Department News

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

October 16, 2024

Akanksha Thawani STAT WunderkindMCB postdoc Akanksha Thawani (Nogales & Collins Labs) was selected as a 2024 STAT Wunderkind. This award recognizes Thawani as an outstanding early-career scientist and is for her research on Unraveling the mysteries of ‘the next CRISPR’.

October 10, 2024

Bruce AmesIt is with great sadness we report the passing of Bruce N. Ames, who served as professor of biochemistry from 1968 to 1989, and then professor of molecular and cell biology from 1989 to 2000, and thereafter as a senior scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute from 2000 to 2018.

October 10, 2024

MCB alumnus David Baker received Nobel PrizeFormer MCB graduate student David Baker (PhD 1989) shared in this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for computational protein design". While at Berkeley, he conducted his doctoral dissertation research on protein transport and protein trafficking in yeast in the lab of Professor Randy Schekman.

October 08, 2024

Lucas and Zhang receive NIH New Innovator AwardsAssistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Bronwyn Lucas and Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Molecular Therapeutics Ziyang Zhang are both among the 2024 NIH Director's New Innovator Awardees.

September 25, 2024

Hernan GarciaAssociate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development Hernan Garcia has received The 2025 Michael and Kate Bárány Award from the Biophysical Society.

September 23, 2024

2024 Outstanding Postdoc AwardsWe are excited to announce the recipients of our annual MCB Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows Awards! Each year, the department honors postdocs for excellence in research, leadership, and service. 

 

September 23, 2024

Andrea GomezAssistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology Andrea Gomez was selected for Science News’ 2024 10 Scientists to Watch list. This honor recognizes early- and mid-career scientists doing leading-edge research.

September 16, 2024

Nicholas IngoliaCongratulations to Nicholas Ingolia on his promotion to MCB Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology!

September 09, 2024

Laurent CoscoyCongratulations to Laurent Coscoy on his promotion to MCB Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine!

September 06, 2024

Ahmad NabhanWelcome to MCB's newest faculty member, Ahmad Nabhan, who will join us as an assistant professor of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology (CDP) on January 1, 2025. Nabhan's research is focused on decoding and recoding stem/niche communication in regeneration and fibrosis.