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by Clémentine Sicard

For the first time in university history, the W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded two research teams at the University of California, Davis, with $1 million each in the same award cycle.

by Cristina Deptula

UC Davis’ biomedical engineering (BME) department recognizes graduate student Caitlin Banks for her diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) advocacy. 

“I was aware there was injustice in society before, but it was really George Floyd’s murder that inspired me to get involved in DEI work. That, and also what happened to Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery,” she says. 

Advocacy Within and Beyond the Department

By Noah Pflueger-Peters

Second-year Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M.S. student Morgan Harris wants to be on the front lines of building a healthier community. Through her research on prosthetic devices and her dream of opening her own prosthetics and orthotics clinic, she wants to improve people’s lives while offering the same type of mentorship and outreach experiences that inspired her.

By Liam Connolly

(SACRAMENTO) An interdisciplinary team of UC Davis scientists and plastic and reconstructive surgeons is collaborating to help improve quality of life for patients with upper limb amputations. They are utilizing a novel amputation surgical procedure and smart prosthetics to help patients better control their residual muscles, receive sensory feedback and reduce limb pain.

The Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine was one of 20 projects in the Crowdfund UC Davis campaign for the entire month of October 2021. The goal of our Crowdfund campaign was to increase awareness about the center and raise funds for undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships for education and research in neuroengineering.

A total of 39 donation events helped us raise $3,280 for our students. We are grateful to each and every person who donated to our Crowdfund campaign.

The UC Davis Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine entered its second year with exciting new research, educational opportunities, and a vibrant community on campus. While formally established as a Center in October 2020, foundational work started years ago, initiated by a small group of faculty and administration led by Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Sanjay Joshi.

Professor Mitchell Sutter has wanted to be a bioengineer ever since he watched the American science fiction and action television series “The Six Million Dollar Man” as a teenager. After a NASA test flight accident, the series’ main character and former astronaut USAF Colonel Steve Austin is rebuilt with superhuman strength, speed, and vision due to bionic implants. He uses his enhanced abilities to work for the Office of Scientific Intelligence as a secret agent. Understandably, the show must have caught the imagination of many.

By Megha Krishnan

by Greg Watry

For the 2021-2022 academic year, the College of Biological Sciences is proud to welcome three new members to its faculty. Below you’ll learn more about the research interest of each faculty member, and what brought them to UC Davis.

Xiaomo Chen joined the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior as an assistant professor in September 2021. Before joining the UC Davis faculty, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.

By Noah A Pflueger-Peters

Mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) assistant professor Jonathon Schofield, neurobiology, physiology and behavior (NPB) associate professor Wilsaan Joiner and their team are working to develop better and more functional prosthetic devices for children.

The UC Davis Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine promotes neurological health and extends human capacity to benefit society, through discovery and translation of systems that interface with the brain and the body. The Center is comprised of faculty, students, and other researchers from the College of Engineering, School of Medicine, College of Biological Sciences, College of Letters & Science. The objectives of the center are:

By Neelanjana Gautam

Today the University of California, Davis, officially launched a consortium called the UC Davis Neuroscience Consortium (UCDNC) to leverage the strength, breadth and depth of one of the largest neuroscience communities in the world. The consortium brings together nearly 300 researchers from eleven centers and 41 departments — integrating biologists, chemists, social scientists, engineers, computer scientists and clinicians.

The Crowdfund campaign will help us raise funds for undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships for outstanding undergraduate and graduate student scholars who are currently participating in research under the guidance of a Primary Investigator or faculty member affiliated with the Neuroengineering & Medicine Center. 

You can access the Crowdfund campaign of the Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine to support student scholarships and fellowships at the link below. 

by Cristina Deptula

By Cristina Deptula