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The combined knowledge and imagination of mechanical engineers teamed with biologists, physicians, and entrepreneurs has led to a promising new nano-device for early cancer detection—a pore-on-a-chip—now in fabrication in Berkeley mechanical engineering professor Lydia Sohn’s Nano-Biology Lab.

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Dean's Message: Food for thought

Nanocytometer's star is rising
Lydia Sohn's elegantly simple pore-on-a-chip seeks out hidden cancer cells
by John Alderman

O'Reilly's toy story
Mechanical engineer turns playthings into instruments of higher learning
by Mark Frauenfelder

The wizard who's Woz
A conversation with Steve Wozniak, B.S. 1986 EECS
by David Pescovitz

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