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Molecular and Cell Biology

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James Nuñez with two students in the lab

James Nuñez, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, mentoring in the lab
 

Johnny Gan Chong

Curiosity Driven Basic Research, Education, Training and a Commitment to Public Service

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Welcome

The teaching and research activities of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) concern the molecular structures and processes of cellular life and their roles in the function, reproduction, and development of living organisms. The types of living organisms from which the departmental faculty draws its working materials range from viruses and microbes through plants, roundworms, annelids, arthropods, and mollusks to fish, amphibia, and mammals.

Research Divisions

BBS Biochemistry, Biophysics
and Structural Biology
IMM Immunology and
Molecular Medicine
CDBCell Biology, Development
& Physiology
MTX 
Molecular Therapeutics
GGD Genetics, Genomics,
Evolution, and Development

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In Memoriam: Fred Huffman Wilt
Dernburg, Penhoet and Whiteman elected 2025 AAAS Fellows
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Big Give 2026 is here!

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Events

April 8
Mobile Genomic Architects in Development and Cancer: Transposons and ecDNA 
Zhao Zhang
April 13
Cynthia A. Chan Memorial Lecture: “Statistical Structural Biology”
James Fraser
April 14
Deciphering how viruses navigate host species barriers using a fibroblast zoo
Ryan Langlois
April 15
CANCELED - Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development
CANCELED - Joseph Bondy-Denomy
April 15
Mapping genotype-phenotypic associations in non-model species
Rasmus Nielsen

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Berkeley, CA 94720-3200

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