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A brief history of the Bioengineering Institute of California and the UC System-wide Symposia

Shu Chien. Ann Biomed Eng. 2011 Apr.

Abstract

The plan to establish a Multicampus Research Unit (MRU) on Bioengineering in the University of California (UC) System started in August 1999. The cooperative efforts of the UC campuses led to the formal establishment of the Bioengineering Institute of California (BIC) in October 2003. Three years prior to the BIC establishment, the System-wide Annual Bioengineering Symposium was started at UC Davis. The Symposia were then hosted sequentially by UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, UCSF, UCLA, and UC Riverside, with the completion of the first cycle of a decade in the newest campus of UC Merced in 2009. The second cycle began in 2010 with the Symposium returning again to UC Davis. Each campus hosted a wonderful Symposium, with the active participation of students and faculty from all campuses, with the motto of "Ten campuses united as one, learning and growing together." These Symposia have contributed significantly to the collaborative research and training of students and young scientists in bioengineering, as well as fruitful interactions with industry and government agencies, which have provided strong support for these valuable meetings. The BIC will endeavor to further enhance these efforts by fostering research collaborations and joint education and training activities, with the ultimate goal of advancing bioengineering for the improvement of human health and wellbeing.

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The first planning meeting to establish a UC System-wide Multi-campus Research Unit on August 12, 1999, in the Faculty Club of UCSD. Front (L to R): Geert Schmid-Schönbein, Scott Simon, Chih-Ming Ho, Thomas Budinger, Shu Chien, Katherine Ferrara, Andrew McCulloch. Back (L to R): David Gough, John Shyy, Ashok Mulchandani, Stanley Berger, Maury Hull, Steven George

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The First UC System-wide Annual Bioengineering Symposium at UC Davis on May 1, 2000

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The Fourth UC System-wide Annual Bioengineering Symposium at UCSD on June 22, 2000

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The 10 UC campuses in the Bioengineering Institute of California

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The 11th UC System-wide Annual Bioengineering Symposium at UC Davis on June 18, 2010

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