June 30, 2022
Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans in the 1800s. Meanwhile, bacteria have been producing carbon-based energy molecules for billions of years. Which do you think is…
June 29, 2022
Pancreatic cancer, though rare, is one of the deadliest of cancers, killing nearly 50,000 people yearly and doing so quickly, primarily because it metastasizes rapidly through the body. Barely one…
June 28, 2022
David Schaffer has been appointed the next executive director of QB3, the institute announced today. A professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, and molecular and cell biology, Schaffer holds…
June 28, 2022
Coming from a long line of Iowa farmers, David Savage always thought he would do research to improve crops. That dream died in college, when it became clear that any genetic tweak…
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…
June 22, 2022
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development, and Physiology Samantha Lewis was named one of the 2022-2023 Hellman Fellows for her proposal “Exploring mitochondrial DNA replication proteins in functional assemblies in…
June 16, 2022
Michelle Chang, a professor of chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering at UC Berkeley, has been named the 2022 Centenary Prize winner(link is external) by the Royal Society of Chemistry for her…
June 14, 2022
From artificial ligaments and a novel approach to cancer treatment to “soft” batteries and a way to give voice to silent speech, new innovations from UC Berkeley faculty are getting…