News
- February 22, 2021
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Riitta Katila: How diversity drives innovation
- An expert in entrepreneurship argues that greater diversity is the key to corporate creativity.
- February 15, 2021
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AIMBE Elects 2021 Fellows
- Drew Endy & Fan Yang elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in medical and biological engineering.
- Awards
- February 09, 2021
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David Miller: How light could transform computing
- An expert in photonics explains the remarkable potential of using light instead of electricity in computation.
- February 05, 2021
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Jin Hyung Lee: How can we systematically cure brain diseases?
- Lee uses artificial intelligence to determine what healthy and diseased brain circuits look like in order to better diagnose Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain disorders.
- February 03, 2021
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Mark Schnitzer: How to better understand the brain
- Midway through a 12-year, $5 billion “Brain Initiative,” technology is producing profound insights into how the brain works — or doesn’t.
- January 26, 2021
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Mutale Nkonde: How to get more truth from social media
- A sociologist and former journalist warns that the artificial intelligence behind much of today’s social media is inherently biased, but it’s not too late to do something about it.
- January 08, 2021
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Manu Prakash: "Science From Curiosity And A Little Paper" on NPR
- Why he wants to change how we think about science, and what it'll take to make science something everyone is able to enjoy
- In the News
- January 08, 2021
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Jef Caers: How better mineral exploration makes better batteries
- A geoscientist explains why the use of artificial intelligence in the exploration of rare metals could be the key to America’s environmental and energy future.
- January 04, 2021
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Russ Altman: Based on genes, nearly everyone is likely to have an atypical response to at least one drug
- "One size fits all" rarely applies with drug doses
- In the News
- December 14, 2020
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Bioengineering Senior Capstone Design course: Stanford students reimagine mental healthcare from the ground up
- After being inspired by a Stanford course, four graduates teamed up to tackle important deficiencies in mental healthcare while expanding access and reducing costs.
- In the News
- December 11, 2020
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Norbert Pelc elected to National Academy of Inventors
- Recognizing top inventors in academia
- Announcements
- December 07, 2020
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Bio Eats World: The Google Maps Moment in (Modeling) Biology
- The Eureka moment behind the first whole cell model
- In the News
- December 02, 2020
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SnapDx: at-home self-screening kit for COVID-19 testing using saliva
- A pilot study on SnapDx is being run to test both its feasibility and validity of detecting SARS-CoV-2
- Announcements
- December 02, 2020
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Low-cost, fast saliva test for COVID-19 to be studied
- An at-home COVID-19 test, designed by Stanford researchers to be easy to use and provide results within 30 minutes, will be the focus of a study funded by the Stanford Medicine Cat
- In the News
- November 24, 2020
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Renée DiResta: How to beat bad information
- Inadvertent misinformation and outright disinformation have become a scourge on American discourse, but those committed to the truth are keeping pace.
- November 13, 2020
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Will Tarpeh: How to take the waste out of wastewater
- The very notion of wastewater, and what we choose to do with it, could change dramatically if this Stanford chemical engineer has his way.
- November 10, 2020
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Kwabena Boahen: How to build a super-efficient super-computer
- Could new-age computer chips, modeled on the how the human brain works, empower a watershed for artificial intelligence? At least one expert has staked his career on it.
- November 03, 2020
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Daphne Koller: How machine learning is transforming drug discovery
- A veteran of the age of artificial intelligence explains why she left academia for a chance to try to change the pharmaceutical industry.
- October 26, 2020
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Introducing the Bio Futures Fellows Program
- Announcements
- October 26, 2020
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2020 Biotechnology Symposium will be held virtually on October 27, 2-4 pm PST
- Featuring keynote speakers Dr. Daphne Koller ("Machine Learning: A New Approach to Drug Discovery”) and Dr. Peter S. Kim (“Preventing Diseases with Vaccines”)
- Announcements