Research

Biomedical Engineering Assistant Project Scientist Sun Il Kwon Receives 2022 Academic Federation Excellence in Research Award

UC Davis biomedical engineering (BME) assistant project scientist Sun Il Kwon received the 2022 Academic Federation Excellence in Research Award. Awarded by the Academic Federation Committee on Research, the award recognizes outstanding scholarly research efforts and accomplishments of members of the Academic Federation. 

UC Davis' Alyssa Panitch Develops Protective Therapies for Osteoarthritis and Vascular Conditions

UC Davis biomedical engineering (BME) professor Alyssa Panitch seeks to prevent our bodies from getting in their own way when we’re healing wounds. Inflammation has its place and protects us from many disease-causing organisms and helps with tissue healing. However, too much inflammation and scar tissue can also contribute to serious health problems.

Advanced Prototyping Lab Expands to Aggie Square with New Tools

UC Davis’ biomedical engineering (BME) department will open a second 7,500-square-foot facility in 2024 within Aggie Square in Sacramento. The new facility will design and manufacture devices that allow researchers and medical professionals to conduct their work. The existing Translating Engineering Advances to Medicine (TEAM) lab resides on the first floor of the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility (GBSF). This lab will remain on the UC Davis Campus, providing services to the main campus.   

BME Graduate Student Rachel Mizenko Wins NIH Grant for Research Into Extracellular Vesicle Medicine Delivery for Multiple Sclerosis

UC Davis' biomedical engineering (BME) student Rachel Mizenko just received an NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) F31 fellowship to develop an extracellular vesicular drug delivery system to help treat multiple sclerosis, under the mentorship of professor Randy Carney. Mizenko explains that this drug delivery system is important because it will allow medicine to reach the neural cells it needs to treat. 

Eighteen-Year-Old UCD BME Ph.D. Candidate Tanishq Abraham is a Finalist for the Global Student Prize

Tanishq Abraham signed up for community college courses at seven years old. While originally interested in geology and astronomy, he gradually shifted to pursue engineering.  

“I decided to go into biomedical engineering because it’s interdisciplinary and at the forefront of medical research. It’s a field with the potential for positive impact on society.”