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Bioengineering

rendering of a blue dna helix with color blocks behind it

Cracking the code of life

06/17/25 — The Evo 2 machine learning model enlists the power of AI in the fight against diseases.
wave illustration in blue

From silence to sound

06/11/25 — An AI-based method can synthesize signals from brain-computer interfaces into audible speech in near-real time.
Kristin Persson, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer (left to right)

Three professors named to NAE

06/11/25 — Professors Kristin Person, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer were elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Maria Astolfi, a doctoral student from Manaus in the Amazon, standing in front of a soapbark tree outside Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo by Robert Sanders / UC Berkeley)

Indigenous knowledge helps biotech find new drugs. This grad student wants those companies to give back.

05/06/25 — Maria Astolfi (Ph.D.’26 BioE) is working toward a new type of partnership with indigenous peoples to create a more ethical bioeconomy
Illustration of Lactobacillus bacteria, capsule-shaped and shown in purple against blue background.

The not-so-secret life of gut bacteria

04/28/25 — Computational modeling gives us a peek inside these important microbial communities
Closeup of gloved hands connecting a brain-computer-interface to the back of research participant

Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

03/31/25 — AI-based model streams intelligible speech from the brain in real time
Phillip Messersmith, professor of bioengineering at UC Berkeley.

Phillip Messersmith named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

03/27/25 — BioE professor honored for 'distinguished contributions' in wet biological adhesion and biologically inspired materials
DNA double helix with sparkling nodes

New AI breakthrough can model and design genetic code across all domains of life

02/19/25 — Evo 2, the largest AI model in biology to date, can accurately predict the effects of all types of genetic mutations
Kristin Persson, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer (left to right)

Three Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE

02/11/25 — Kristin Persson, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer elected to the esteemed organization
illustration of a fetus

New glues

11/20/24 — A new chemical strategy opens the door to high-performance, recyclable adhesives, including a superglue for fetal surgery.
Illustration of blue chromosome DNA.

Evo: Creating generative AI for genomes

11/14/24 — Arc Institute: Multimodal artificial intelligence model can interpret and generate genomic sequences at a vast scale
Widespread of transfected cells in the brain by in utero delivery Cre mRNA.

Could a new medical approach fix faulty genes before birth?

10/24/24 — UC Davis Health: Berkeley engineers collaborate on unique mRNA delivery method for in utero gene editing for neurodevelopmental conditions
Photo splice with electrical engineering and computer sciences associate professor Rikky Muller on the left and bioengineering professor Adam Arkin on the right (Photos by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H awards

10/10/24 — UC Berkeley researchers in two multi-institutional teams have won major awards to fund pioneering biomedical research
The 3D rendering of mitochondria overlaid by the motion map. The 3D volume was captured by a 3D SIM microscope in the Biological Imaging Facility and reconstructed by NSTM using the compute cluster from the Advanced Bioimaging Center.

Bringing clarity to computational imaging

09/30/24 — New tool removes motion artifacts when imaging dynamic samples
Collage of headshots of Siebel Scholars Foundation’s class of 2025

Six students honored as Siebel Scholars

09/20/24 — Foundation announces class of 2025
Illustration of alpha-lipoic acid molecular structure.

New recyclable adhesives can be easily adapted for medical, consumer and industrial applications

08/22/24 — Uses include surgical superglue that could be game-changer for fetal surgeries
Michael Yartsev in his lab with blue and yellow light simulating bat flight paths.

Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

07/23/24 — Honor comes with significant research investment that enables investigators to “push the boundaries of science”
Bridge recombinase mechanism.

Scientists discover next-generation system for programmable genome design

06/26/24 — Arc Institute: Bridge recombinase mechanism provides a precise and powerful tool to recombine, rearrange DNA in a programmable way
Impressionistic illustration in cool blues and greys

Cool it down

05/31/24 — How groundbreaking freezing technologies can protect food, organs — and even the planet
Colorized lightning bolt in night sky

Putting on the heat

05/31/24 — Viruses can generate electricity when exposed to heat, which may lead to next-gen biosensors and diagnostic tools.
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