The second annual Genetics, Development and Molecular Evolution Supergroup Symposium will be on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Additional information and registration form are available here.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
April 13, 2009
MCB graduate student Hana Lee of Professor Rachel Brem’s lab was selected as one of the 2009 recipients of The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans are awarded to immigrants to the United States or children of immigrants, and are based on the candidate’s creativity, originality, and initiative; commitment to and capacity for accomplishment; and commitment to the values expressed in the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The third
March 18, 2009
Candidates for the Bowes Research Fellowship will be presenting their work at a symposium on Thursday, April 9, 2009 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building (pre and post-reception in Koshland Hall Lobby).
Speakers include:
March 12, 2009
Professor Marc Kirschner leads off an exciting program for this year's Cell & Developmental Biology Symposium on "Systems Cell Biology" on Tuesday, March 24. Please register if you plan to attend.
February 24, 2009
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology David Drubin has been selected as the next Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBC), the journal of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).
February 18, 2009
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ahmet Yildiz has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowships by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowship provides $50,000 to early-career scientists who show outstanding promise.
February 10, 2009
MCB graduate student Walter Fischler of Professor Kristin Scott's lab is the recipient of a Weintraub award for 2009. The Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recognizes outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences.
January 26, 2009
Please join us in a memorial to honor Jeffrey Winer's life and contributions to Neurobiology.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
2-4 PM
Toll Room, Alumni House, Berkeley Campus
RSVP: David Larue
Donations for a scholarship in Jeff's memory are being collected:
Jeffery Winer Memorial Scholarship:University of California
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Jeffery Winer Memorial Scholarship Fund
142 LSA #3200
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200
December 18, 2008
Five MCB faculty members have been named as 2008 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They include Associate Professor (Affiliated) of Genetics, Genomics and Development Steven Brenner, Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Jennifer Doudna,
December 16, 2008
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Robert Tjian received a $918,000 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to develop new molecular tools and novel technologies for high efficiency gene targeting in stem cells.