Professor of Immunology & Pathogenesis Mark Schlissel has been appointed as the new Dean of Biological Sciences for the College of Letters & Science. He replaces Professor of Neurobiology Geoff Owen who served as Dean since 2002.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
Emeritus Professor Gunther Stent passed away early Thursday morning, June 12th of pneumonia at his home in Haverford, Pa. He was 84 years old. Stent was Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology for 6 years (1980-86) and was the founding Chair of the newly created Department of Molecular and Cell Biology from 1987 until 1992.
June 13, 2008
Yang Dan, Abby F. Dernburg and Michael B. Eisen have received one of the most sought-after honors in biomedical research: appointment as Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators.
May 30, 2008
Rachel Brem, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development, has been chosen to receive the Ellison New Scholar Award in Aging. New Scholar candidates are investigators who are nominated by U.S. medical institutions and universities for their outstanding promise in aging research.
May 23, 2008
Leslie Chung-Lei Sheu's dogged scientific curiosity, academic success and empathy for the downtrodden have earned her the University Medal, the campus's top honor for a graduating senior.
May 14, 2008
MCB faculty member, Jamie H. D. Cate, received one of the first grants awarded by the BP-sponsored Energy Biosciences Institute.
May 06, 2008
Professor John Kuriyan and Professor Jasper Rine are among 212 scholars, scientists, artists, civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.
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April 30, 2008
Professor Michael Botchan and Professor Jasper Rine are among 72 new members and 18 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the nation's most prestigious societies of scholars engaged in science and engineering research.
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April 30, 2008
Professor John Ngai, Coates Family Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Functional Genomics Laboratory at UC Berkeley, and his colleagues have found that insulin-like growth factor (IGF) plays a critical role in setting up the connections between chemical detectors in the nose and the brain's olfactory centers.
April 01, 2008
Professor Emeritus of Immunology Robert Isaac Mishell, MD died of heart failure on March 6, 2008 at the age of 73. Co-author of 45 publications, he invented the Mishell-Dutton culture technique in 1967 which is still in use today.
Robert Isaac Mishell, MD
May 18, 1934 - March 6, 2008
March 13, 2008
The 2008 CDB Spring Symposium on the Cell Biology of Microbial Pathogenesis will be held on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008, in 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building. Visit the symposium website for information and registration.
March 06, 2008
Howard Schachman, has been selected by the UC Berkeley Emeritus Association (UCBEA) as its Distinguished Emeritus of the Year. The UCBEA noted that Professor Schachman's "...contributions to science since his retirement are staggering...". A public celebration of this recognition will be planned for the future.
January 22, 2008
May 28 - May 30, 2008, Berkeley, CA
We are pleased to announce the Integrating Evolution, Development and Genomics (IEDG) 2008 conference. This student-organized meeting is the second iteration of the evo-devo meeting held at UC Berkeley in May 2006.
Register now for this exciting, upcoming conference!
January 14, 2008
Michael Rape has been chosen to receive a $1.5M National Institutes of Health New Innovator Award.
Michael is one of 29 recipients of these awards which will be announced Wednesday, September 19, 2007, in Washington, D.C..
For additional information, please see the press release >
September 19, 2007
On August 10, 2007, the campus community lost Robert (Bob) K. Mortimer, one of its kindest, most generous, members who is justly credited as being the father of his field. Bob’s pioneering work led to thousands of scientific careers dedicated to the study of that glorious microbe, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, responsible for such pleasures of life as beer, bread, wine.
August 27, 2007
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