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Symposium celebrates UCSB’s academic excellence

Professor Dorit Hanein, center-left, newly elected fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, took part in the society's recent advocacy event in Washington D.C.

Novel membrane gel from UCSB offers new tool for breast cancer research

UCSB assistant professor of Bioengineering will study extracellular vesicles that support tissue repair.

The fifth cohort of T32 Trainees start Fall 2025

Dorit Hanein’s team and collaborators captured Rac1, a tiny molecular switch, rapidly building and breaking cellular scaffolds, revealing how cells swiftly reshape their skeletons to move and adapt.

The Second T32 Research Symposium will be held on July 18, 2025 from 9-4pm in Henley Hall 1010, featuring keynote talks from Prof. Martin Schwartz (Yale) and Prof. Valerie Weaver (UCSF).

T32 Trainee and Bioengineering PhD Candidate, Shaylee Larson, becomes the newest CSEP Mentor Leadership Fellow

Credit to Convergence Magazine Fall/Winter 2024 Issue

Look to the stars! Professor Emilie Dressaire partners with the International Space Station to research treatments for Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Credit to Harrison Tasoff

What's for dinner? Professor Meghan Morrissey researches immune cells that kill pathogens, infected cells or damaged cells by eating them.