Department News

Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.

Jasper Rine named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
April 06, 2006
Professor Jasper Rine has been named as one of twenty Howard Hughes Medical Professors. Along with the title comes an award of one million dollars for the purpose of revising the curriculum for the general biology laboratory.

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NSF REU Site in Cell, Developmental and Evolutionary Biology
February 16, 2006

Berkeley has been chosen to host a new NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program for Summer 2006. For more information and to apply see the NSF REU site.

CDB Spring Symposium, March 27
January 25, 2006

The Cell & Developmental Biology Division will be holding their spring symposium on "Frontiers in Chromosome Biology" Monday, March 27, 2006.

For program and registration infomation please visit the CDB Spring Symposium Website.

MCB Faculty Heroes
January 23, 2006

Seven MCB faculty members have been cited by students as "heroes" for going above and beyond their jobs.

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Neurobiology Faculty Recruitment
October 12, 2005
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute are seeking candidates with a Ph.D. and/or M.D. degrees for a joint faculty position in neuroscience at the level of tenure-track Assistant Professor. Research areas of particular interest include cellular, molecular, developmental, and system/computational neuroscience.

The successful candidate is expected to join the faculty beginning July 1, 2006, or thereafter.

Two MCB Faculty Members Named as MacArthur Genius Fellows
September 20, 2005

Two Assistant Professors in Molecular & Cell Biology, Lu Chen (Neurobiology) and Nicole King (Genetics, Genomics & Development), have been named as prestigious MacArthur "genius" fellows for 2005.

MacArthur fellows are selected for their "creativity, originality, and potential" and are awarded $500,000 over 5 years with unrestricted usage.

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Faculty Recruitments for MCB
September 06, 2005

The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology seeks applications for five faculty positions. We seek candidates with Ph.D. and/or M.D. degrees who have a strong interest in undergraduate and graduate teaching and demonstrated excellence, originality and productivity in research.

James Berger Awarded Schering-Plough Research Institute Award
August 29, 2005
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James Berger has been awarded

The award will be presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting to be held in San Francisco, 1-5 April 2006.

Eva Nogales Receives Chabot Science Award
August 26, 2005

Howard Hughes Investigator and Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Eva Nogales received the Cabot Science Award at the Chabot Space and Science Center's gala in June.

Dr. Nogales received the $5,000 award in recognition for her work in determining the structure of microtubules.

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Cal Evo Devo Symposium, September 9
August 17, 2005

Come join us at the first ever Cal Evo Devo Day! We would like to invite you to a half day mini-symposium about Evolution and Development research going on at Cal.

Date: Friday, September 9th

Time: 1:15-5pm, reception to follow

Place: Lipman Room, 8th floor Barrows Hall