FDA authorizes first COVID-19 test for self-testing at home
November 19, 2020
Two UC Berkeley alumni have developed an FDA-approved COVID-19 home test kit.
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Schaffer named Acrivos Professional Progress Award recipient
November 17, 2020
MCB Professor of Neurobiology David Schaffer has been awarded the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) 2020 Andreas Acrivos Professional Progress Award. The award is given for outstanding progress in chemical engineering by a member of AIChE in their early career. Schaffer is being recognized for implementing molecular and cellular engineering strategies to overcome challenges in the development of gene and… More
New center receives $20 million to revolutionize the chemistry of modern materials
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.
UC Berkeley launches pop-up lab to monitor Bay Area sewage for COVID-19
November 05, 2020
Scientists at UC Berkeley launched a new pop-up lab after months of refining and optimizing a rapid and low-cost new technique to test wastewater for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Bustamante awarded Biophysical Society Honors
October 14, 2020
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Carlos Bustamante has been awarded the 2021 Biophysical Society (BPS) Kazuhiko Kinosita Award in Single-Molecule Biophysics.
Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna: Gene editing could make a better future
October 14, 2020
Rapid advances in gene-editing technology have a transformative potential to help cure disease and feed the world, but scientists must assure that the tools are not used for unethical purposes, new UC Berkeley Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna told reporters today.
UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 14, 2020
University of California, Berkeley, biochemist Jennifer Doudna today won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, sharing it with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier for the co-development of CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing breakthrough that has revolutionized biomedicine.
Why you should stay single: The scientific benefits of using a single photon
October 08, 2020
Chemistry graduate student Kaydren Orcutt highlights how researchers can combine physics and biology, generating single photons in a bid to unentangle the mysteries of photosynthesis.