February 04, 2022
A study led by QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Daniel Rokhsar is the first to compare the chromosomal position of genes from diverse animals, allowing the ancestral organization to be inferred and rare changes in chromosome organization to be studied.
February 03, 2022
Christine Ring, PhD, JD, is the secretary of Nurix and the company’s general counsel. Ring is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on Friday, Feburary 11th for two in-person events in Stanley Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Interested graduate students and postdocs may register for Ring’s events here. Ring spoke with graduate…
January 26, 2022
Ten members of the UC Berkeley community have been elected American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, one of the most distinctive honors within the scientific community. Among these 10 members is Eva Nogales, professor of molecular and cell biology and QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate.
January 24, 2022
Christopher Hann-Soden discusses the breadth of services offered at UC Berkeley’s QB3 Genomics Core Facility. The QB3 Genomics core research facility is an umbrella term for three separate UC Berkeley research facilities devoted to different stages of high throughput sequencing and genomics experiments. Hundreds of researchers turn to QB3 Genomics including almost all researchers who…
January 20, 2022
Scientists have long researched the interplay of how nature (genetics) and nurture (sensory experience following birth) shape our brains and make us who we are. In early brain development, environmental stimuli are considered indispensable for the healthy development of many brain regions executing functions essential for the organism’s survival. This formative period addresses the…
January 18, 2022
UC Berkeley research strives to understand the cell’s complex recycling program and how we can use it to treat diseases. Our bodies are composed of trillions of cells—each one equipped with a microscopic recycling center known as the ubiquitin-proteasome system, or UPS. When proteins inside the cell need to be removed, the UPS recognizes, marks,…
January 11, 2022
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub announced today (Jan. 11) the second cohort of scientists to be named CZ Biohub Investigators, 21 of whom are UC Berkeley faculty members. Of these 21 Berkeley faculty members, nine are QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliates. The investigator competition, open to faculty members at Stanford University, UC San Francisco and Berkeley, awards $1 million…
January 05, 2022
Elise Kikis, PhD, is a professor of biology and chair of the biology department at the University of the South (Sewanee). Kikis is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on January 12th and 20th. UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab graduate students and postdocs may register for Kikis’ events here. Kikis spoke with…
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