QB3 director David Schaffer elected to National Academy of Inventors
December 09, 2021
David Schaffer has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
Faculty news
Jay Keasling receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow award
September 27, 2021
QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Jay Keasling has been named a Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The renowned synthetic biologist will be given $1 million in funding to support bioenergy and bioproduct innovation.
Three new investigators named by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
September 23, 2021
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the nation’s largest biomedical research foundation, announced the appointment of 33 American scientists as investigators, and three of them are from the University of California, Berkeley.
Pew-funded partnership to tackle aging and longevity
September 16, 2021
Elçin Ünal and Gloria Brar, associate professors of molecular and cell biology, have been named 2021 Innovation Fund investigators by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The health lab in your pocket
June 01, 2021
The lack of widely available testing has been a major roadblock to containing a virus that people can spread without showing, or even feeling, any symptoms. A COVID-19 test is Dan Fletcher’s latest transformation of cell phones into mobile diagnostic tools.
FDA approves first test of CRISPR to correct genetic defect causing sickle cell disease
April 01, 2021
CRISPR-Cas9 treatment of sickle cell disease has been approved for clinical trials by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Researchers will now test CRISPR-Cas9 on humans to directly correct the mutation in the beta-globin gene responsible for sickle cell disease.
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel
February 25, 2021
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category has gone in this thirteenth edition to Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel.
Christopher J. Chang awarded the Humboldt Research Award
January 08, 2021
Christopher J. Chang, Class of 1942 Chair Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Berkeley, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award.