April 17, 2023
$70M funding will catalyze a bold new initiative led by Jennifer Doudna and Jill Banfield to apply precision genome editing to microbial communities. The Audacious Project, an initiative housed at TED, encourages the world’s greatest changemakers to dream bigger. A new initiative led by Jennifer Doudna and Jill Banfield at the Innovative Genomics Institute and announced today at…
April 06, 2023
Professor Dan Fletcher has received the 2023 the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award, a campus-wide award that recognizes faculty for outstanding mentorship of UC Berkeley graduate students. Fletcher was nominated by his current and former graduate students and has long been a sought-after mentor of students and faculty of all levels.
March 30, 2023
James Hurley is a professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. The Hurley lab is interested in fundamental questions of how the interactions between proteins and membranes determine cell and organelle shape and the evolution of shape over time; how protein-membrane interactions turn on and off the…
March 20, 2023
Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, highly specialized proteins. They catalyze reactions, form backbone and muscle and even generate movement. But is all that variety necessary? Could biology work just as well with fewer building blocks and simpler polymers? Ting…
March 17, 2023
Andy Hsieh, PhD, is a biotechnology analyst at William Blair. Hsieh is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on Friday, March 24, 2023. UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab graduate students and postdocs may register for Hsieh’s PIR events here. Hsieh spoke with graduate student Samvardhini Sridharan about his transition into the financial…
March 10, 2023
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology today announced that 20 members have been named fellows of the scientific society. Designation as a fellow recognizes outstanding commitment to the ASBMB through participation in the society in addition to accomplishments in research, education, mentorship, diversity and inclusion, advocacy, and service to the scientific community. “We…
March 10, 2023
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, Samantha Lewis, received the R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology from the American Association of Anatomists (AAA). This award recognizes early-career investigators who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research. Read more at mcb.berkeley.edu
March 02, 2023
This week, Chancellor Carol T. Christ and Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion Dania Matos announced that Aaron Streets has been awarded this year’s Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity. Read more about Streets and the award in this campus message from Christ and Matos below: Dear campus community, For the past 16…