News
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Karl Deisseroth awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences shares the prize with two other researchers for their work in optogenetics.
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Stanford Students Are Front and Center at the Synthetic Biology Expo
From grassroots vision to university-wide impact, Stanford students demonstrate the power of the student-led collaboration behind the Expo
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Meet Deniz Sinar, Stanford Bioengineering PhD Candidate
Get to know a little more about Deniz and the work she's pursuing in the Hill-Maini Lab
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5 Stanford Bioengineering students named Siebel Scholars
The award honors outstanding graduate students pursuing careers in business, science, and engineering.
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Sydney Barta Interviewed for 90 Seconds with Lisa Kim
Stanford para-athlete Sydney Barta talks about how she trains mentally and physically for adaptive sports and is helping level the playing field on and off the track.
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Stanford Bioengineering Announces 2026 Staff Award Recipients
The annual awards recognize staff contributions to the department and the Bioengineering community.
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Bioengineering grad student Samuel King on team developing AI designed E. coli killer
Using an AI model of their own creation that writes whole genomes, a team of Stanford scientists has engineered a novel bacteria-fighting phage. A new age of antibiotics could be on the horizon.
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Two Stanford Microscopes. 31 New Species. One Deep Sea.
Manu Prakash and a team of scientists from around the globe use “The Squid” and “The Gravity Machine” to explore the Earth’s least understood biosphere, discovering new species along the way.
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Marly LeSene Receives 2025 Community and Culture Award
The Community and Culture Award recognizes outstanding efforts to cultivate a vibrant campus culture and positive work environment where faculty, staff, students, and postdocs feel respected and valued.
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Hill-Maini Lab's work engineering resilient food systems highlighted in Nature
Hill-Maini Lab investigates how synthetic biology can help provide food security in a changing climate
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Op-ed Appearance by Josh Makower in STAT
Josh Makower discusses medical technology breakthroughs and gaps in delivering those breakthroughs bedside
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The "gut's second brain" may hold clues to a variety of conditions
Two Stanford researchers are creating detailed maps of the enteric nervous system and studying how these neurons mediate digestion and other essential processes.
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Stanford Bioengineering alum Maverick Handley appears in USA Today
The catcher for the Baltimore Orioles discusses pro sports, mental health and tips for young athletes
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Synthetic biology boosts plant defenses against pests
Jennifer Brophy uses genetic tools to enhance plants’ natural pest defenses, aiming to reduce reliance on chemical pesticides that can contaminate air and water.
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Synthetic biologists transform waste CO2 into useful chemicals
A groundbreaking new system paves the way for advances in synthetic biology and carbon recycling.
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Norbert Pelc receives the 2026 SPIE Harrison H. Barrett Award in Medical Imaging
Former BioE Chair recognized for his career's work defining the fields of X-ray, CT, and MR imaging for clinical care and educating generations of clinicians and scientists
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60 Minutes: Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, a team of high school teens set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
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A Taste of the Future: Stanford Bioengineering’s Chef-in-Residence Program
A first-of-its-kind collaboration, the Hill-Maini Lab hosts two-Michelin-star chef to explore how creativity, technology, and taste help shape a more sustainable future for food.
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Bioengineering senior Sydney Barta named Rhodes Scholar
The international scholarship will support Barta as she pursues a graduate degree at the University of Oxford.
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Fast on the track, focused in the lab
Combining Paralympic experience with research at Stanford’s Human Performance Lab, Sydney Barta is pursuing a career as an orthopedic surgeon for athletes with amputations.
