October 11, 2022

Fellows aid the Academy in public engagement, education, and collaborative research efforts.

A new study links changing climate conditions to the recent surge in cases of coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever

A new UC Berkeley study suggests that in many cases, age plays a more important role than genetics in determining which genes in our bodies are turned on or off, influencing our susceptibility to disease.

Yvette Fisher, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, is a recipient of an NIH Director's New Innovator Award for her project “How Does Neuromodulation Shape the Fluidity of Spatial Working Memory?” The award was established in 2007 to support unusually innovative research from early career investigators. Read more...

Yvette Fisher, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, is a recipient of an NIH Director's New Innovator Award for her project “How Does Neuromodulation Shape the Fluidity of Spatial Working Memory?” The award was established in 2007 to support unusually innovative research from early career investigators. Read more...

October 06, 2022

A study appearing in Science, co-authored by ESPM professor Jonas Meckling, identifies the political factors that allow some countries to take the lead while others lag behind.

As governments race to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a new study reveals the political factors that impact how countries respond to energy challenges

Former MCB faculty and UC Berkeley alumna Carolyn Bertozzi has received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.

Now a professor at Stanford University, Bertozzi received her PhD in chemistry from UCB in 1993 and returned to serve as faculty in the Chemistry department from 1996-2015 and joined the MCB department as faculty in 2000. 

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Former MCB faculty and UC Berkeley alumna Carolyn Bertozzi has received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.

Now a professor at Stanford University, Bertozzi received her PhD in chemistry from UCB in 1993 and returned to serve as faculty in the Chemistry department from 1996-2015 and joined the MCB department as faculty in 2000. 

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Bertozzi, who shared the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, received her Ph.D. from Berkeley. She later became a professor in the College of Chemistry, where she conducting her seminal work.

In 1972, the late Stuart Freedman and John Clauser showed that the predictions of quantum mechanics are real. Clauser shared the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.

October 03, 2022

Andrews, an PhD student ESPM and president of UC Berkeley's Graduate Student Assembly, hopes to battle climate change through environmental justice work and research that is interconnected to systems of violence and anti-Blackness.

We are excited to announce the recipients of our annual MCB Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows Awards! Each year, the department honors five postdocs (one in each division) for excellence in research, leadership, and service. 

 

BBS | David Colognori (Doudna Lab) is developing new CRISPR-based tools for studying RNA in eukaryotes. 

We are excited to announce the recipients of our annual MCB Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows Awards! Each year, the department honors five postdocs (one in each division) for excellence in research, leadership, and service. 

 

BBS | David Colognori (Doudna Lab) is developing new CRISPR-based tools for studying RNA in eukaryotes. 

September 30, 2022

ESPM professor Carl Boettiger is part of a $3.2 million project focused on standardizing how scientific data is described.

Using a variety of catalysts, the process disassembles the plastic polymer to produce propylene molecules, the building blocks of polypropylene plastics

September 27, 2022

Research by an ESPM postdoctoral researcher suggests docile raccoons possess a greater ability to learn how to obtain food than their bold counterparts.

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September 26, 2022

Led by ESPM faculty and graduate students, the collaborative effort focused on actionable changes to course material and structure.