Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, Yash Pershad '21 is a writer for the Academics beat majoring in Bioengineering. Yash loves anything related to research and science. When he's not studying or writing for The Daily, Yash loves to listen to rap or play basketball and chess. He is also an amateur stand-up comedian. Contact him at ypershad 'at' stanford.edu.
Stanford researchers across disciplines and departments have launched research projects to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on daily life with a wide range of approaches.
On March 26, 2019, CareDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, and Stanford University filed a lawsuit against Natera for alleged patent infringement on two different US Patents.
A panel of faculty members presented their departments’ efforts toward promoting diversity and inclusion in the Faculty Senate’s last meeting of winter quarter.
While in England, Liu will be taking computer science classes and working on a research project to apply machine learning techniques to a wide range of biomedical datasets.
In October, a team of five undergraduates earned a silver medal at the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for their “Cerberus System,” which uses CRISPR technology to detect small molecules.
In POLISCI 150A: “Data Science for Politics,” political science associate professor Adam Bonica uses a project-based curriculum to allow students to explore data-driven predictions in modern politics.