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Undergraduate Researchers Make Surprising Discovery in Mechanotransduction Research

Undergraduate researchers in the Yamada Lab discovered that when force is applied to a cell, a protein called cten is recruited to these fibrous structures. Since actin was long believed to be an important part of mechanotransduction, the UC Davis researchers inhibited actin to simply show that cten recruitment required actin. To their surprise, the mechano-sensitive response of cten was still present.

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UC Davis Hosts JEDIS Summer School on Biophotonics in Translational Research

UC Davis hosted the second JEDIS Summer School on Biophotonics in Translational Research this August as part of the three year Jena-Davis Alliance of Excellence in Biophotonics program. The JEDIS summer school is a weeklong event that brings together expertise in the field of advanced spectroscopic and imaging technologies for clinical diagnostics.

Job Opportunity: Louie Lab Seeks Postdoctoral Scholar

The Louie lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis is seeking motivated, intelligent, self-starters for postdoctoral positions that are part of an NIH project to develop targeted anticoagulants for treatment in atrial fibrillation.

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Xuezhu Zhang, Ph.D. Receives Best Paper Award from SNMMI

Xuezhu Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Project Scientist in the Qi Lab, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Henry N. Wagner, Jr, MD, Best Paper Award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) for the paper titled “Total-body Parametric Imaging Using Kernel and Direct Reconstruction on the uEXPLORER.”

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Dr. Jamal Lewis Receives Top Accolades from NAE and NIH

Dr. Jamal Lewis has been selected to join 81 of the brightest young engineers from across the nation at the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 25th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium.

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Student Spotlight: Karenna Rehorn

Karenna Rehorn is a junior studying biomedical engineering with an emphasis in cellular and tissue engineering. In the future she hopes to focus on helping individuals with autoimmune disorders. Rehorn is a DJ at the campus radio station, KDVS. Other interests include running, playing the flute, volunteering at the UC Davis farm and cooking.

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Dr. Gerard Arino-Estrada Receives NIBIB Trailblazer Grant

Dr. Gerard Arino-Estrada, an assistant project scientist in the Biomedical Engineering department, has been awarded with the Trailblazer R21 Award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The award is an opportunity for New and Early Stage Investigators to pursue research programs of high interest to the NIBIB that integrate engineering and the physical sciences with the life and behavioral sciences.

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Dr. Alyssa Panitch Named STAIR Grant Recipient

Alyssa Panitch, Edward Teller Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department and Executive Associate Dean in the College of Engineering, is one of the latest recipients of the Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR) Grant. The STAIR Grant program, managed by Venture Catalyst and funded by the UC Davis Office of Research, provides funding to UC Davis researchers to support translational science and innovative research.

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Core77 acknowledges Biodesign Challenge course as Runner Up for Design Education Initiative Award

The Biodesign Challenge course in the Department of Design at UC Davis has been recognized by Core77, a leading industrial design publication, as a Runner Up for the Design Education Initiative Award as part of their 2019 Design Awards.

Shonit Sharma Receives the 2019 Ghausi Medal for the College of Engineering

Shonit Sharma, 2019 UHP graduate and 2018 Chancellor’s Award recipient, has recently been awarded the 2019 Ghausi Medal.

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