TotalVI: A transformative algorithm

UC Berkeley researchers have invented a computer algorithm that uses deep learning to integrate gene and protein data about single cells.

Biographer Walter Isaacson on CRISPR and his new subject, Jennifer Doudna

Acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson comes out with his new biography “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race,” which focuses on biotechnology and one of today’s scientific luminaries: UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Cross-campus collaboration: Meet CTAF/HTSF core facility director Mary West

Mary West, the director of the Cell and Tissue Analysis Facility and the High Throughput Screening Facility, explains how core facilities increase researchers’ access to equipment and highlights how these facilities play a crucial role in supporting labs’ work during campus COVID-19 restrictions.

How to spot misleading science reporting

The more information that is available, the more confusing science seems to become. Studies contradict one another or new information emerges, and earlier studies are no longer valid. How can a news consumer determine what is reputable and what is questionable?