February 11, 2024
Judith Klinman has been a faculty member at UC Berkeley since 1978 where she is currently a Professor of the Graduate School. She has twice been appointed Chancellor’s Professor at UCB and is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, the American Association of the…
January 17, 2024
Eva Nogales is a professor of biochemistry, biophysics and structural biology, and a Howard Hughes Investigator. The Nogales lab is dedicated to gaining mechanistic insight into crucial molecular processes in the life of the eukaryotic cell. The lab’s two main research themes are the dynamic self-assembly of cytoskeleton during its essential functions in cell division,…
March 30, 2023
James Hurley is a professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. The Hurley lab is interested in fundamental questions of how the interactions between proteins and membranes determine cell and organelle shape and the evolution of shape over time; how protein-membrane interactions turn on and off the…
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…