Bioengineering Institute of California

About Bioengineering Institute of California

The Bioengineering Institute of California (BIC) is a UCOP multicampus research unit (MRU) that provides an infrastructure to support the research and creative work in bioengineering carried out across all ten UC campuses.

This marks the second decade that the BIC organizes UC systemwide events, including the summer UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium and the UC systemwide Biomedical Engineering Society meeting reception.

New Initiatives:

Shu Chien Early Career Lecture Competition
California Academy of Bioengineering
Cal Academy Distinguished Lecture series
Industry Liason Committee

Read the BIC Mission Statement

Ten campuses united as one, learning and growing together

250 faculty and instructors
2400 undergraduate students
Over 1000 graduate students

The California Academy of Bioengineering hosts a Distinguished Speaker Series, presentations by leading thinkers on future trends in biomedical engineering.

Inaugural Lecture of the Distinguished Speaker Series

Roderic I. Pettigrew, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO, EnHealth
Robert A. Welch Professor and Executive Dean EnMed Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University and Houston Methodist Hospital

Watch the lecture on YouTube

Upcoming Presentations

February 7, 2022: Viviana Gradinaru, California Institute of Technology
April 4, 2022: Tom Skalak, Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation
August 8, 2022: Samuel Achilefu, Washington University
October 3, 2022: Tejal Desai, UC San Francisco

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