Professor of Neurobiology and Director of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute Ehud Isacoff has received an NSF Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) Award to develop a new technology that uses light to tweak the synapses of brain cells to determine how they process information during learning and memory.
Department News
Below are articles from various sources about members of MCB and their research.
August 20, 2014
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) is soliciting applications for a new faculty member studying the biology of cancer; this position is open at any level (tenure-track or tenured). We seek candidates interested in the mechanisms of cancer and treatment of this disease with a primary focus on human cancer or mammalian models. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the genetics and epigenetics of cancer in humans or mouse models, tumor-host interactions, tumor metastasis, tumor immunology, cancer genomics, and the use of mouse models to dissect mechanisms of tumor initiation and progression.
August 20, 2014
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) is soliciting applications for a faculty position in Emerging and Neglected Diseases; this position is open at any level (tenure-track or tenured). We seek candidates focused on microbiology, immunology, and/or infectious disease. Research on pathogens or infectious disease mechanisms with significance for global health is of particular but not exclusive interest.
August 20, 2014
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI) are soliciting applications for a new faculty member at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track), with a half-time appointment in each of the two departments. We seek applicants studying fundamental aspects of nervous system function, in the broad areas of molecular/cellular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, neurodegenerative disease, or neural circuit function.
July 26, 2014
Professor Emerita of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Judith Klinman has received the 2015 Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry, presented by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB).
July 24, 2014
We are saddened to announce the death of Professor Emeritus Richard Steinhardt.
June 26, 2014
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development Elçin Ünal has been selected as one of 22 2014 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. The award supports promising early-career scientists in the health sciences, particularly young researchers with innovative approaches and ideas. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Roberto Zoncu has been selected as a member of the inaugural class of Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research, which supports promising early career scientists whose research may accelerate discovery and advance progress to a cure for cancer.
June 24, 2014
Howard Hughes Investigator, Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jennifer Doudna and European colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier are the winners of the 2014 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, awarded by Johnson & Johnson. Their collaboration led to the discovery of a new method for precisely manipulating genetic information in ways that should produce new insights in health and disease and may lead to new drug targets.
June 20, 2014
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology Jeremy Thorner is a co-editor of a book titled Signal Transduction recently published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Contributors include Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Iswar Hariharan and former MCB graduate student (Thorner Lab) David Julius.
June 18, 2014
Three members of the MCB department are co-authors on an article recently published in the journal Nature. Senior author Assistant Professor Lin He, together with Assistant Professor Polina Lishko and Professor Richard Harland, describe a new role for non-coding RNAs in formation of cilia.