February 25, 2021
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category has gone in this thirteenth edition to Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel.
February 22, 2021
Research from Sabeeha Merchant’s lab uncovered that, among two species of green algae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chromochloris zofingiensis), two or more genes are encoded on a single molecule of mRNA.
February 05, 2021
What do researchers do when they need to conduct an experiment using equipment that their lab doesn’t own? Core facilities are like a library, lending access to varieties of tools and instruments, from microscopes to lasers to mass spectrometers.
February 04, 2021
A more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, first detected in the United Kingdom, has shown up in two UC Berkeley students, as the state announced at least 133 new cases of the variant statewide.
February 03, 2021
Gary Lee, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer at Senti Biosciences and former VP of Cell Therapy at Sangamo Therapeutics. Read about his experience in the biotechnology sphere and how graduate students can prepare for a career in industry.
January 27, 2021
From isonitriles to biofilms to potential anti-TB drug targets! UC Berkeley scientists from the Zhang lab are exploring the mechanism and role of the isonitrile-forming enzyme, Rv0097, with relation to virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Graduate student Antonio Del Rio Flores discusses ongoing work with Rv0097.
January 22, 2021
A new study in Science shows how electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) can shed light on the molecular details behind the gene silencing mechanisms that power cell differentiation.
January 21, 2021
In a paper published in the journal Cell Systems, the UC Berkeley researchers describe a novel technique, based on a microfluidic platform, for unraveling and imaging lengthy strands of DNA.