NSBCC: NanoSystems Biology Cancer Center - Press Releases

Professor Mark Davis Named Among American Institute of 100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era!

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:02:52 -0800

Professor Mark Davis honored by American Institute of Chemical Engineering.

Another Nature article for Jim Heath and colleagues

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:11:36 -0800

James R. Heath, NSBCC Director, and colleagues have authored a paper entitled "Silicon nanowires as highly efficient thermoelectric materials," which appears in today's issue of the jorunal Nature.

Leroy Hood to Lecture Royal Academy of Engineering

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:33:54 -0800

Leroy Hood, MD, PhD NSBCC Co-Director and President of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington will deliver the UK Focus for Biomedical Engineering Annual Lecture to the Royal Academy of Engineering in London. The title of his talk is "Sstems Biology and Medicine: from reactive to predictive, personalized, preventive and participatory medicine."

Patent Disclosure: High-density Bar-code Array: A Generic Patterning Technique and Bio-detection Devices Fabricated Therefrom

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:33:40 -0700

James R. Heath, NSBCC Director, along with postdoctoral researcher Rong Fan and graduate student Habib Ahmad, filed an invention disclosure last week for an invention entitled "High-density Bar-code Array: A Generic Patterning Technique and Bio-detection Devices Fabricated Therefrom."

Quantitative Real-Time Measurements of DNA Hybridization with Alkylated Non-Oxidized Silicon Nanowires in Electrolyte Solution

Thu, 7 Dec 2006 15:15:03 -0800

Yuri Bunimovich and colleagues announce their most recent publication, Quantitative Real-time Measurements of DNA Hybridization with Alkylated Non-Oxidized Silicon Nanowires in Electrolyte Solution. This will appear in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. An abstract is available here for your convenience and you may access the entire article on-line at JACS here http://pubs.acs.org/wls/journals/query/subscriberResults.html?qjrn=jacsat&line1=bunimovich&op=searchJournals&yearrange1=true&yearrange3=true&field1=au%2Caul.

HR Tseng and Jim Heath Publications Highlighted

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:34:23 -0700

HR Tseng and Jim Heath's publications were highligted recently by medical websites featuring information on new nanotechnology.

Dr. Leroy Hood Wins the 12th Annual Heinz Award!

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:28:03 -0700

Dr. Leroy Hood receives the Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment for his extraordinary breakthroughs in biomedical science that have unlocked new fields of study and delivered life-saving products to the marketplace

Jim Heath featured in June National Geographic

Fri, 26 May 2006 08:41:11 -0700

Jim Heath was among those featured in the June 2006 National Geographic article entitled "Nanotechnology" which discussed the history, current applications and research projects currently underway for nanotechnology. Heath's research on the development of nanoscale sensors for detecting and diagnosing cancer was discussed and highlighted.

Professor Mark Davis' Senate Testimony

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:34:02 -0800

Mark Davis' Senate testimony from 2-15-06.

Investigator Mark Davis to Testify Before the Senate

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:45:33 -0800

Investigator/Professor Mark Davis to Testify Before the Senate

Hamilton Jordan and Roy Doumani to Serve as External Advisory Board Members

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:08:26 -0800

Roy Doumani and Hamilton Jordan have agreed to serve as members of the Nanosystems Biology Cancer Center (NSBCC) External Advisory Board.

Nanobiotech News Press Release

Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:40:50 -0800

Special report details rapid growth of nanomedicines and diagnostics pipeline.

New Microchip Technology for Medical Imaging Biomarkers of Disease Developed

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:41:52 -0800

A collaboration among scientists at UCLA, the California Institute of Technology, Stanford, Siemens and Fluidigm has developed a new technology using integrated microfluidic chips for simplifying, lowering the cost and diversifying the types of molecules used to image the biology of disease with the medical imaging technology, positron emission tomography (PET).