Interested in becoming a UC Berkeley faculty member? We are now accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Cryo-Electron Tomography.

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new MCB Assistant Professor, Molly Ohainle, arriving July 2022.

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Congratulations to MCB alum David Julius on receiving the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine!

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Congratulations to our newest HHMI investigators Greg Barton, Diana Bautista, and David Savage!

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Please join use in congratulating the recipients of the 2021 MCB Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows Awards! 

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Congratulations to MCB Associate Professos Elçin Ünal and Gloria Brar for being named 2021 Innovation Fund investigators by the Pew Charitable Trusts!

Congratulations to MCB Professor Rebecca Heald on being awarded the 2021 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Keith R. Porter Lecture!

The MCB Division of Immunology & Pathogenesis and the Department of Chemistry are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor to work at the interface of immunology and chemistry. Join us in our commitment to premier education, research, and innovation!

Learn more and apply by October 22, 2021, here.

Congratulations to MCB Professor Kathleen Collins for her 2022 Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)!

We are saddened to report the passing of our former colleague Alexander Glazer on Sunday, July 18, 2021, at the age of 86. Dr. Glazer joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1976. His research contributions ranged from protein chemistry and structure-function relationships in proteins to enzymology and biophysical chemistry, mechanisms involved in photosynthesis, and developing methods for high sensitivity DNA sequencing and detection.