HIVE Launches New Seminar Series
By Joel Finbloom and Katherine Krebs on October 21, 2020
Dr. Cato LaurencinOn October 13th, HIVE successfully launched our new seminar series with a lively presentation by Dr. Cato Laurencin, University Professor at the University of Connecticut and CEO of the Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translational in Regenerative Engineering. Bioengineering Seminar Series to Address Medically Challenging Issues in Bioengineering
By Victoria Ross on October 09, 2020
HIVE fellows Joel Finbloom, Iain Martyn and Olaia Fernandez-Vila have spearheaded a campaign to introduce seminar talks to the greater UCSF Bioengineering community. The seminar series, entitled "Engineering Responses to Medically Challenging Issues" intends to feature one leader in the field of... Bioartificial kidney aims to mimic natural kidney function with $1 million grant from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation
By Grant Burningham on October 09, 2020
The Kidney Project leader Shuvo Roy, PhDThe John and Marcia Goldman Foundation, a private family foundation based in San Francisco, recently granted The Kidney Project $1 million to advance its bioartificial kidney. Faculty Postition - Assistant/Associate/Professor
By Lisa Cabahug on July 22, 2020
The UCSF Health Innovation Via Engineering (HIVE) Initiative (engineering.ucsf.edu) is seeking visionary engineers and scientists to join our vibrant and collaborative research community. This open-rank, faculty position in the In Residence or Ladder series is part of a multiyear initiative to... The Kidney Project wins KidneyX Award to enable simpler, safer at-home dialysis
By Nicholas Weiler on July 22, 2020
A $500,000 KidneyX prize has been awarded to The Kidney Project—a collaboration between UC San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)—for the development of an implantable dialysis system called iHemo, which would enable patients to safely and effectively tre Panel Discussion - Picture a Scientist
By Victoria Ross on July 14, 2020
Recorded: 07/10/2020
Panelists: Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Dr. Hana El-Samad, Dr. Myriam Chaumeil, Dr. Shawntay Chaney, Camillia Azimi, with Dr. Tejal Desai as moderator.
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PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of... A Letter to the UCSF Bioengineering Community from Tejal Desai
By Tejal Desai on June 01, 2020
Dear Bioengineering Community, As Mask Shortages Loom, Nationwide Team Assembles Best Practices for Decontamination and Reuse
By Pete Farley and Tom Abate on April 02, 2020
Kelly Brothers, RN, a nurse at UCSF wears an N95 mask and face shield while testing a person for COVID-19. Photo by Susan MerrellAs health workers and first responders try to stem a pandemic without an adequate supply of protective gear, health UCSF BioEngineering Students and Faculty Team Up with Johns Hopkins for a Design Challenge to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Victoria Ross on March 26, 2020
UCSF’s first engineering fellowship announces 2020 postdocs
By By Katherine Krebs on March 12, 2020
Three postdocs have been chosen for the first Health Innovation via Engineering (HIVE) engineering postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF. Olaia F. Vila, PhD; Joel Finbloom, PhD; and Iain Martyn, PhD, were selected as the first cohort of postdoctoral fellows to spearhead new projects at the intersection...