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Markita Landry selected for 2023 Bakar Prize
February 22, 2023
Four UC Berkeley faculty members have been awarded the 2023 Bakar Prize, which is designed to give a boost to innovators as they translate their discoveries into real-world solutions. The…
Samantha Lewis named Sloan Research Fellow
February 15, 2023
Six young UC Berkeley faculty members have been selected to receive a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship, the largest number of fellows this year from any one public university. In all,…
Open Philanthropy awards Conboy lab $3 million to study mechanisms of aging
February 14, 2023
Open Philanthropy recently announced that QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Irina Conboy has been recommended a grant of $3,042,600 over three years to support research led by the Conboy on the mechanisms of…
Discovery could lead to new fungicides to protect rice crops
February 13, 2023
A fungus that plagues rice crops worldwide gains entry to plant cells in a way that leaves it vulnerable to simple chemical blockers, a discovery that could lead to new…
No ‘shortcuts to inclusion’: Building a pipeline to diversify STEM faculty
February 08, 2023
Academia has a diversity problem, especially in STEM. There is a dearth of scientists who identify as Black, Hispanic or who are members of marginalized communities in STEM-related faculty…
Faculty focus on Priya Moorjani
February 08, 2023
Priya Moorjani is an assistant professor of genetics, genomics, evolution, and development in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Center for Computational Biology. She holds a BE in…
New fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
January 31, 2023
Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members have been elected lifetime fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the…