March 10, 2021
Mary West, the director of the Cell and Tissue Analysis Facility and the High Throughput Screening Facility, explains how core facilities increase researchers’ access to equipment and highlights how these facilities play a crucial role in supporting labs’ work during campus COVID-19 restrictions.
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 Studies contradict one another or new information emerges, and earlier studies are no longer valid.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?
March 01, 2021
Tracy Teal, Ph.D., the executive director of Dryad, speaks about her transition from doing basic research to working in a nonprofit setting.
February 25, 2021
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category has gone in this thirteenth edition to Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel.
February 22, 2021
Research from Sabeeha Merchant’s lab uncovered that, among two species of green algae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chromochloris zofingiensis), two or more genes are encoded on a single molecule of mRNA.
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.
February 04, 2021
A more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, first detected in the United Kingdom, has shown up in two UC Berkeley students, as the state announced at least 133 new cases of the variant statewide.
February 03, 2021
Gary Lee, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer at Senti Biosciences and former VP of Cell Therapy at Sangamo Therapeutics. Read about his experience in the biotechnology sphere and how graduate students can prepare for a career in industry.