Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Eva Nogales and Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Robert Glaeser are among nine UC Berkeley faculty members newly elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
April 14, 2016
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Hernan Garcia is one of 15 scientists named as 2016 Searle Scholars. The exceptional young scientists are selected for their potential to make significant contributions to chemical and biological research over the course of their careers.
April 14, 2016
MCB Affiliate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development and Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology Steven Brenner was elected as a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) for his significant contributions to protein analysis and genetics.
April 13, 2016
Associate Adjunct Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Fyodor Urnov's career is featured in the April edition of ASBMB Today. His current endeavors target the inherited blood diseases beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell, offering alternatives to current treatments through gene editing, while still inspiring Berkeley undergraduates.
April 12, 2016
A collaboration between Professor of Neurobiology Richard Kramer's lab and Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Hillel Adesnik's lab has yielded a genetically-targeted photochemical toolkit to control GABA A receptors, and they have proven its effectiveness.
April 11, 2016
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Hillel Adesnik and his research team have designed a microscope that allows watching and controlling individual brain cells in real-time through optogenetics. Incredibly, neural patterns can be mapped out and played back to induce specific behaviors.
April 08, 2016
Here's one for the biochemistry textbooks: using cryo-EM, MCB Professor and LBNL scientist Eva Nogales and her team have made a significant breakthrough, showing with unprecedented detail the role of a powerhouse transcription factor known as TFIID.
April 06, 2016
How has research at UC Berkeley on a soil bacterium called Listeria monocytogenes led to new approaches to cancer treatment? Read the latest from the Cancer Research Lab.
April 06, 2016
Back by popular demand: Open MIC's Instrument of the Month series is back with a post on not just one, but two instruments: Serenity and Morpheus.
April 01, 2016
MCB Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jennifer Doudna has been named an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group.