October 03, 2024
An interdisciplinary group of UC Berkeley researchers are exploring the molecular mechanisms of friendship in prairie voles using fluorescent carbon nanotube sensors. From parental care to mating systems, scientists have long relied on mouse models to study the critical biological pathways that underpin social relationships. But this model falls short when it comes to understanding…
October 01, 2024
Leah Guthrie is an assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering. Her lab investigates the principles that govern microbial metabolism and signaling in the context of kidney homeostasis and disease using mass spectrometry, chemoinformatics, and molecular biology approaches. QB3-Berkeley: What’s the focus of your lab’s research? Leah Guthrie: Our lab focuses on understanding how the…
September 18, 2024
Hear Randy Schekman, a UC Berkeley professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, explain his Nobel Prize-winning work in just 101 seconds. For Randy Schekman, a UC Berkeley professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, the study of life and basic research has been a calling since he first explored pond scum under a microscope as a…
September 12, 2024
The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences have honored three women scientists, including Markita Landry, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Each of the women are leaders in their field: Markita del Carpio Landry, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Chemical Engineering) is named the…
September 10, 2024
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development Priya Moorjani recently received an NSF CAREER award for 2024-2029 for her research project to develop novel statistical methods to characterize archaic introgression and apply it to large-scale diverse, multi-ethnic cohorts to learn about the legacy of archaic ancestry in modern humans.
September 10, 2024
Derfogail Delcassian and Yue Clare Lou, Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) Fellows from the second cohort in the HS Chau Women in Enterprising Science (WIES) Program, were each awarded $1 million in non-dilutive seed funding that can exponentially accelerate the commercialization of their discoveries. All four WIES Fellows presented formal pitches, describing their business ideas and…
September 09, 2024
One-day research conference considers the interconnectedness of human and environmental health as well as that of global communities and brings new insights to biosciences research. On a Friday in August, QB3-Berkeley hosted the Bioscience Meeting “Algorithms, Detection, and the ‘One Health’ Approach” at Stanley Hall on UC Berkeley’s campus. Organized by UC Berkeley bioengineering postdoc…
August 22, 2024
Colonies of these choanoflagellates — members of a group considered to be the closest living relatives of all animals — have their own unique microbiomes. Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada is known for its towering tufa formations, abundant brine shrimp and black clouds of alkali flies uniquely adapted to the salty, arsenic- and…