Jeremy Thorner, in company with the likes of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt and UC Berkeley alumna and chef Alice Waters, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
Matthew D. Welch has been selected to receive the American Association of AnatomistsÌâ‰Ûªs 2007 R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology. This award is presented annually for Ìâ‰ÛÏdistinguished contribution to the advancement of anatomy, through discovery, ingenuity, and publications in the field of cell biology.
The press release is available here
Professor Jeffery Winer has been selected as a recipient of the 2007 Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs. This award recognizes faculty who have provided GSIs outstanding mentorship in teaching at Berkeley. Professor Winer was selected for the award based on nominations submitted by GSIs from MCB.
Professor Caroline Kane has been selected as recipient of the 2007
Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence.
Professor Kane is among four distinguished recipients of this award from
across the campus.
MCB Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental
Biology Michael Rape has been awarded the Kimmel Scholars Award. This award provides $100,000 per year
for two years for young investigators engaged in cancer-related research.
For more information see http://www.kimmel.org/About41.html
To faculty, postdocs and students in MCB:
On Tuesday March 27 the Division of Cell and Development Biology and the UCB Stem Cell Center will be co-sponsoring a one-day symposium on "Frontiers in Tumor Biology".
We have a great lineup of speakers and you can download a pdf poster advertising the meeting here.
MCB graduate students Carolyn Phillips and Gianna Hammer have received the 2007 Harold M. Weintraub award.
Gianna completed her Ph.D. in the Fall semester in the Nilabh Shastri lab working on antigen processing in the endoplasmic reticulum. Carolyn will complete her Ph.D this semester in the Dernburg lab working on understanding fundamental mechanisms of chromosome segregation.
Located under the new Career Management tab on the MCB home page is a new resource for biomedical post grads. It includes a Jobs
Cell & Developmental Biology Professor Rebecca Heald has been awarded one of thirteen 2006 NIH Pioneer Awards, which provides $2.5 million over five years to support "high-risk" research.
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The Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute, with participation from MCB and other departments, is currently recruiting for two faculty positions. Details are available here.