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Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
November 04, 2019
MCB Professors Daniel Nomura and Britt Glaunsinger are featured in the current issue of Breakthroughs magazine, published by the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources.
October 31, 2019
A new paper from the labs of MCB Professor and Judy C. Webb Chair James Hurley and MCB Assistant Professor Roberto Zoncu report the discovery of a novel checkpoint in cell growth signaling: the Lysosomal Folliculin Complex (LFC).
October 29, 2019
New research from the lab of MCB Assistant Professor Stephan Lammel reveals an assortment of anatomical, physiological, and molecular biological markers that define a distinctive chronic stress-induced behavioral phenotype.
October 18, 2019
Researchers in MCB Professor of Genetics Genomics and Development and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator Nicole King's lab have found a new species of Choanoflagellate, a small single-celled protist, found in both fresh and ocean waters.
October 18, 2019
Congratulations to MCB Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jennifer Doudna on receiving the 2019 California Life Sciences Association's (CLSA) Life Sciences Leadership Award!
October 01, 2019
Congratulations to MCB Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Diana Bautista on receiving a 2019 2019 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award!
October 01, 2019
Congratulations to MCB Assistant Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis Michel DuPage on receiving a 2019 NIH Director's New Innovator Award!
September 27, 2019
On September 27, the MCB Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP) held its third annual Fall 2019 IAP Symposium. Industry experts from 9 Bay Area biotechnology companies attended representing small startups to global entities.
September 27, 2019
We are excited to announce Fyodor Urnov has officially joined MCB as a Professor in the Division of Genetics, Genomics, and Development!