Department News

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

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.

July 28, 2020


We sent our MCB PhD class of 2020 off in style last week with an online celebration to mark the occasion. 

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July 24, 2020

Researchers in the lab of Judith Klinman are exploring how PQQ is made in bacteria to understand and unlock the potential health benefits of PQQ in the foods we eat. 

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July 20, 2020


Over the past several months, our scientific community has united to find ways to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and end the COVID-19 pandemic. We've created a dedicated COVID-19 news page with the latest efforts from the MCB community.

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July 16, 2020

Researchers Patrick Pausch and Basem Al-Shayeb are first authors of a paper describing CasPhi that will appear this week in the journal Science

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