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Adam Arkin, Professor of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley, leads the Pro/Prebiotic Regulation for Optimized Treatment and Eradication of Clinical Threats (PROTECT) project, which recently received funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). In collaboration with UC San...Read more about Adam Arkin Leads ARPA-H-Funded Project to Combat Lung Infections Through Microbiome Engineering

Bronwyn Lucas, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Center for Computational Biology, recently received the NIH New Innovator Award. This award grants $1.5 million to support her research using cryogenic electron microscopy to develop algorithms that visualize...Read more about Bronwyn Lucas Awarded NIH New Innovator Award

Integrative Biology Professor Doris Bachtrog has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2024. She was honored in the Evolution and Ecology section of the Biological Sciences category.Read more about Doris Bachtrog Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Priya Moorjani received the NSF CAREER award (2024-2029) for her research on developing novel statistical methods to study archaic introgression. Her work will focus on applying these methods to explore the impact of archaic ancestry in modern humans.Read more about Moorjani Receives NSF CAREER Award

Nicholas Ingolia has been promoted to Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology in UC Berkeley's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) department. His lab focuses on studying how cells regulate the translation and stability of mRNAs in the cytosol, exploring how this regulation...Read more about Nicholas Ingolia Promoted to Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) appointed two prominent faculty members to new endowed chairs. Bin Yu was named the CDSS Chancellor’s Chair, holding appointments in both the Department of Statistics and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer...Read more about Jennifer Listgarten and Bin Yu Appointed to Endowed Chairs at UC Berkeley's CDSS

Bronwyn Lucas' was awarded the Searle Scholars Award Grants, which support independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry. Lucas' work focuses on the visualization of ribosome assembly within the nucleolus of cells. Her lab utilizes advanced...Read more about Bronwyn Lucas Awarded the Searle Scholars Award Grants

Noah Whiteman, Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development and Director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at UC Berkeley, explores the intricate relationship between plants and their chemical compounds in his book, "Most Delicious Poison." He explains that many plant chemicals,...Read more about Noah Whiteman: Exploring the Chemistry of Plant Toxins and Human Culture

Researchers from the Arc Institute, led by Dr. Patrick Hsu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, have discovered a new class of guide RNA, termed “bridge RNA,” that enables programmable genome editing by facilitating sequence-specific recombination. Utilizing mobile genetic...Read more about Patrick Hsu: Breakthrough in Genome Editing with Discovery of Bridge RNA

Scientists have discovered a new gene-editing tool derived from bacteria that could potentially remodel large sections of the human genome. This tool, discovered by Patrick Hsu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, and his team at the University of California, Berkeley,...Read more about Patrick Hsu: New Bacterial Gene-Editing Tool Promises Extensive Genome Remodeling

On June 18, Telluride Science will host Professor Teresa Head-Gordon from UC Berkeley for a talk titled “Ethics of Emerging Technologies: The Era of Artificial Intelligence” at 6:30 p.m. at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village. Head-Gordon, a researcher with over three decades of...Read more about Teresa Head-Gordon speaks on AI and Navigating Emerging Technologies

UC Berkeley’s Professor Lisa Barcellos received $1.46 million from the VoLo Foundation to study the effects of wildfire smoke on the DNA of residents in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Collaborating with researchers from Sonoma Technology, the National Human Genome Research Institute, and...Read more about Lisa Barcellos Study on Wildfire Smoke’s Impact on DNA Receives

UC Berkeley’s Professor Lisa Barcellos received $1.46 million from the VoLo Foundation to study the effects of wildfire smoke on the DNA of residents in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Collaborating with researchers from Sonoma Technology, the National Human Genome Research Institute, and.46 Million Grant

A new series in The Lancet, co-authored by Joseph Lewnard, associate professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, highlights that improving infection prevention could prevent over 750,000 deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) annually in low- and middle-income countries....Read more about Joseph Lewnard: Strategies to Prevent Deaths from Antimicrobial Resistance

Priya Moorjani, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, discusses groundbreaking research on Indians’ genetic ancestry. Moorjani emphasizes the significant diversity of archaic genes among Indians and their potential implications for health, particularly in disease susceptibility like...Read more about Groundbreaking research on India’s Genetic Ancestry and Ancient Human Presence