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Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
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Last week our REU scholars celebrated the end of a rewarding and productive program with the NSF REU Summer Research Symposium. Learn more about the event's highlights and the exciting research performed this summer.
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The season and the 2021 NSF REU summer research program is coming to an end. As we take time to reflect on an exciting summer of hands-on research and learning, meet two faculty PIs with some helpful tips, Rebecca Heald and Gian Garriga.
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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.
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At any given time, faculty PIs are juggling multiple teaching, research, and administration responsibilities. They provide the infrastructure and support required for their lab to function, their group to conduct research, and their trainees to grow and mature. This week, meet two hard-working, enthusiastic, and compassionate PIs, Elçin Ünal and Denis Titov.
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This week, learn about a scholar who's eager to be learning hands-on laboratory techniques for the first time and a mentor who's excited to share her enthusiasm for research and bench work with the next generation of researchers. Meet Den Arthur Lipata and Maiko Kitaoka.
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Time flies—the NSF REU summer research program is more than halfway through! For week five of our summer research profile series, we're introducing members of the Ünal lab. Meet Lizet Reyes Rodas and Anthony Harris.
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Get ready for week four of our 2021 NSF REU summer research profile series. This week, meet Pedro X. Medina and Gregory Barton.
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Congratulations to Andrea Gomez and Liana Lareau on being named 2021 Rose Hill Innovators!
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It's week three of our 2021 NSF REU summer research profile series! This week, meet Lance Li and Valerie Vargas-Zapata.