March 20, 2023
Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, highly specialized proteins. They catalyze reactions, form backbone and muscle and even generate movement. But is all that variety necessary? Could biology work just as well with fewer building blocks and simpler polymers? Ting…
March 10, 2023
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology today announced that 20 members have been named fellows of the scientific society. Designation as a fellow recognizes outstanding commitment to the ASBMB through participation in the society in addition to accomplishments in research, education, mentorship, diversity and inclusion, advocacy, and service to the scientific community. “We…
March 10, 2023
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, Samantha Lewis, received the R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology from the American Association of Anatomists (AAA). This award recognizes early-career investigators who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research. Read more at mcb.berkeley.edu
March 02, 2023
This week, Chancellor Carol T. Christ and Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion Dania Matos announced that Aaron Streets has been awarded this year’s Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity. Read more about Streets and the award in this campus message from Christ and Matos below: Dear campus community, For the past 16…
February 14, 2023
Open Philanthropy recently announced that QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Irina Conboy has been recommended a grant of $3,042,600 over three years to support research led by the Conboy on the mechanisms of aging. In her previous work, Conboy has identified ten new biomarkers and a set of pathways that may potentially be involved in the repression of…
January 18, 2023
Holger Müller successfully applied for his first patent when he was 14. Later, he did his undergraduate thesis with Jürgen Mlynek at the University of Konstanz, Germany. He graduated from Humboldt-University, Berlin, with Achim Peters as his advisor. Müller received a fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and joined the group of Steven Chu…
December 08, 2022
The Allen Institute today announced six new Next Generation Leaders (NGL), members of a unique neuroscience advisory panel made up of early-career researchers who will help advise research efforts at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the MindScope Program, and the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics. The Next Generation Leaders program is now in its ninth year.…
November 28, 2022
Kevin E. Healy is the Jan Fandrianto and Selfia Halim Distinguished Professor in Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley in the Departments of Bioengineering, and Materials Science and Engineering. His group currently conducts research in the areas of: bioinspired stem cell microenvironments to control stem cell lineage specification and self-organization into microtissues or…