8/28/2012: POSTDOC POSITION

The Arkin, Arcak and Maharbiz labs are interested in developing theories and technologies (genetic, epigenetic and abiotic) to explore the engineering of synthetic multicellular ensembles. If interested in postdoc opportunities, graduate rotations or undergrad research, please contact any of the three PI’s. This blurb is cross-listed at all three labs.

Insane squid from Backyard Brains

Check this out (thanks Josh!):

http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/the-colorful-results-of-playin.html

Random group post of the week.

Awarded an NSF EFRI with UCSF

Looking forward to great work in flexible and resorbable systems for health care as part of our Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)  with the Subramanian and Arias labs at UCB and the Roy and Harrison groups at UCSF (and the PDC - http://www.pediatricdeviceconsortium.org/)!

Press:

- http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/23/nsf-efri-grant-for-berkeley-bioflex/

- http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125261&org=NSF&from=news

Daniel and Will’s protein degradation switch is out!

Really nice work by Will and Daniel.

Daniel C Huang, William J Holtz and Michel M Maharbiz, “A genetic bistable switch utilizing nonlinear protein degradation,” Journal of Biological Engineering (2012) 6:9 doi:10.1186/1754-1611-6-9

And there should be more coming from Justin and Will….

more fuel cell interest

Here’s a brief article in the Economist on the fuel cell work with CFD. Sameer felt crummy they didn’t mention us, but ’tis ok.

http://www.economist.com/node/21557718

Nanoratchets… at last. :)

Gabriel’s APL paper is out. (Here’s to seeing the next one soon.)

G. Lavella, R. Morfino, and M. M. Maharbiz, “A synthetic Brownian ratchet architecture for creating tailorable chemomechanical nanomachines,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 013703 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4732154

Michel named Bakar Fellow

Fun times, check it out:

http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/bakarfellows/2012-2013-fellows

and

http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/bakarfellows/about

Very much looking forward to making this a reality.