September 24, 2026
Margaux Pinney is a biochemist whose lab utilizes advanced microfluidic technologies to analyze thousands of protein variants simultaneously — measuring catalytic rates, substrate affinities, and inhibitor sensitivities with unprecedented scale and precision. From understanding how mutations drive drug resistance and disease to discovering the general principles of protein evolution, the Pinney lab seeks to accelerate…
April 03, 2026
Ahmad Omar is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His research group leverages statistical mechanics and computer simulations to understand the emergent properties of soft condensed matter. By bridging microscopic details with macroscopic phenomena, the Omar lab explores diverse areas such as the self-assembly of complex phases and the dynamics…
September 03, 2025
Allon Wagner is an assistant professor of computer science in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, an assistant professor of immunology and molecular medicine in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, and a member of the Center for Computational Biology. His lab develops data-driven algorithms to analyze single-cell molecular…
February 05, 2025
Bronwyn Lucas is an assistant professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Center for Computational Biology. The Lucas lab employs cryo-EM and computational tools to develop new approaches to leverage the growing databases of molecular structures to investigate the molecular details of life. QB3-Berkeley: What’s…
December 11, 2024
Ahmet Yildiz is a professor in the departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Physics. The Yildiz laboratory combines biochemical and single-molecule biophysical techniques to understand how motor proteins move on microtubules long distances at fast speeds and produce the forces required to carry their cargo in a dense cytoplasm. QB3-Berkeley: Are there any recent…
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…
May 14, 2024
Karthik Shekhar is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Shekhar’s lab is broadly interested in gaining a molecular understanding of cellular diversity in complex tissues, as well as investigating its developmental and evolutionary origins, and its biological consequences for tissue function and degeneration. They use high-throughput single-cell genomic measurements to…
April 24, 2024
Matthew Francis is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. Research in the Francis lab is focused on the development of new synthetic methods for site-specific protein modification. These new reactions are then applied to the construction of protein-based materials with useful optical and therapeutic functions. Current areas of research include (1) the development of…