Department News

Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.

September 16, 2020


The Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, announced yesterday their first-round grantees of the ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN). MCB professors of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology James Hurley and Donald Rio are leading two of the teams.

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September 15, 2020


Congratulations to MCB Associate Professors Polina Lishko and Roberto Zoncu, who will collaborate with fellow reseachers as part of the 2020 class of Pew Trusts Innovation Fund investigators! 

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September 10, 2020


Learn more about the latest efforts from the MCB community to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and and end the COVID-19 pandemic through innovative research, new collaborations, and public service here.

September 10, 2020


Congratulations to MCB Professor Russell Vance on receiving the 2020 William B. Coley Award in recognition of his work on the cGAS-STING pathway.

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September 08, 2020


Image courtesy UC Berkeley Digital Gallery, Keegan Houser.

The MCB department is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 PhD Commencement Honors and we congratulate the awardees!

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August 25, 2020


MCB is excited to welcome all of our new students this fall!

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August 11, 2020


Congratulations to MCB Associate Professor Polina Lishko and her Postdoctoral Fellow, Ana Milunovic Jevtic, on receiving inaugural awards from the Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity and Equality (GCRLE)!

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August 11, 2020

A new study assesses newborn screening techniques that promise parents the detection of rare metabolic disorders.

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July 31, 2020

Congratulations to MCB graduate student Santiago Yori Restrepo on being selected as one of the 45 doctoral students and their advisors to received a 2020 Gilliam Fellowship!

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July 30, 2020

Out today in Science Magazine, a recent collaboration between MCB Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jennifer Doudna and David Liu of the Broad Institute could lead to improved gene editing. Read the Berkeley News story here.