The MCB Department had an extraordinary 2019! We are so grateful for our phenomenal community of students, postdocs, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
December 06, 2019
Congratulations to MCB Professor of Neurobiology Ehud Isacoff on receiving the 2020–22 Memory & Cognitive Disorders Award from the McKnight Foundation!
December 02, 2019
The Advanced Bioimaging Center was recently featured in a Seeker video about microscopy advancements and exploring the microscopic universe inside cells.
November 26, 2019
MCB Professor of Neurobiology David Schaffer has been elected as a 2019 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
November 26, 2019
Congratulations to Diana Bautista on her promotion to MCB Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology!
November 25, 2019
Recent work from graduate student Franklin Caval-Holme and MCB Professor of Neurobiology Marla Feller suggests subtypes of ipRGC cells & non-ipRGC retinal cells communicate giving the retina more light sensitivity than once believed.
November 23, 2019
“I really appreciated the academic freedom I had at UC Berkeley… I left a lot of time open for research,” says Daniel Cardozo Pinto in the new Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute article about his work to map brain circuitry with MCB Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Stephan Lammel.
Read it here.
November 15, 2019
Learn about faculty taking a stand for public access to research, our new Biology+Business Program, MCB research on the big screen, and much more...
Read the Fall 2019 MCB Transcript here.
November 12, 2019
With a $106 MM gift from the Weill Family Foundation, UC Berkeley, UCSF and UW have launched a research network to speed the development of new therapies for diseases and disorders that affect the brain and nervous system.
November 04, 2019
MCB Professors Daniel Nomura and Britt Glaunsinger are featured in the current issue of Breakthroughs magazine, published by the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources.