biomedical knowledge
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PhD student Maria Astolfi, Professor Jay Keasling and colleagues argue for partnerships with indigenous peoples to create a more ethical bioeconomy, one that will sustain indigenous biodiversity and bring these communities into science as equal partners. news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/30…
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Congratulations to the 12 incoming, continuing, graduating and alumni BioE Bears receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowships!
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Congratulations Prof Aaron Streets, just inducted as a new 2025 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
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Congratulations Professor Phil Messersmith, named a 2024 Fellow of AAAS! tinyurl.com/2025aaasbioe
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You did it! BIG THANK YOU to over 40 donors who gave to BioE today and unlocked our two matching gifts - you're the best! Go Bears! lnkd.in/gbq4qWXY #CalBigGive #FundFutureEngineers
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Less than 8 hours left to unlock over $50,000 in matching gift for BioE! lnkd.in/gbq4qWXY Together we make a brighter future for our students and the world. #CalBigGive #FundFutureEngineers
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Berkeley Bioengineer retweeted
🌟 Big Give is now LIVE! Consider supporting a group of passionate young scientists running experimental teams, training initiatives, and building a synbio community by students FOR students 🧑‍🔬 bit.ly/igem-give25 #CalBigGive #iGEMBerkeley #bioengineering #syntheticbiology
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Berkeley Bioengineer retweeted
#iGEMBerkeley deserves Big Give love because of all the amazing opportunities in bioengineering and synthetic biology our students get to participate in! Donate at bit.ly/igem-give25 today! #CalBigGive
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Help BioE unlock over $50,000 in matching gifts with your gift of any size! tinyurl.com/bioebiggive #BerkeleyBioE #CalBigGive #FundFutureEngineers
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Join us! Bioengineering is recruiting a part-time lecturer: bioeng.berkeley.edu/people/l…

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Amazing advances from Prof. Patrick Hsu!
Evo 2, the largest AI model in biology to date, can accurately predict the effects of all types of genetic mutations! engineering.berkeley.edu/new…
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Congratulations to Professor David Schaffer on his election to the National Academy of Engineering!
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