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Scott Revelli Wins Genentech PR&D; 2009 Outstanding Junior Award!
Scott Revelli, a junior in Bioengineering has been selected as the winner of the Genentech PR&D 2009 Outstanding Junior Award! Scott was selected amongst other very qualified candidates based on his essay about Genentech’s tagline, “In Business for Life” as well as his outstanding academic achievements.
As a winner of this program, Scott will be awarded $2,500.00 and an internship opportunity in the Process Research & Development Organization at Genentech, Inc. for the summer of 2010!
Congratulations Scott!!!
Supportive Materials will Help Regenerate Heart Tissue
Bioengineers from University of California, San Diego are developing new regenerative therapies for heart disease that could influence the way in which regenerative therapies for cardiovascular and other diseases are treated in the future.
New results from UC San Diego on using adult stem cells to regenerate heart tissue in environments that mimic a human post-heart-attack heart were presented this week in San Diego at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). The work is from the laboratory of Adam Engler from the Department of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
Systems Biology Approach Provides Insulin Resistance Insights
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego recently offered the sharpest-yet picture of how core biochemical pathways in skeletal muscle cells and fat cells are altered in people who suffer from insulin resistance—a primary defect in type 2 diabetes and obesity. Taking a systems biology approach, the bioengineers and medical researchers also determined how a common class of drugs for treating insulin resistance—TZDs—alter these same core pathways. This led the team to uncover previously unknown effects of TZDs and insights that could lead to improved drug therapies for insulin resistance.
The team—led by investigators from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and School of Medicine—recently published their findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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