Hand prosthetics have come a long way since Daniel Lim created a “super hand” in the CITRIS Invention Lab in 2015 for an eight-year-old with symbrachydactyly, thanks to CITRIS seed-funded projects led by Professors Alice Agogino and Grace McConnell and collaborators across campus and beyond.
Labs & Programs
Siemens acquires Oakland startup Comfy
German conglomerate Siemens has acquired Comfy, which designs IoT-enabled technology for office workers to control temperature and lighting. The company got its start at CITRIS […]
CRISPR reduces autism symptoms in mice
Company GenEdit, founded by Berkeley PhDs Kunwoo Lee and Hyo Min Park, with Berkeley bioengineering professor Niren Murthy, was part of a study representing the first demonstration of behavior […]
Young summer interns design and create in CITRIS Invention Lab
The CITRIS Invention Lab has launched a summer internship program for junior high and high school students. From mid-June to early August, nine students from California schools are spending two weeks designing and creating in the 1700-sf makerspace on the first floor of Sutardja Dai Hall.
CITRIS-seeded Digital Refuge Amplifies Refugee Stories
In honor of World Refugee Day, the CITRIS-seeded Digital Refuge project today launched an interactive website that maps the perilous ordeals of thousands of displaced people through […]
CITRIS showcases student Tech for Social Good
At a showcase in April at the Banatao Auditorium, undergraduate and graduate students presented their work developing novel tech ideas, addressing issues from gait impairment in the elderly and robots for disaster relief to connecting refugees to social services.
Investing in the Bank of Hysteria
In the CITRIS Tech Museum in Sutardja Dai Hall, a new exhibit is designed to encourage “womxn, femmes, and gender-nonconforming community members” to express and share their anger. “The Bank of Hysteria Toll-free Rage Hotline” enables visitors to vent their thoughts at what looks like an automated teller screen, via text-message or phone. Then the installation prints out transcriptions of these messages into an overflowing crate of “rage receipts” below.
Sam Altman: How to build a successful bio startup
On April 25, 2018, CITRIS hosted Y Combinator President Sam Altman to discuss how to build a successful bio startup. Joining him on the panel […]
2018 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards announced
We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2018. This year, 50 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at UC […]
New CITRIS Foundry cohort advances deep technology
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes the newest cohort of startup teams to its accelerator program, advancing such novel technologies as high-efficiency nanolayer battery coatings, precision immune therapies, and […]
Six new startups join the CITRIS Foundry for spring 2018
Following another highly-competitive selection round, CITRIS Foundry welcomes six new startups into our program at UC Berkeley. The Spring 2018 cohort is commercializing inventions and […]
Clarity Air Monitoring is reducing air pollution with smart design
Air pollution is one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide, responsible for millions of premature deaths each year. Emissions from vehicles, power plants, wildfires, […]
Berkeley High suits up at Marvell NanoLab
Three Berkeley High students donned cleanroom suits at the Marvell NanoLab at CITRIS for a summer program designed to inspire young women to consider careers in science. “A rare opportunity to gain hands-on experience,” says professor and program founder Tsu-Jae King Liu.
GoFab: CITRIS Invention Lab launches 3D printer lending library
Five years ago, CITRIS launched the first makerspace on the UC Berkeley campus: the CITRIS Invention Lab. This fall, the CITRIS Invention Lab is announcing its […]
FEMTech: Berkeley’s First Campuswide Tech Club for Women
FEMTech, UC Berkeley’s first campuswide tech club for women is featured in UC Berkeley News. FEMTech is supported by our Tech for Social Good program and […]
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol T. Christ Tours CITRIS Facilities
On June 16, 2017, UC Berkeley Chancellor-Designate Carol T. Christ visited CITRIS and learned about our labs and programs. CITRIS welcomed UC Berkeley Chancellor-Designate Carol […]
CITRIS Foundry Welcomes Four New Pioneering Startups for Spring 2017
After another highly-competitive selection round, CITRIS Foundry welcomes four pioneering companies into our accelerator program. The newest cohort is commercializing deep technology innovations within the […]
UC Berkeley Undergraduates Win Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
WheelSense: An Open-Source Smart Add-On System for Wheelchairs Tomás Vega and Corten Singer both describe themselves as being “passionate about assistive technology,” which is designed […]
Makeathon to build tech for people with disabilities
Nearly 100 innovators, makers, students, and people with disabilities will gather at the UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation for a three-day technology-building makeathon to […]
2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $611,000 to eleven information technology projects
We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2017. This year, 45 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at […]
TOM:Berkeley Makeathon This Weekend!
Bay Area makers and UC Berkeley students join global movement to collaborate and develop custom solutions with people with disabilities in the 48-hour TOM:Berkeley Makeathon. […]
UC Berkeley, power company Enel launch innovation hub
A new CITRIS partnership with Enel is a promising step towards increasing innovation at the University of California. Berkeley News, March 7, 2017 – The […]
Inside CITRIS Day 2017
CITRIS Day 2017 was held on November 1st at the newly-opened UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara, where invitees discussed the theme […]
Berkeley Innovators Present: “She Started It” Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Join the CITRIS for a film screening of “She Started It,” a new documentary film that follows five trailblazing young female entrepreneurs through their journeys […]