A Berkeley Lab team led by Dr. Gary Karpen, Adjunct Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, "uncovered evidence that heterochromatin organizes large parts of the genome into specific regions of the nucleus using liquid-liquid phase separation, a mechanism well-known in physics but whose importance for biology has only recently been revealed."
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Kaoru Saijo, Assistant Professor of Immunology & Pathogenesis, is one of 22 exceptional early-career researchers appointed as 2017 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Saijo will study how immune cells in the brain play a role in the development of depression.
What has MCB been up to? Learn about some of our incoming faculty, undergraduate research projects, our faculty entrepeneurs, graduate students giving back to the community, and more! Read the print version of the MCB Transcript from Spring 2017.
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Hillel Adesnik's lab has a new paper accepted in Neuron. They examine spatial coding in the rodent whisker system during active sensation and the resulting cortical representation of the scanned space.
The MCB Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP) kickoff event on May 12th was a great success! MCB faculty, postdocs and students enjoyed networking with representatives from a variety of innovative bioscience companies including Agenovir, AstraZeneca, Acerta Pharma, Biotech Partners, Driver, Grifols, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 10x Genomics and 4D Moelcular Therapeutics. To learn more about the IAP program or participate in future events, please email mcbiap@berkeley.edu or read more here.
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