Laura Marcu, professor of biomedical engineering and neurological surgery at the University of California, Davis, has been recognized as a Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors.
The Biomedical Engineering Society will welcome Steven George into its Class of 2017 Fellows in a ceremony at its annual meeting, held October 11-14 in Phoenix.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded a grant of $1 million to the University of California, Davis, to use software, data and personal networking among faculty and staff professionals to create a more inclusive educational environment engaged in ongoing improvement.
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) honored Kent Leach, Tingrui Pan, Atul Parikh and David Rocke for transformative contributions to the medical and biological engineering community in academic, industry, government and education.
Eduardo Silva was invited to give a seminar and to visit the UC Davis Chile program.
The UC Davis-Chile program has three main objectives: 1) Create a platform for collaborative research between UC Davis and Chilean researchers, to support life science innovation in Chile and California; 2) Effectively transfer life sciences technologies from UC Davis and from the collaborative programs of the UC Davis Chile center, to the Chilean industry; and 3) Link UC Davis’ educational programs and creation capacity with Chile.
Jamal Lewis will be an invited speaker at the 17th BIC Annual System-wide Symposium, which will be held at the University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay campus, from June 13 to June 15, 2016.
He will be giving a talk entitled, ‘Particulate-based immunotherapy for Type 1 Diabetes’, at the break-out session on Basic Therapeutics on Monday, June 13, 2016, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
He will serve a 3-year term on a body that guides the activities, vision, and mission of the society representing the interests of tissue engineers in the Americas and around the world.