A behind-the-scenes look at the longevity vitamin PQQ
July 23, 2020
Wen Zhu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Klinman Lab at QB3-Berkeley, explores the key steps in PQQ biogenesis aiming to unlock PQQ’s potential for health benefits.
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Megaphages harbor mini-Cas proteins ideal for gene editing
July 16, 2020
While the DNA-cutting proteins central to Jennifer Doudna’s CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene-editing tools originally came from bacteria, a newfound variety of Cas proteins apparently evolved in viruses that infect bacteria.
Using CRISPR genome editing to make cyanide-free cassava
July 14, 2020
A team of researchers from Jennifer Doudna’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) are using CRISPR genome editing to alter cassava, a worldwide staple crop that naturally produces the precursor of cyanide.
Using physics to search for meaning in the chaos of gene regulation
July 09, 2020
By applying ideas from theoretical physics, researchers are starting to develop a unified understanding of how genes are regulated.
Professor David Schaffer selected to serve as next director of QB3-Berkeley
July 07, 2020
Professor David Schaffer has been selected to serve as the next director of Berkeley’s California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3-Berkeley)
What it’s like to pivot a health startup in a pandemic
July 07, 2020
In early March, YourChoice Therapeutics CEO Akash Bakshi was typing out his investor update when he tucked in a question at the bottom. His company’s progress toward using niclosamide, a medication normally used to treat tapeworms, as a new kind of birth control that stopped sperm from moving was going well — the startup had…
UC Berkeley launches trial of saliva test for COVID-19
June 30, 2020
Scientists from Jennifer Doudna’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), the same UC Berkeley group that rapidly opened up a pop-up COVID-19 testing laboratory in March, are now testing a quicker and cost-efficient way to obtain patient samples through saliva.
Meet the UC Berkeley scientists using decontamination to tackle COVID-19’s PPE shortage
June 29, 2020
UC Berkeley scientists join newly formed N95DECON team, a group of more than 100 scientists from 10+ institutions, whose aim is to share data-driven information about N95 respirator decontamination.