Professor David Schaffer selected to serve as next director of QB3-Berkeley
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)
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What it’s like to pivot a health startup in a pandemic
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 medication normally used to treat tapeworms, as a new kind of birth control that stopped sperm from moving was going well — the startup had…
UC Berkeley launches trial of saliva test for COVID-19
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.
Meet the UC Berkeley scientists using decontamination to tackle COVID-19’s PPE shortage
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.
Berkeley bioengineers discover how tumor cells can mimic Velcro
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.
Six UC Berkeley-led projects win funding to combat COVID-19 with AI
June 25, 2020
UC Berkeley researchers, including QB3-Berkeley faculty Teresa Head-Gordon and Jennifer Listgarten, win funding from the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other emerging diseases.
Paul Alivisatos named 2021 Priestley Medalist
June 25, 2020
Paul Alivisatos, Samsung Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and UC Berkeley professor of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, has been awarded the 2021 Priestley Medal.