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CCBM Fellow, Lian Wong, successfully defends her thesis!

November 20, 2018
Congratulations to CCBM Fellow, Lian Wong, for successfully defending her thesis, "Mechanical Signaling and Patterning Stem Cell-derived Vascular Cells" at UC Merced on Tuesday, November 20, 2018! We are so proud of you!  

UC Merced Welcomes Stanford Biosciences for Grad School Edge with Samar Fahmy

November 9, 2018
Stanford Biosciences is comprised of seventeen PhD programs, fourteen of which have a shared application and funding model. Students pursuing their PhDs in the Biosciences at Stanford are typically fully funded, which includes tuition, medical and dental insurance, and a competitive stipend....

Open House Provides Inside Look into Campus’s Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines

November 5, 2018
Cutting-edge biomedical engineering research and science communication through artistic collaboration were among the highlights at UC Merced’s Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM) open house last week. Tal Danino, a TED Fellow and Columbia University assistant professor of...

High School Students Share Research Experience with Community

October 31, 2018
The Science and Technology Enrichment Program at UC Merced provides high school students or recently graduated high school students with hands-on research experience and mentoring by CCBM-affiliated faculty and graduate student research assistants over the summer. These high school researchers were...

CCBM welcomes TED fellow, Professor Tal Danino to campus

October 22, 2018
The NSF-CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines welcomed Professor Tal Danino, a Columbia University biomedical engineer, synthetic biologist and TED fellow, to UC Merced to deliver the keynote address, entitled "Synthetic Biology: From Programming Bacteria Behaviors to Cancer...

2nd Annual CCBM Open House/External Advisory Board Meeting Highlights Center Research and Outreach

October 22, 2018
The 2nd Annual CCBM Open House was held jointly with the CCBM External Advisory Board Meeting on Monday, October 22, where it invited the local community to attend activities throughout the day on UC Merced’s campus. The event started with presentations about the center and its efforts...

UC Merced Makes Big Jump in U.S. News National Rankings

October 19, 2018
UC Merced leaped nearly 30 places in the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings, and moved up 20 spots to No. 67 among national public universities. The university received high marks for outperforming expected graduation rates and for undergraduate teaching. “We have talented,...

Executive Director Carrie Kouadio Participates in Annual "Dinner With A Scientist" at UC Merced

October 17, 2018
On Wednesday, October 17th, the NSF-CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines' Executive Director Carrie Kouadio participated in Mariposa’s “Dinner With A Scientist” (DWS), held at UC Merced. This annual dinner was hosted by the American Association of...

First CREST Scholars Workshop of the Fall Semester

October 6, 2018
On October 6th, the CCBM held the first CREST Scholars workshop of the Fall 2018 Semester! Our scholars got to meet the undergraduate lead, Sayantani Ghosh, who outlined the opportunities that come as a part of their fellowship.

Co-Director Ajay Gopinathan Interviewed by Aspen Science

September 10, 2018
Co-Director of the Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, Ajay Gopinathan, was interviewed by Aspen Science in early September.

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