July 16, 2020
While the DNA-cutting proteins central to Jennifer Doudna’s CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene-editing tools originally came from bacteria, a newfound variety of Cas proteins apparently evolved in viruses that infect bacteria.
July 14, 2020
A team of researchers from Jennifer Doudna’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) are using CRISPR genome editing to alter cassava, a worldwide staple crop that naturally produces the precursor of cyanide.
July 09, 2020
By applying ideas from theoretical physics, researchers are starting to develop a unified understanding of how genes are regulated.
July 07, 2020
Professor David Schaffer has been selected to serve as the next director of Berkeley’s California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3-Berkeley)
July 07, 2020
In early March, YourChoice Therapeutics CEO Akash Bakshi was typing out his investor update when he tucked in a question at the bottom. His company’s progress toward using niclosamide, a…
June 30, 2020
Scientists from Jennifer Doudna’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), the same UC Berkeley group that rapidly opened up a pop-up COVID-19 testing laboratory in March, are now testing a quicker and cost-efficient way to obtain patient samples through saliva.
June 29, 2020
UC Berkeley scientists join newly formed N95DECON team, a group of more than 100 scientists from 10+ institutions, whose aim is to share data-driven information about N95 respirator decontamination.
June 25, 2020
A new research by UC Berkeley engineers, including Sanjay Kumar a professor of bioengineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering, has shed light on how tumor cells adhere to and move through brain tissue.