Professor Kevin Plaxco's "breakthrough" work in biosensors is featured in leading medical news publication.
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UCSB professor of bioengineering and of chemistry & biochemistry Kevin Plaxco published research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society on a biosensor that could measure antibiotic levels reliably for a week.
Protofab manager Arin Abed and his staff qualifying the newly installed semiconductor packaging equipment at UCSB's dedicated 24/7 open-access packaging and prototyping facility. (Photo credit: Lilli Walker)
Protofab fills the packaging gap in microchip development.
Michael Beyeler's Bionic Vision Lab is working at the intersection of computational neuroscience, AI, and immersive technology to develop visual prostheses for those with incurable blindness. (Photo: Matt Perko)
Deep learning improves how a visual cortical prosthesis communicates with the brain.
A study conducted at four laboratories across the country demonstrated how experimental protocol and equipment standardization govern result variability. Recognizing this variability is essential when incorporating real-world data into AI machine learning models. (Adam Hoffman and Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Collaboration involving four laboratories from across the country establishes protocol that recognizes the variability of results involving machine learning models.
Students at Playa House meet weekly to talk about their startups, which have included drones for wildfire detection and forestry management, protein mutation AI models and recruitment software. (Photo: Leon Khoshnevis)
Playa House’s residents build startups and community.
Assistant professor of bioengineering Marley Dewey will investigate parallels between bone and coral, and bring together science and art through exhibits and educational outreach. (Photo: Lilli Walker)
A major NSF award fuels Marley Dewey’s work to engineer better coral reef repair and to share this work with the community.
Chemical engineering and bioengineering professor Michelle O'Malley was recognized for her pioneering microbial research.
The UC Santa Barbara professor was recognized for pioneering microbial research and sustained leadership within the scientific community
BioPACIFIC MIP lab assistant Marissa Beyer loads an automated robotic liquid handler inside the laboratory. The COAST PCL will be built around the BioPACIFIC MIP infrastructure at OASIS.
Supported by $20 million from the National Science Foundation, COAST PCL will combine robotics, AI, and advanced instruments so that researchers can conduct experiments from anywhere.