A Letter to the UCSF Bioengineering Community from Tejal Desai
By Tejal Desai on June 01, 2020
Dear Bioengineering Community, ![[site:name]](https://engineering.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra551/f/styles/news_listing_page/public/UCSF-testing-nurse-N95-mask.jpg?itok=zKufOWGP)
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 ![[site:name]](https://engineering.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra551/f/styles/news_listing_page/public/coronavirus-highres.jpg?itok=knCDtAjD)
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
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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... 
HIVE chair Tejal Desai named Fellow for the 2019 Class of National Academy of Inventors
By NAI on December 26, 2019
Tampa, Fla. (Dec. 3, 2019) – 
Implantable bioartificial kidney achieves preclinical milestone
By Nicholas Weiler on November 07, 2019
Desai inducted into International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
By UCSF School of Pharmacy - Levi Gadye on October 29, 2019
Prof Wendell Lim named to Wired25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us
By Wired.com on October 29, 2019
Climate change. Flawed algorithms. Deadly diseases. Tech monopolies. We are facing many existential challenges that need to be tackled head-on before it’s too late. Many of these problems are of our own making, consequences of our relentless push for progress. Fortunately, there are lots of people... 
Seth Shipman recorded a movie in DNA — and that’s just the beginning
By Laura Sanders via Science News on October 29, 2019
Shipman named to ScienceNews "SN 10: Scientists to Watch"
By Science News Staff on October 29, 2019
Seth Shipman is developing tools that may reveal hidden biological processes.