Department News

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

November 17, 2022

Rijo-FerreiraFilipa Rijo-Ferreira, Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, was chosen as one of the 2022 STAT Wunderkinds. She was selected among hundreds of nominations for her innovative research. Read more... 

November 03, 2022

Asst Teaching Prof in Residence GGEDInterested in becoming a UC Berkeley faculty member? We are now accepting applications for an Assistant Professor in Residence for the MCB Division of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution & Development (GGED).  

November 01, 2022

Hernan GarciaCongratulations to Hernan Garcia on receiving tenure and his promotion to MCB Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development!

The Garcia laboratory seeks to understand, predict, and control developmental programs. 

October 06, 2022

Yvette FisherYvette FisherAssistant Professor of Neurobiology, is a recipient of an NIH Director's New Innovator Award for her project “How Does Neuromodulation Shape the Fluidity of Spatial Working Memory?” The award was established in 2007 to support unusually innovative research from early career investigators. 

October 05, 2022

Carolyn Bertozzi NobelFormer MCB faculty and UC Berkeley alumna Carolyn Bertozzi has received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.

October 03, 2022

2022 Outstanding Postdoc AwardsWe are excited to announce the recipients of our annual MCB Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows Awards! Each year, the department honors five postdocs (one in each division) for excellence in research, leadership, and service. 

 

September 15, 2022

Asst Teaching ProfInterested in becoming a UC Berkeley faculty member? We are now accepting applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor - Artificial Intelligence & Cancer Biology. The positions are joint between MCB and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. 

September 15, 2022

Asst Teaching ProfsInterested in becoming a UC Berkeley faculty member? We are now accepting applications for two Assistant Teaching Professors - Organismal and Evolutionary Biology + Molecular & Quantitative Biology. The positions are joint between MCB and Integrative Biology. 

September 01, 2022

Rebecca HealdProfessor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology Rebecca Heald received the Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).

August 30, 2022

By Donald Rio
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology