Category Archives: BioEngineering

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 16-Apr-2014 Contact: Tom Abate tabate@stanford.edu 650-736-2245 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. Consider the marvel of the embryo. It begins as a glob of identical cells that change shape and function as they multiply to become the cells of our lungs, muscles, nerves and all the other specialized tissues of the body. Now, in a feat of reverse tissue engineering, Stanford University researchers have begun to unravel the complex genetic coding that allows embryonic cells to proliferate and transform into all of the specialized cells that perform myriad biological tasks. A team of interdisciplinary researchers took lung cells from the embryos of mice, choosing samples at different points in the development cycle. Using the new technique of single-cell genomic analysis, they recorded what genes were active in each cell at each point. Though they studied lung cells, their technique is applicable to any type of cell. "This lays out a playbook for how to do reverse tissue engineering," said Stephen Quake, PhD, the Lee Otterson Professor in the School of Engineering and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. The researchers' findings are described in a paper published online April 13 in Nature. Quake, who also is a … Continue reading →

News Release Adam Arkin (photo by Roy Kaltschmidt) Adam Arkin, director of Berkeley Labs Physical Biosciences Division (PBD) and a biologist who is recognized as a leading authority on the evolutionary design principles of cellular networks and populations and their application to systems and synthetic biology, has been named one of six recipients of the 2013 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award by U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. The E.O. Lawrence Award, the Department of Energy (DOE)s highest scientific honor, is recognizing Arkin for his work advancing biological and environmental sciences. In announcing the awards, Secretary Moniz said, The Lawrence Award recipients announced today have made significant contributions to the national, economic and energy security of the United States strengthening U.S. leadership in discovery and innovation. I congratulate the winners and thank them for their work on behalf of the Department of Energy and the Nation. Said Berkeley Lab director Paul Alivisatos, himself a winner of the 2006 Lawrence Award, Adam Arkin has been at the forefront in the scientific fields of systems and synthetic biology. He has made major contributions to our general understanding of the evolutionary design principles behind cellular networks and populations, and how these principles might be applied … Continue reading →

The Alexander Grass Center for Bioengineering By: AmFriendsHU . … Continue reading →

UCSD Bioengineering 20th Anniversary By: Helder Balelo … Continue reading →

Stratospheric Aerosol Bioengineering Chemtrails in my brain brain! By: Paul Kuzupas … Continue reading →

Applications now available Teacher Jennifer Geller helps students build prosthetic hands for a bioengineering class at NFA on Thursday.ALLYSE PULLIAM/For the Times Herald-Record Published: 2:00 AM - 04/11/14 NEWBURGH At Newburgh Free Academy North on Thursday, high school students in a bioengineering class were busily creating prosthetic hands. Ingeniously made from cardboard, rubberbands, tape and string, the hands were agile enough to pick up tennis balls. Welcome to the future. To learn more about the program and how to apply, go to tinyurl.com/jvu237w The stage is set for courses like this one to be offered at two experimental tuition-free high schools slated to open in the mid-Hudson in a few months. Now, what's needed are students. Applications are now available online for the region's new P-TECH schools. That's short for Pathways in Technology Early College High School. See original here: P-TECH schools slated to open in the mid-Hudson … Continue reading →

Bioengineering Degree Programs Use this guide to learn everything you need to know about bioengineering and to help decide for yourself whether or not this might be right for you. http://e... By: Engineering Degrees 101 … Continue reading →

Bioengineering Unravels the Mysteries of Life by Dennis Bahr, PhD, PE Jackson Day lecture at Eureka College, 4-1-14. Bioengineering Unravels the Mysteries of Life by Dennis Bahr, PhD, PE. By: EurekaCollegeMedia … Continue reading →

Biological engineering or bioengineering (including biological systems engineering) is the application of concepts and methods of biology (and secondarily of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science) to solve real-world problems related to the life sciences or the application thereof, using engineering's own analytical and synthetic methodologies and also its traditional sensitivity to the cost and practicality of the solution(s) arrived at. In this context, while traditional engineering applies physical and mathematical sciences to analyze, design and manufacture inanimate tools, structures and processes, biological engineering uses primarily the rapidly developing body of knowledge known as molecular biology to study and advance applications of living organisms. An especially important application is the analysis and cost-effective solution of problems related to human health, but the field is much more general than that. For example, biomimetics is a branch of biological engineering which strives to find ways in which the structures and functions of living organisms can be used as models for the design and engineering of materials and machines. Systems biology, on the other hand, seeks to utilize the engineer's familiarity with complex artificial systems, and perhaps the concepts used in "reverse engineering", to facilitate the difficult process of recognition of the structure, … Continue reading →

everyone considered ecology first, as we do, on every project? How many ecological functions and values could be obtained even on highly urban development and infrastructure projects? we embrace the opportunity to transact the repair and healing of past impacts to our landscape-scale ecosystems, proving that development and restoration can coexist. a determination of how a project site can remain or become ecologically productive by fostering collaboration among our distinguished staff of ecologists, engineers, earth scientists and landscape architects. between solutions that harness natural processes is the key to managing long-term impacts and costs, relying on self-repair and adaptation, rather than external maintenance procedures. ecological sustainability, Bioengineering Group applies a three-phase interdisciplinary methodology to all of its projects, emphasizing green solutions that are affordable, constructible, and reliable. provides the foundation for communities that are more economically sound, enjoy greater quality of life, and are highly sociable. What if every day we make the choice to ensure ecological sustainability? Sustainability matters... and it doesnt have to cost more. In fact, sustainable approaches can generate revenue. We know. Weve been doing it since 1992. Link: The Bioengineering Group, Inc. … Continue reading →