With a little help, new optical material assembles itself
February 04, 2022
A research team led by QB3-Berkeley faculty Ting Xu has demonstrated tiny concentric nanocircles that self-assemble into an optical material with precision and efficiency.
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Reconstructing the chromosomes of the earliest animals on Earth
February 04, 2022
A study led by QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Daniel Rokhsar is the first to compare the chromosomal position of genes from diverse animals, allowing the ancestral organization to be inferred and rare changes in chromosome organization to be studied.
Research shines a light on development of the visual cortex during the critical period after birth
January 20, 2022
Scientists have long researched the interplay of how nature (genetics) and nurture (sensory experience following birth) shape our brains and make us who we are. In early brain development, environmental stimuli are considered indispensable for the healthy development of many brain regions executing functions essential for the organism’s survival. This formative period addresses the…
Seek and (don’t) destroy
January 18, 2022
UC Berkeley research strives to understand the cell’s complex recycling program and how we can use it to treat diseases. Our bodies are composed of trillions of cells—each one equipped with a microscopic recycling center known as the ubiquitin-proteasome system, or UPS. When proteins inside the cell need to be removed, the UPS recognizes, marks,…
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub awards $9 million to QB3-Berkeley faculty members
January 11, 2022
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub announced today (Jan. 11) the second cohort of scientists to be named CZ Biohub Investigators, 21 of whom are UC Berkeley faculty members. Of these 21 Berkeley faculty members, nine are QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliates. The investigator competition, open to faculty members at Stanford University, UC San Francisco and Berkeley, awards $1 million…
UC Berkeley partners with new Arc Institute to tackle complex diseases
December 15, 2021
UC Berkeley is partnering with UC San Francisco and Stanford University as founding scientific members of a new institute that aims to accelerate breakthroughs in complex diseases. The Arc Institute was officially launched today (Dec. 15) with the goal of developing a new model for collaborative research that brings together world-class research with unconstrained funding…
Lost in translation
December 14, 2021
Graduate student Leah Gulyas explores how one tiny coronavirus protein blockades host cells—and how a few simple changes can flip the script. Mission control! Mission control! Do you read me? While these lines might first bring to mind a movie scene of astronauts frantically trying to contact their home base following a disastrous event in…
A first look inside UC Berkeley’s Bakar BioEnginuity Hub
December 08, 2021
The wait for UC Berkeley’s bold new home for research and innovation is nearly over. After two years of construction, the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH) is scheduled to open in February 2022.