Berkeley Bioengineering was pleased to feature Professor Polly Fordyce for the 2023 Rising Star Lecture in Bioengineering on August 23, 2023. Dr. Fordyce is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering and of Genetics and Fellow of the ChEM-H Institute at Stanford University. In her lecture, “Microfluidics for High-Throughput and Quantitative Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Single-Cell Biology,” she […]

Research by Professor Emeritus Boris Rubinsky, in collaboration with Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and Texas A&M, has achieved a breakthrough in the fight to save the world’s coral reefs from climate change annihilation. The researchers successfully cryopreserved and revived entire coral fragments, opening the door to collecting and preserving coral fragments easily and rapidly at an urgent moment for coral worldwide.

August 23, 2023

Projects led by professors Ted Grantham, Miranda Redmond, and Dan Kammen have received Climate Action Matching Grants to advance research that builds climate resilience and equity in California.

We seek exceptional scientists researching integrative organismal design, biomechanics, or functional morphology in either aquatic or terrestrial taxa (which may include plants or animals, with particular interest in humans both past and present). Read the full job description here.
 

August 21, 2023

Rausser College of Natural Resources welcomes six new professors this fall. 

MCB is pleased to welcome our newest graduate students to the department! Learn fun facts about their favorite model organisms, childhood career aspirations, and more. 

 

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August 14, 2023

A new study led by ERG researchers suggests that mosquitoes bred to stop the transmission of diseases could die off during future heat waves.

August 10, 2023

Vernard Lewis, professor emeritus of cooperative extension, spoke to four students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities conducting summer research at UC Berkeley.

Congratulations to MCB postdocs Danielle Garshott (Rapé Lab) and Jacob Steenwyk (King Lab) on being awarded 2023 Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) fellowships! Garshott and Steenwyk are among 18 early-career postdoctoral researchers to receive awards from LSRF to support their research investigating questions surrounding human health and disease. Read more...

August 08, 2023

Coates, a professor in PMB and director of the Energy and Biosciences Institute, spoke to the American Society for Microbiology about his research in applied and environmental microbiology.

August 07, 2023

In a new PBS documentary, ESPM professor Chris Schell spoke about how coyotes and other animals adapt to life in urban ecosystems.

This summer, students from the University of Nairobi and UC Berkeley’s Bioengineering and Master of Engineering programs were challenged to come up with a solution to healthcare needs in low-resource settings under the guidance of trained Engineering World Health facilitators. This 6-week Virtual Global Innovation Workshop covered concepts of biomedical design, collaboration, ethics, and entrepreneurship as these topics […]

David Drubin, Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, received the 2023 Keith R. Porter Lecture Award from the The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). This award is named in memory of Keith R. Porter and presented to an outstanding and innovative leader at the forefront of cell biology, actively contributing fundamental new knowledge to our understanding of cell biology. Read more...

Coral Zhou, an MCB postdoc in Rebecca Heald's lab, received the 2023 Merton Bernfield Memorial Award from the The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). This award was established to honor outstanding postdocs or graduate students with member donations in memory of pediatrician and cell biologist Merton Bernfield. Read more...  

July 31, 2023

Professor Dennis Baldocchi offers personal insights into the unprecedented period of extreme weather that struck the northern hemisphere.

July 28, 2023

Morse, who serves as California's Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildland Resilience, spoke about how the state is working to prevent catastrophic wildfires during last fall's S.J. Hall Lecture.

NASA's new space telescope uses its high-resolution spectrometer to find hydrogen peroxide around Ganymede's poles and sulfur monoxide emerging from Io's volcanos

A new study finds that Earth's ecosystems absorb approximately one-third of anthropogenic carbon emissions annually, a capability that UC Berkeley researchers say would be threatened by continued global change

July 25, 2023

Omitting racial demographics from a new evaluative tool may hamper the Biden administration's efforts to address environmental inequalities.