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UC Berkeley Professor Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Michael Yartsev, an associate professor of neuroscience and bioengineering at UC Berkeley and a Bakar Fellow, seeks to uncover how the brain is wired for natural behaviors by recording the brain activity in freely behaving bats.
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Meet an Inventor: Ana Arias
In a conversation with IPIRA, Bakar Fellow Ana Arias tells her story as an inventor. Dr. Arias, whose research considers printed electronic materials and their application in flexible electronics and wearable medical devices, has co-founded several companies to commercialize her inventions including InkSpace Imaging and Tierra Metrics.
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A New Resource for Bakar Fellows: Corporate Law Office Hours With Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
As of June 2024, Bakar Fellows can now access an opportunity that was formerly only available to tenants of the Bakar Labs incubator. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a top law firm and founding affiliate of Bakar Labs, is offering free and confidential office hours at the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub.
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Berkeley’s Ecosystem of Innovation, Entrepreneurship Combats Climate Change
This Berkeley News article highlights Bakar Fellows leading efforts to combat climate change, including Dave Schaffer, Rebecca Abergel, Ting Xu, and John Dueber.
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Bakar Fellows Program Announces 2024 Spark Award Recipients and New Partnership with the Academic Innovation Catalyst
The Bakar Fellows Program is excited to announce that eleven new Faculty Fellows have been selected as part of the 2024 Spark Award cohort. Among these recipients, two are being supported by the Academic Innovation Catalyst, an initiative that has partnered with the Bakar Fellows Program to deliver transformative support for climate tech projects.
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On First Year Anniversary, Bakar Fellows Program Welcomes New Undergraduate Ignite Scholars
Meet the Fall 2023 cohort of the Bakar Ignite Scholars Program.
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Michelle Kiang, Bakar Fellow Advisory Board Member, Featured in Bloomberg
Michelle Kiang is co-founder and Managing Partner of Impact Science Ventures. She was featured at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s first technology startup workshop.
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