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Stanford University Department of Bioengineering in 2018-2020 reads as a 65-PI network with 47 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (30% of slots across 39 PIs; 39 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 33 PIs; 33 labels), and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis as the leading topic (3% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Y. Joseph Woo (37.6 weighted works; Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments). The strongest pairings are Garry E. Gold and Brian A. Hargreaves (12 shared works, weight 3.5); Sanjiv S. Gambhir and Shan X. Wang (7 shared works, weight 3.4). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 11.8, around Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, led by Stuart B. Goodman, Fan Yang, Stephen R. Quake; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 7.7, around Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Surgery, led by Y. Joseph Woo, Eric A. Appel, Polly M. Fordyce.