March 02, 2021
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 Studies contradict one another or new information emerges, and earlier studies are no longer valid.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?
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.
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 11, 2021
Professor Alanna Schepartz discusses the challenges and rewards of changing academic institutions.
January 05, 2021
Jodi B. Yellin, PhD, the Director of Science Policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) speaks with graduate student Christopher Jackson about her work supporting biomedical research and workforce training, particularly in light of COVID-19.
December 01, 2020
Graduate student Kaydren Orcutt describes how a new technique, PA-2DEV, was used to study the states involved with harvesting green light by green plants and algae.
November 17, 2020
Madeline Zoltek, a graduate student in the Schepartz Lab at QB3-Berkeley, explores how a new Center for Chemical Innovation is harnessing the chemistry of a living cell to design novel chemical polymers.