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.

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.

Award supports lab’s research into cancer-drug discovery using synthetic cells

The UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department congratulates Dr. Cheemeng Tan on being named a National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Trailblazer Award recipient.

Students see two things before they walk into Eduardo Silva’s Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility office: a nameplate stating his official title – Eduardo Silva, Ph.D. – and a colorful square with a proud proclamation: #FirstGen College Grad.

The UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department congratulates Dr. Julie Sutcliffe on being named a 2018 UC Davis Health Deans' Award for Excellence recipient.

Recognized specifically for her "outstanding contributions as a transformative leader in the area of Research," Sutcliffe will join other Deans' Award honorees at a formal celebration April 29.   

The UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department congratulates Dr. Jamal Lewis on being named the 2019 Regenerative Medicine Workshop Young Investigator Faculty Award recipient.

Renowned UC Davis M.D./Ph.D. to helm one of the nation’s top-ranked biomedical engineering departments

The University of California, Davis, Biomedical Engineering Department is pleased to announce that UC Davis Professor Dr. Steven C. George has been named department chair effective Jan. 1, 2019.

The UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department congratulates Dr. Eduardo Silva on being named a 2019 Emerging Investigator by Biomaterials Science.

The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center's Synthesis magazine highlighted work by UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Professor Laura Marcu regarding glioblastoma -- the most common, and aggressive, form of brain tumor: