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Behind the Scenes of a Classroom Refresh – 177 Stanley Hall

October 31, 2023

Opportunity to Innovate and Good Timing! Innovation and timing often collide to produce remarkable opportunities. Spring 2023 ushered in such a moment with the convergence of minds from California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3-Berkeley)(link is external), the Office of the Registrar (OR)(link is external), and RTL’s Classroom Technology Service team. The result? An ambitious plan to transform 177 Stanley,…

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Markita Landry named 2023 Schmidt Science Polymath

October 26, 2023

Today, Schmidt Futures announced the 2023 cohort of the Schmidt Science Polymath Program, recognizing nine recently-tenured (or equivalent status) professors with remarkable track records and the desire to explore risky new research ideas across disciplines to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. Each awardee will receive $500,000 a year, paid through their institutions, for up to five years,…

A history of innovation: Berkeley entrepreneurs, companies that changed the way we live

September 29, 2023

The culture and spirit of innovation at UC Berkeley throughout history can be seen in the changemakers — the Berkeley students, researchers, entrepreneurs, faculty members and alumni — who have helped in countless ways to improve our lives and our world.     Well-known innovators from Berkeley include Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, whose development of CRISPR…

Researchers demonstrate heat-induced pyroelectricity in viruses

September 25, 2023

Viruses are often associated with disease, but many viruses are benign and even helpful, like bacteriophages that eat harmful, antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Now, Berkeley researchers have reported that engineered viruses also can generate electricity when exposed to heat, a finding that may pave the way for next-generation biosensors and diagnostic tools. As reported in the journal Advanced Materials, researchers…

Fast-Track Strain Engineering for Speedy Biomanufacturing

September 19, 2023

The time and money required to engineer microbes to produce vital medicines and chemicals can be dramatically reduced with a new model-based method Using engineered microbes as microscopic factories has given the world steady sources of life-saving drugs, revolutionized the food industry, and allowed us to make sustainable versions of valuable chemicals previously made from petroleum.…

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Nobelists show their hands in photo exhibit by noted German photographer

September 15, 2023

UC Berkeley CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna is one of 60 Nobel Prize winners captured by renowned German photographer Herlinde Koelbl in striking black and white portraits that spotlight on the palms of the scientists’ hands their discoveries and insights. Forty of these unique portraits will be on display in the second-floor atrium of Berkeleys Li…

Chris and Michelle Chang receive 2024 ACS National Awards

September 08, 2023

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced Chris Chang and Michelle Chang as recipients of ACS National Awards for 2024. Michelle Chang has been given the ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry, sponsored by the ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry. Chris Chang has been recognized with the Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry, supported by an…

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Greater access to water and sanitation could help curb antibiotic resistance

July 06, 2023

Berkeley-led study highlights key role of community environmental factors in transmission of resistance genes Increasing access to clean water and flush toilets could be an effective way to curb the rise of antibiotic resistance, particularly in urban areas of Africa and Southeast Asia. That’s among the key findings from a new ecological study, published today in Lancet…