Health

Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees Jiachen Li and Alison Borklund

Two from Berkeley Engineering named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list

12/09/22 — Magazine cites Ph.D. candidate Jiachen Li for work on an all-season, smart-roof coating, and MEng alumna Alison Burklund of Nanopath for diagnostics that speed treatment of pelvic and gynecologic infections

Close-up image of a mechano-node pore sensing (NPS) device.

The power of simplicity

12/08/22 — Professor Lydia Sohn’s microfluidic device may help solve some of the most complex mysteries in cell biology.

Into the drink

11/07/22 — Researchers have found that water chlorination does not negatively impact the gut microbiome of children.

Berkeley researcher checks new arsenic treatment technology with Dennis Hutson looking on.

Bringing arsenic-safe drinking water to rural California

09/21/22 — Berkeley engineers have created a simple, low-cost arsenic treatment system to help low-income communities access safer water (With video)

Study finds medical procedure that rejuvenates old human blood

09/15/22 — Berkeley researchers find that plasmapheresis could advance our understanding of human aging, inform treatment of age-related diseases

Glyphic Biotechnologies cofounders Joshua Yang and Daniel Estandian

Bringing biotech to market

08/17/22 — MTM alum advances medical technologies with two startups

Old blood ages young mice, finds Berkeley-led study

08/08/22 — New Scientist: The findings, published in Nature Metabolism, suggest that cellular aging isn't just a matter of wear and tear

Berkeley-led study identifies human lung proteins that can advance or thwart SARS-CoV-2 infections

07/26/22 — Findings may lead to targeted treatments

Stockton high school students assemble fan-based air filters under the guidance of CEE students

Civil engineers partner with Stockton students to build 120 air purifiers

04/26/22 — In honor of Earth Day, students from professor Tina Chow's CE 105 class joined with Edison High School to build and distribute air purifiers to the south Stockton community

3d illustration of human with headphone on Audio waveform

Too good to be true

04/15/22 — A study has found that the use of online databases could introduce bias into AI algorithms developed for medical imaging.

Seeing red

04/15/22 — A study has found a strong association between present-day air pollution levels and historical patterns of redlining.

Q+A on wastewater testing

04/15/22 — Using a novel method to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, researchers worked with public agencies to monitor infection levels in local wastewater samples.

Examining the effects of chlorinated drinking water on the gut microbiome

04/14/22 — New research shows no negative impact on children's digestive bacteria from chlorinated drinking water

CHart showing SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in Contra Costa County

Bay Area wastewater data suggests COVID hasn’t peaked everywhere

01/27/22 — SFGate: While indicators suggest COVID-19 cases are on the decline across the Bay Area, wastewater analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 at Berkeley Engineering professor Kara Nelson's lab suggests that three areas of the region may have yet to peak.

UC Berkeley partners with new Arc Institute to tackle complex diseases

12/21/21 — Patrick Hsu, Berkeley assistant professor of bioengineering, and Silvana Konermann, Stanford assistant professor of biochemistry, are founding researchers of a new institute that aims to accelerate breakthroughs in complex diseases.

Video clip of Kara Nelson in water testing lab

Berkeley team detects omicron in Bay Area wastewater

12/09/21 — ABC7 News: A team led by Kara Nelson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has identified the COVID-19 variant in samples of sewage from two California sites, one of them in the Bay Area.

Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu with Oski and students on Wozniak Terrace

Dean’s note: Engineering better health

11/15/21 — We’ve launched the Health Technologies Collaborative Lab to develop devices and systems that transform the way healthcare is managed and delivered.

Put to the test

11/15/21 — A method that uses a common machine learning algorithm can help detect cancer from a simple blood test, well before the first symptoms are present.

Dream on

11/15/21 — Researchers have developed a low-cost, non-electric, reusable warming device that can reduce infant mortality rates.

Illustration of heart tissue in isochoric chamber

Super cool

11/15/21 — Using a method called isochoric supercooling, researchers revived human heart tissue after it had been preserved in a subfreezing state for days.