npourman
-
Chancellor’s 2024 innovation awards honor excellence in research and impact
The recipients include innovators who have created breakthroughs in knowledge and technology that are improving our world and community partners.
-
COVID Catalyst Fund supports work on rapid serology test at UC Santa Cruz
Biomolecular engineer Nader Pourmand is evaluating the use of a novel nanosensor to provide rapid, low-cost, and accurate serology tests for coronavirus antibodies.
-
Nanopipette technology wins first place in NIH ‘Follow that Cell’ challenge
Biomolecular engineer Nader Pourmand has spent years developing technology to measure and track changes within a single living cell over time.
-
Undergrad’s “crazy idea” leads to a promising biotech device
In Nader Pourmand’s bioinstrumentation class, students are encouraged to come up with their own ideas for new biotechnology devices and applications. Sometimes, their “crazy ideas” turn into important research projects.
-
Magnetic nanotags allow sensitive detection of cancer biomarkers
A team led by researchers at UCSC and Stanford has developed a compact prototype detector that uses magnetic nanotechnology to spot cancer-associated proteins in a human blood serum sample with much higher sensitivity than current detectors.