UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group

Check out the latest BMEGG news with the December BESA Newsletter.

BESA NEWSLETTER December 2025 Your source of monthly updates from the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Student Association!

Why join UC Davis BME?

Ph.D. student and Biomedical Engineering Student Association President Jared Lee-Kin answers the question “why did you choose the UC Davis College of Engineering?” For Lee-Kin, collaboration was key 🔑 Learn about graduate programs in biomedical engineering and apply today at https://bme.ucdavis.edu/admissions/graduate-programs or through the link in our bio. Explore other engineering graduate programs at https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/graduate-students/admissions! #UCDavisEngineering Video description: Lee-Kin sits indoors at a conference showcase room, describing why UC Davis was a top choice

Federal research funding is crucial for transforming lab breakthroughs into real-world solutions. More funding means faster treatments, cleaner air and water, and safer communities. But when funding freezes, progress stalls and costs soar.
UC Davis research improves the lives of Americans every day. Learn more about UC Davis research by visiting: https://www.ucdavis.edu/research/labs-to-lives
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Applications are open Apply now for Ph.D and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering. https://bmegg.ucdavis.edu/application-information

UC Davis at come visit us at booth 812.

BMEGG students are critical contributors to biomedical research innovation.

For the last four years, UC Davis has averaged more than $1 billion in extramural research funding, demonstrating its vital role in building our region’s economy and contributing to our nation’s global leadership in technology and innovation.

The world looks to universities like UC Davis to find solutions to global challenges and create a healthier, more sustainable future.

Go Ags!

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-receives-961-million-annual-research-funding-fueling-innovation-insight-and-economy?fbclid=IwY2xjawNTu9dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgTIi6Zh3adKKu5Pvko1qEepEzzkp1JKyoUY6wnCdq3hVTwxJHgIsnQqDKkU_aem_DdgbCJoqB01s7B9SSXmGDQ

Image description: David Wang, a member of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group; Dr. Diana Farmer, chair of the UC Davis Department of Surgery; and Dr. Aijun Wang, principal investigator and vice chair of the Department of Surgery, gather around a computer monitor in a laboratory at Aggie Square, UC Davis' innovation district in Sacramento.

Congratulations are in order for Ekaterina Shanina, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis, who has won the Physics in Medicine & Biology Early Career Researcher Award for her research paper describing a novel brain phantom for positron emission tomography. 🧠

Read more about her and the research: https://ow.ly/CSGQ50Wk32r



Image description: Shanina stands next to research poster

The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, or SAOT, has honored Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Alba Alfonso García for her outstanding research record in optics, photonics and optical technologies.

Read more: https://ow.ly/9L5p50Wo1Eg



Image description: García stands outdoors under trees on a sunny day wearing a blue top

Check out the May BESA Newsletter. Congratulations to our award winners!

BESA NEWSLETTER MAY 2025 Your source of monthly updates from the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Student Association!

🔬 Seeing into "impossible" places. UC Davis biomedical engineers have developed a groundbreaking two-photon microscopy system that unlocks new imaging depths in tissues like bone and the brain — achieving more than a 60x signal increase over conventional techniques.

Innovation like this is lighting the way for next-gen neuroscience, regenerative medicine and beyond—right here at the UC Davis College of Engineering. 💡

🔗 Discover the science behind the breakthrough: https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/seeing-light-impossible-places



Image Description: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yi Xue works on 2P-FOCUS, a new two-photon microscopy system, in her lab

"From Labs to Lives" is a series highlighting faculty research impact on the quality of life of residents and contributions to America’s global leadership in technology and innovation. Through collaboration between our top-ranked hospital and veterinary school, as well as our science and engineering discoveries, our research directly improves American lives.

In this series, our researchers describe the impact of their work, and the consequences if federal funding for this cutting-edge research were reduced or eliminated.

Dr. Ramsey Badawi, UC Davis Radiology and department of biomedical engineering professor, shares how his research developed a total-body PET scanner that is much faster than regular PET scanners, allowing children to have their scans without needing sedation or anesthetic. This makes the scans safer, and easier on both the children and their parents alike. This PET innovation was made possible due to federal funding.

Without continued funding, progress could stall, leading to more late-stage diagnoses, fewer treatment options, and higher healthcare costs.

Learn more about Dr. Badawi's PET research by visiting ucdav.is/LabsToLives

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Image description: A headshot of Ramsey Badawi on a dark blue background with white text overlay that reads, "From Labs to Lives: How Research Funding Solves Real-World Problems" and his quote, "Total-body PET has essentially created a whole new industry, but without the kick-starting of the federal health care dollars, to really turn that idea into practice, I’m not sure it would ever have happened. And I think that’s true for a lot of these new ideas in healthcare."