In the News
In the News
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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.
November 18, 2025
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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.
November 17, 2025
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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.
November 17, 2025
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Michael C. Jewett Is AIChE’s 2025 Acrivos Professional Progress Award Recipient
The prize recognizes outstanding progress in chemical engineering by a member of AIChE in their early career.
September 12, 2025
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Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice
For the first time, researchers report that Arctic algae can hustle along in -15 C – the lowest-temperature movement ever recorded in complex, living cells.
September 10, 2025
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Alex Choi and Cyan Brown Named Recipients of the Stanford Postdoc Champions Community Impact Award
The Stanford Postdoc Champions: Community Impact Awards serve to highlight the individual contributions of postdocs whose service fosters belonging and uplifts their communities.
September 09, 2025
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How bioengineering Professor Russ Altman uses AI
In the first Q&A of a new series, Altman explains why he permits AI in classes, rejects it for recommendation letters, and feels both cautious and optimistic about its future.
June 26, 2025
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A Scientist’s Quest To See Every Organism On Earth
Manu Prakash is many things—biologist, engineer, inventor, philosopher—but what he isn’t is conventional.
June 09, 2025
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Sustained in the brain: How lasting emotions arise from brief stimuli, in humans and mice
Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, Stanford scientists find, opening a window to our emotions
June 04, 2025
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Stanford University marks a century of scientific discoveries
Stanford University is celebrating 100 years of engineering, commemorating a century of innovation and showcasing the engineering of tomorrow. Soham Sinha is a Bioengineering Ph.D
June 04, 2025
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‘For many people, waiting is not an option’
Stanford bioengineer Stanley Qi is developing advanced gene-editing tools to treat life-threatening diseases and slow the onset of neurological aging.
May 13, 2025
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Stanford engineers reinvent wastewater purification to unlock valuable resources
A team of Stanford scholars is developing a way to make wastewater drinkable while also recovering valuable products like fertilizer components.
May 12, 2025
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Doerr photo contest illustrates life’s complexity
Kevin Ly, PhD student, Bioengineering earns second place in action and impact on campus category of the Doerr photo contest
May 12, 2025
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New tool lets scientists observe genome dynamics in real time
A technique to see DNA as it moves in living cells could offer novel fundamental insights into biology.
May 12, 2025
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Scientists discover extravagant, protein-free RNA structures
Stanford and SLAC researchers have identified surprisingly intricate RNA-only complexes – offering inspiration for biomedical and biotechnological design.
May 12, 2025
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Scientists use synthetic biology to address urgent sustainability challenges
Bioengineering professor Michael C. Jewett shares how Stanford researchers are working with the building blocks of biology to produce greener chemicals, more climate-resiliency
May 12, 2025
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New RNA and protein tools may improve cell therapies
Two new papers demonstrate novel ways of fine-tuning cellular functions, with applications in cancer treatment, diagnostics, and more.
April 04, 2025
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‘It really is the holy grail of curative medicine’
Stanford bioengineer Mark Skylar-Scott on his “science fiction” quest to 3D print human hearts and other organs on demand, using cells from a patient’s own body.
April 04, 2025
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Four Stanford faculty named AAAS Fellows
The faculty are among 471 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
March 27, 2025
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Stanford Bioengineering PhD Student Named Top 30 Young Scientists for Climate Research
Bella Archibald receives the Inflection Award, which recognizes the world's Top 30 most promising young scientists.
March 21, 2025