February 08, 2023
Priya Moorjani is an assistant professor of genetics, genomics, evolution, and development in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Center for Computational Biology. She holds a BE in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai and an MS in bioinformatics and genomics at George Washington University. Moorjani received her PhD in genetics from…
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…
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…
October 18, 2022
Sanjay Kumar, MD, PhD, is Chancellor’s Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at UC Berkeley. He holds joint appointments in the UCSF Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 1996, Kumar earned his BS in chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota, and in…
September 07, 2022
Phillip Messersmith is a professor of bioengineering at UC Berkeley where he is the Class of 1941 Endowed Professor of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering. His laboratory is interested in understanding structure-property relationships in biological materials and in using this information to design biologically inspired materials for use in healthcare. QB3-Berkeley: What is the…
August 10, 2022
Sabeeha Merchant is a professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and a professor of plant biology in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley, and a faculty senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her group studies photosynthetic metabolism and metalloenzymes and they…
July 12, 2022
David Schaffer is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience. Schaffer’s applies engineering principles to enhance stem cell and gene therapy approaches for neuroregeneration. This work includes mechanistic investigation of stem cell control, as well as molecular evolution and engineering of viral gene delivery vehicles. In addition to his lab’s research, Schaffer…
June 28, 2022
Daniel Fletcher is the Chatterjee Professor of Bioengineering and Biophysics and a faculty member of the Bioengineering Department, an affiliated faculty of the Molecular and Cell Biology Department, and a Visiting Investigator of the Gladstone Institutes at UCSF. He is also a Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and co-director of…