Cool it down ...

How isochoric preservation can protect food, organs — and even the planet

Tony Consiglio, Alan Maida and Boris Rubinsky in their Etcheverry Hall lab.
(Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

“If you want to keep something forever, you need to store it at cryogenic temperatures, but ice kills biological tissues. So, how do we get cryogenic temperatures without the ice?” asks Boris Rubinsky, Professor of the Graduate School at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and professor emeritus of bioengineering.

Read the full article in Berkely Engineer magazine featuring the ATP-Bio team at the University of California - Berkely.