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	March 2013 Pallavi Daggumati passes her PhD qualifying examination in Electrical & Computer Engineering. Congrats, Pallavi!
	March 2013 Özge Kurtuluş passes her PhD qualifying examination in Chemical Engineering. Congrats, Özge!
	March 2013 Professor Şeker becomes an Associate Scientific Advisor for Science Translational Medicine.
	March 2013 Damla Dimlioğlu passes her preliminary exam in Electrical Engineering. Congrats, Damla!
	March 2013 A postdoctoral position is available immediately for research on nanotechnology and neuroengineering. Details can be found here.
	March 2013 Our book chapter titled “Microfluidics: On-Chip Platforms as In Vitro Disease Models” is published in Microfluidic Technologies for Human Health by World Scientific Publishing Company.
	February 2013 Juan Manuel Artés Vivancos joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher and will be co-advised by Professor Josh Hihath. He received his PhD in Biotechnology and MS degrees in Biotechnology and Experimental Chemistry from University of Barcelona, Spain. His BS degrees are in Biotechnology and Biochemistry from Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He will be developing nucleic acid-based sensors for real time monitoring of biomarkers. Welcome, JuanMa!
	January 2013 Professor Şeker joins Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Graduate Program at UC Davis.
	October 2012 Özge Kurtuluş wins a departmental poster award for her work illustrating nanoporous gold as a biomedical device coating. The event attendees included the Board of Visitors and several biotech companies. Congrats, Özge!
	September 2012 Damla Dimlioğlu joins the group as a graduate student researcher. She is a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She earned her BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University in Turkey. She will be developing cell-based electrophysiological sensor platforms. Welcome, Damla!
	August 2012 Professor Şeker is awarded a UC Lab Fees Grant in collaboration with Dr. Monika Biener at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This three-year award will focus on the development of miniaturized cell-based sensors that utilize nanostructured electrode-neuron combinations for the detection and identification of neurotoxins.
	August 2012 Pallavi Daggumati joins the group as a graduate student researcher. She is a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She earned her BS degree in Information and Communication Technology at DA-IICT in India and MS degree in Electrical Engineering at Duke University. She will be studying nanostructure-biomolecule interactions for the enhancement of biosensor performance. Welcome, Pallavi!
	August 2012 Chris Chapman is awarded a Graduate Assistance Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship from the US Department of Education. Congrats, Chris!
	July 2012 Professor Şeker is a part of an interdisciplinary team that is awarded a Research Investments in the Sciences and Engineering (RISE) grant. This three-year award will focus on the development of biosensors for the detection and identification of human and plant pathogens.
	July 2012 Chris Chapman joins the group as a graduate student researcher. He is a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He earned his BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University. He will be working on high-throughput biosensor screening platforms. Welcome, Chris!
	June 2012 Professor Şeker is awarded a UC Davis Academic Senate Grant. This one-year seed grant will facilitate the electrochemical testing of nanostructured sensors.
	June 2012 John Flynn and Ramya Raman join the group as summer student researchers. They will be working on various projects related to material-tissue interactions and learning valuable lab techniques.
	May 2012 Özge Kurtuluş passes her preliminary exam in Chemical Engineering. Congrats, Özge!
	April 2012 Our paper titled “Ex vivo gene delivery to hepatocytes: techniques, challenges, and underlying mechanisms” is published online in the journal Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
	April 2012 Professor Şeker gives an invited talk titled “Nanotechnology & Neuroengineering” at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
	March 2012 Our paper titled “Microfabrication-compatible nanoporous gold foams as biomaterials for drug delivery” is featured as Front Cover in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials.
	December 2011 Our paper titled “Solving Medical Problems with BioMEMS” is published in the magazine IEEE Pulse.
	November 2011 Professor Şeker joins the Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology Program at UC Davis.
	November 2011 Our paper titled “Platinum nanoparticle-facilitated reflective surfaces for non-contact temperature control in microfluidic devices for PCR amplification” is published in the journal Lab on a Chip.
	November 2011 Professor Şeker joins Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Graduate Program at UC Davis.
	October 2011 Professor Şeker joins Graduate Group in Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis.
	October 2011 Özge Kurtuluş joins the group as a graduate student researcher and will be co-advised by Professor Atul Parikh. She is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. She earned her BS in Chemistry at Middle East Technical University in Turkey. She will be working on stimuli-responsive drug delivery platforms. Welcome, Özge!
	September 2011 Professor Şeker joins the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis.