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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

News

All life copies DNA unambiguously into proteins. Archaea may be the exception.
UC Berkeley dean’s research inspires emerging treatment for rare bone disease
The Fall 2025 Transcript newsletter is here!
Did the first animal look like a sponge or a comb jelly? The debate continues.

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Events

Dec. 9
Regulation of cutaneous effector-triggered immunity by HSV-1
Megan Orzalli
Dec. 10
POSTPONED UNTIL FEB. 11- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Annual Capstone Lecture: Adventures in the mouse thymus: how developing T cells choose their fates
Ellen Robey
Jan. 21, 2026
Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development
Sandy Johnson
Jan. 28, 2026
Divisions of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Division of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology, and Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development
Binyam Mogessie
Jan. 29, 2026
MTx Seminar
Ross Wilson

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Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology 
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Berkeley, CA 94720-3200

Phone: (510) 643–3406

Email: mcbchair@berkeley.edu

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