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SCET Alum and Berkeley Professor Launch Generation Lab for Personalized Anti-Aging

February 02, 2024

SCET Alum Alina Su and University of California, Berkeley Bioengineering Professor Irina Conboy are co-founding Generation Lab with the Mission to Extend the Human Healthspan. SCET Alum and former Collider Cup winner, Alina Su, and University of California, Berkeley Bioengineering Professor Irina Conboy are co-founding Generation Lab with the Mission to Extend the Human Healthspan – Waitlist for Its Clinically…

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Researchers make advances toward more effective IBD therapies

February 01, 2024

New regenerative medicine technique may repair and protect the colon For millions of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), clinical remission can seem out of reach. Current therapeutics like corticosteroids and biologics help manage symptoms and control chronic inflammation but do little to repair damage to the intestinal lining. Now, a new regenerative medicine technique is showing…

Highly targeted CRISPR delivery advances gene editing in living animals

February 01, 2024

Most approved gene therapies today, including those involving CRISPR-Cas9, work their magic on cells removed from the body, after which the edited cells are returned to the patient. This technique is ideal for targeting blood cells and is currently the method employed in newly approved CRISPR gene therapies for blood diseases like sickle cell anemia,…

An interview with Professional in Residence Jaime Yassif

January 22, 2024

Jaime Yassif is the Nuclear Threat Initiative’s vice president for Global Biological Policy and Programs and this month’s Professional in Residence at QB3-Berkeley. Yassif spoke to graduate student Sita Chandrasekaran ahead of her January 25th visit to campus. Bioscience trainees are welcome to register for Yassif’s events. Sita Chandrasekaran: Could you tell us about your…

Faculty focus on Eva Nogales

January 17, 2024

Eva Nogales is a professor of biochemistry, biophysics and structural biology, and a Howard Hughes Investigator. The Nogales lab is dedicated to gaining mechanistic insight into crucial molecular processes in the life of the eukaryotic cell. The lab’s two main research themes are the dynamic self-assembly of cytoskeleton during its essential functions in cell division,…

Cell types in the eye have ancient evolutionary origins

December 13, 2023

Vertebrates vary widely in the number of retinal cell types in the eye, but most cell types seem to have a common origin. Karthik Shekhar and his colleagues raised a few eyebrows as they collected cow and pig eyes from Boston butchers, but those eyes — eventually from 17 separate species, including humans — are providing…

The shadows of water plants are seen against water covered in bright green algae.

Learning From the Past: How Algae Use Memory to Protect Against Sudden Changes in Sunlight

December 07, 2023

The molecular mechanisms responsible for photoprotective memory in algae have implications for crop productivity Fluctuating sunlight poses a challenge for plants and green algae, which must quickly adjust their photosynthetic systems to remain efficient in changing conditions. Aiding in that response is a kind of rudimentary memory that allows these organisms to respond more rapidly…

A cartoon showing In the body, the small molecule formaldehyde inhibits an enzyme that makes methyl groups (red) that are added to DNA.

Formaldehyde, a carcinogen, is also used by the body to regulate our genes

December 07, 2023

Formaldehyde, a toxin and carcinogen found in construction materials, carpets, car exhaust, cigarette smoke and even permanent press clothing, turns out to play an important role in the body — one that may explain why the chemical causes cancer. In a study published this month in the journal Science, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the…

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