August 03, 2026
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 15 outstanding scientists as 2026 ASCB Fellows—a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell biology and the Society. This year’s honorees include Daniel Fletcher and Roberto Zoncu, two QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliates. ASCB Fellows are selected by their peers and approved…
July 30, 2026
Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with modern human ancestors, leaving behind telltale DNA in our genomes. Now we have evidence of modern human interbreeding with two much older but unknown ancestors. Two mysterious human relatives left their genetic footprints in the modern human genome alongside the DNA of Neanderthals and Denisovans, underscoring the fact that our…
July 28, 2026
When designing microscopes, optical engineers have long faced a trade-off between speed, field of view and resolution. But improving one of these properties typically comes at the expense of another. Now, a UC Berkeley-led team of researchers has found a way to address this challenge, opening the door to new possibilities in the field of…
June 30, 2026
Established in 2006, the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science recognizes scientists of national reputation who have a stellar record of research accomplishments and are known for mentoring others in science. Eva Nogales, PhD, an internationally known structural biologist whose expertise in cryo-electron microscopy and image analysis has produced groundbreaking insights into the function of macromolecules…
June 22, 2026
Lining Zheng, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, is researching how proteins in our bodies interact with nanoparticles that carry drugs to specific cells to understand why some drug delivery approaches work better than others. For Lining Zheng, a love of baking led her to the science lab, where she now studies how…
June 22, 2026
Karthik Shekhar, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering (CBE) at UC Berkeley, the John F. Heil Jr. Professor, and a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, has been selected as the fifth recipient of the Philomathia Prize. The annual prize is awarded to an early-career Berkeley faculty member, from any discipline, who demonstrates…
June 11, 2026
Matt and Lisa Sonsini’s $13.5 million commitment to fund a new Advanced Technology Entrepreneurial Center and proof-of-concept grants will expand a proven model for moving Berkeley research from the laboratory into the world. A transformational $13.5 million commitment from longtime UC Berkeley supporters Matt and Lisa Sonsini will dramatically expand the university’s capacity to translate…
June 11, 2026
A landmark achievement in microscopy is poised to reveal the molecular machinery of life inside cells, at near-atomic detail. Inside every living cell, tens of thousands of different types of proteins are at work: ferrying molecular cargo, relaying signals, repairing DNA, deciding whether a cell should divide or die. Most of these proteins are too…