Newsroom
Bikanta goes to Capitol Hill
,

Bikanta’s Dr. Ambika Bumb joined UCLA Professor Chris Regan and Molecular Foundry Director Jeff Neaton for a visit to Washington D.C. to discuss nanoscience with key members of Congress and staff.  The advances in technologies ranging from medicine to electronics to solar that have resulted from the government supporting and funding nanoscience are vast.  While Dr. Bumb described the innovations at Bikanta using nanodiamonds for disease detection, Dr. Regan discussed novel methods to measure temperature at the atomic scale, the impact of which will lead more efficient computer processors. Both are users at the Molecular Foundry, a Department of Energy funded facility that was created as a result of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), the U.S. federal research and development program established to coordinate multiagency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.

Dr. Branden Brough, Director of Strategy and External Relations at the Molecular Foundry, and Don Medley, Head of Government and Community Relations at Berkeley Lab, also joined the group that met with Congressman Mark DeSaulier (D-Concord), Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Los Angeles), Congressman Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley), Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Silicon Valley), and Congressman John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove). They also had meetings with senior staff from the offices of Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Congressman David Valadao (R-Central Valley) and Democratic House Leader, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), and Democratic and Republican staff from the House Science Committee, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee.

Following the visit, Representative Lofgren blogged about the meeting, as did Berkeley Labs and the Molecular Foundry.

Recent Posts
Scientific Adventures for Girls
A 70 Year Legacy
Star Research Assistant Graduates
Star RA wins Research Award!
Ambika at SJSU Biomed Conference
Bikanta Selected for EPPICon’s Speed Pitch
QB3 Invites Dr. Bumb to give a Lessons Learned Talk
Joyce Speaks at Nanobio
US Patent Granted
CareerGirls Feature Dr. Bumb
In the Community
Bikanta at the Molecular Foundry User Meeting
Jeanne Virca heads Bikanta's Sales Team
Ambika speaks on Nature Jobs Expo Panel
Bikanta Attends Cancer Moonshot Summit
Ambika speaks at Silicon Valley Boomer Competition
Ambika speaks at IEEE’s Nano Conference
A Value Added Materials Research Story
Georgia Tech honors Ambika with Alumni Award
Joyce dives into the Bikanta Team
Bikanta Team gives a live lab tour on Persicope
Ambika Bumb speaks on Nanoscience Panel
Bikanta Achieves 1st Place in Business Competition
Roger Energizes Bikanta's Instrumentation Team
A Nano Step For Man, A Giant Leap For Mankind
Bay Area’s Star Biotechs Present at FAST’s Showcase
Nanodiamonds Win the Orloff Award
WeFunder Features Bikanta
Ambika Joins Marshall Committee to Select Future Leaders
Collaborations with the National Institutes of Health
Bikanta Nominated for Diagnostic Startup of the Year
A Special Relationship: Scientific Training across the Atlantic
Siliconeer - Old is Gold
Bikanta Returns to Boomer Venture Summit
Min Wang Races onto Bikanta's Team
Ambika on Roominate’s #LetGirlsBuild
Introducing Bikanta's Newest Team Member, Li Zhuo
Bikanta’s CEO on CLSI’s BioGENEius Panel
Bikanta at the OneStart America
Vishesh Jain Joins the Team!
Jan 2015: Looking Back 6 Months
Bikanta's CEO Featured with 40 Female Founders
Bikanta on BBC's Tech Tent
Bikanta is Chosen for BayBio's FAST Program
Start-up Investor Y Combinator Invests in Bikanta
Winner of Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Competition
Bikanta's Boomer Win!
Imaging Through Tissue with Nanodiamonds
Home