Learn how the MCB community has risen to the challenges and unpredictability of 2020 together and read about our responses to the COVID-19 crisis, efforts to address systemic racism, and our many reasons to celebrate.

Read the Fall 2020 MCB Transcript here.

Congratulations to incoming MCB Assistant Professor Yvette Fisher on being selected to serve as an Allen Institute Next Generation Leader!

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Congratulations to MCB Professor Alanna Schepartz on receiving a 2021 American Peptide Society Vincent du Vigneaud Award!

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MCB Professor Yang Dan has received an endowed chair, which honors her distinctive achievements and acts as an enduring tribute to the funding donor.

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Congratulations to MCB Professor David Schaffer on receiving the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' (AIChE) 2020 Andreas Acrivos Professional Progress Award!

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Three MCB faculty have received endowed chairs, which honors their distinctive achievements and acts as an enduring tribute to the donor or donors who establish them.

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Congratulations to Helen Bateup on receiving tenure and her promotion to MCB Associate Professor!

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Congratulations to MCB Associate Professor Elçin Ünal on receiving the 2020 Sabri Ülker Science Award! 

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It is with great sadness we report the passing of our colleague Richard Calendar, Ph.D., who was Professor of Molecular Biology (1968-1989) and, after our reorganization of the biological sciences, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology (1989-2009), and, then, a Professor of the Graduate School (2009-2020), here at the University of California, Berkeley.

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We are pleased to announce the addition of a new MCB Professor, Doris Tsao, arriving in July 2021.

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