April 17, 2025
When most people hear about a fishing expedition in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, they might picture researchers snorkeling through coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea or diving into crystal-clear cenotes, surrounded by postcard-perfect scenery. But nothing I had imagined—or Googled—before my first field trip came close to the reality we faced in our search for pupfishes.…
April 15, 2025
The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced today their appointment of the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows, including 198 distinguished individuals working across 53 disciplines. QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Markita del Carpio Landry is among this year’s class of fellows. Chosen through a rigorous application and peer review process from a…
April 09, 2025
This month, we’re highlighting a trainee in a QB3-Berkeley lab by speaking with Marco Dueñas, who is a plant biology PhD candidate in Sabeeha Merchant’s lab. His research focuses on using green algae as a platform for fundamental discovery and synthetic biology. QB3-Berkeley: What inspired you to pursue research in this field and to join…
April 08, 2025
Cualquier persona que escuche que una expedición de pesca tendrá lugar en la Península de Yucatán, México, se imaginaría que cómo investigadores, estaríamos haciendo snorkel o buceando entre arrecifes de coral en las cálidas aguas del Caribe, o bien en hermosos cenotes con aguas turquesas, rodeados de paisajes idílicos. Sin embargo, cualquier cosa que pudiese…
April 03, 2025
QB3-Berkeley seeks a talented, reliable, organized, and design-minded student to join our team as a communications and administrative assistant. This position will work with QB3-Berkeley’s leadership to help us communicate our research, outreach, programming, and events to the UC Berkeley community and beyond. UC Berkeley students who have strong verbal and written communication skills and…
March 31, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Aaron Streets, Ph.D., Lester John and Lynne Dewar Lloyd Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Associate Professor of Bioengineering at University of California, Berkeley to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest…
March 31, 2025
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Suzanne Baker, head of Cellular and Tissue Imaging at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, ahead of her Professional in Residence at QB3-Berkeley on April 9th. Graduate students and postdocs can register here for Baker’s visit. We had a wonderful time chatting about science, hobbies, and…
March 27, 2025
The 2024 class of AAAS fellows includes UC Berkeley researchers from the fields of biology, physics, psychology, engineering and statistics. Seven UC Berkeley faculty members from a broad range of fields are among the 2024 class of fellows elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general…