Aijun Wang, a professor of biomedical engineering and surgery at UC Davis, is leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers to develop in-utero gene editing technology to fix mutations related to the UBE3A Gene.
Overexpression of this gene contributes to Dup15q syndrome, which affects 1 in 5,000 individuals, and its absence leads to Angelman syndrome. Both syndromes are profound neurodevelopmental conditions that could co-occur with autism, epilepsy and severe intellectual disability.
Dateline UC Davis sat down with Tech Foundry Director Steven Lucero to talk about the development facility’s focus and how a second location at Aggie Square will open new possibilities.
The assistant project scientist receives the UC Davis Academic Federation distinction for groundbreaking biomedical imaging research, particularly in the area of total-body positron emission tomography, or PET imaging.
Every winter, influenza returns with a new variant. People who have previously been infected with or vaccinated against flu may have some protection, but this depends on how well their immune system’s “memory” of the previous virus or vaccine cross-reacts with the new variant. At present, there is no good way to measure this.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Jinyi Qi receives the Edward J. Hoffman Award for his advancements in molecular imaging and is celebrated for his contributions to this year’s “Image of the Year” from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yi Xue is the lead author of a paper that describes a new microscope system that enables rapid, clear and detailed tracking of living brain tissue.
