Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Christopher Chang, and Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Michelle Chang, along with their colleague Peidon Yang, have made a potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
April 16, 2015
Time Magazine has just named Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jennifer Doudna as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2015. She and Emmanuelle Charpentier were recognized for their discovery of using CRISPR-Cas9 to remove or add genetic material at will.
April 13, 2015
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis Kaoru Saijo has been named a 2015 Searle Scholar along with 14 other talented young scientists from institutions all over the United States.
April 10, 2015
Professor (Affiliated) of Genetics, Genomics and Development Steve Brenner heads up a portion of a five-year research program that may deeply influence how states use a heel prick, the first step in newborn screening. Most state public health departments check the infant’s blood after the first day of life to see if something is dangerously wrong. However, as genome sequencing becomes faster and cheaper, the push is on to unravel a baby’s entire DNA code instead.
April 08, 2015
Professor and biochemist Jennifer Doudna and Professor and biophysicist Eva Nogales led a study that showed how a CRISPR-Cas surveillance complex in the bacterial immune system is able to target specific sites on an RNA molecule for the destruction of invaders.
April 08, 2015
Recent findings by Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology David Bilder and his lab could lead to the development of much-needed targeted therapies for wasting syndrome in cancer patients (this syndrome is called cachexia, where muscle and fat tissues are destroyed throughout the body).
April 07, 2015
An iBioSeminar presented by Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Nicole King has just been released. Watch now!
April 07, 2015
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural BiologyJamie Cate and postdoctoral fellows Amy Lee and Philip Kranzusch discover a new way that human cells control cancer gene expression at the step where genes are translated into proteins.
April 01, 2015
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Dirk Hockemeyer has received an American Association of Anatomists Young Investigator Award for his contributions to the field of developmental biology.
March 31, 2015
New research out of the Raulet lab suggests a mechanism explaining why Natural Killer cells are sometimes rendered ineffective, and even more excitingly, suggests a therapeutic approach for re-awakening them to attack tumors.