Assistant Professor Yun Song has won a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, awarded to junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organization.
Sea mollusks taste their memories to build shells
University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Alistair Boettiger has amassed a beautiful collection of seashells, but not by combing the beach. He created them in his computer.
Improved method for comparing genomes as well as written texts.
Taking a hint from the text comparison methods used to detect plagiarism in books, college papers and computer programs, University of California, Berkeley, researchers have developed an improved method for comparing whole genome sequences.
Richard Karp wins 2008 Dickson Prize in Science
Dr. Richard Karp is the 2008 winner of the Dickson Prize in Science, awarded annually to the person who has been judged by Carnegie Mellon University to have made the most progress in the scientific field in the United States for the year in question.
Two CCB Affiliates Named AAAS Fellows
Associate Professor Steven Brenner and Professor Susan Marqusee have been named 2008 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society.
Yun Song awarded Packard Fellowship
Assistant Professor Yun Song is one of twenty scientists and engineers at top U.S. universities to receive $17.5 million in grant funding to advance innovative research projects through the David and Lucile Packard Foundation's Fellowships for Science and Engineering program.
Rating the Rankings
The U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis conducted by CCB Faculty Affiliate Lior Pacther, and Peter Huggins of Carnegie Mellon.
Richard Karp wins 2008 Kyoto Prize
Renowned computer theorist, and CCB faculty affiliate, Richard Karp has been named a laureate of the 2008 Kyoto Prize, Japas's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
Personal genomes may lead to vitamin supplements
University of California, Berkeley, scientists have found a welcome reason to delve into your genetic heritage: to find the slight genetic flaws that can be fixed with remedies as simple as vitamin or mineral supplements.
Mike Eisen Appointed HHMI Investigator
Associate Professor Michael B. Eisen is one of five University of California, Berkeley, faculty members to have received an appointment as Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator. [Eisen's HHMI profile]
Assistant Professor Rachel Brem has been chosen to receive the Ellison New Scholar Award in Aging. New Scholar candidates are investigators who are nominated by U.S. medical institutions and universities for their outstanding promise in aging research.
Rine, Kuriyan Elected to AAAS
Professor Jasper Rine and Professor John Kuriyan have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.
Jasper Rine Elected to the NAS
CCB Director Jasper Rine has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious societies of scholars engaged in science and engineering research.
Statistical Challenges in Genomics
For biologists, DNA microarrays are a boon and curse alike. UC Berkeley's Sandrine Dudoit is coming to their assistance with statistical and computational methods needed to analyze and understand the mind-boggingly large and intricate datasets these and other high-throughput biotechnologies generate.
Yun Song Awarded Sloan Fellowship
Assistant Professor Yun Song is one of seven UC Berkeley professors who have received a $50,000 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship.
CCB Innovation Fellows Program
The CCB's Innovation Fellows will form a much-needed cadre of experts who will interpret vast data on the human genome and find new biological insights.
Signaling an end to TB
Professor Tom Alber is characterizing a class of enzymes TB uses to sense and adapt to its environment. By learning to subvert this system, Alber is developing a means to thwart even the most stubborn strains of TB.
Computational artist extraordinaire: A conversation with Kimmen Sjölander
A feature on Bioengineering professor and CCB faculty affiliate Kimmen Sjolander which ran in the Winter 2005 issue of the College of Engineering's Forefront. Professor Sjölander is also the chair of the center's Computational and Genomic Biology Graduate Group.
First look at enzyme target for antibacterial and cancer drugs
The veil has been lifted on an enzyme critical to the process of DNA transcription and replication and a prime target of antibacterial and anticancer drugs. James Berger and his research team have produced the first 3D images of a DNA-bound Type II topoisomerase responsible for untangling coiled strands of the chromosome during cell division.