Department News

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

December 02, 2019

The Advanced Bioimaging Center was recently featured in a Seeker video about microscopy advancements and exploring the microscopic universe inside cells. 

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November 26, 2019

MCB Professor of Neurobiology David Schaffer has been elected as a 2019 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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November 26, 2019

Congratulations to Diana Bautista on her promotion to MCB Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology!

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November 25, 2019

Recent work from graduate student Franklin Caval-Holme and MCB Professor of Neurobiology Marla Feller suggests subtypes of ipRGC cells & non-ipRGC retinal cells communicate giving the retina more light sensitivity than once believed. 

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November 23, 2019


“I really appreciated the academic freedom I had at UC Berkeley… I left a lot of time open for research,” says Daniel Cardozo Pinto in the new Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute article about his work to map brain circuitry with MCB Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Stephan Lammel.

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November 15, 2019

Fall 2019 MCB Transcript
Learn about faculty taking a stand for public access to research, our new Biology+Business Program, MCB research on the big screen, and much more... 

Read the Fall 2019 MCB Transcript here.

November 12, 2019

With a $106 MM gift from the Weill Family Foundation, UC Berkeley, UCSF and UW have launched a research network to speed the development of new therapies for diseases and disorders that affect the brain and nervous system. 

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November 04, 2019

MCB Professors Daniel Nomura and Britt Glaunsinger are featured in the current issue of Breakthroughs magazine, published by the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources.

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October 31, 2019

A new paper from the labs of MCB Professor and Judy C. Webb Chair James Hurley and MCB Assistant Professor Roberto Zoncu report the discovery of a novel checkpoint in cell growth signaling: the Lysosomal Folliculin Complex (LFC).

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October 29, 2019

New research from the lab of MCB Assistant Professor Stephan Lammel reveals an assortment of anatomical, physiological, and molecular biological markers that define a distinctive chronic stress-induced behavioral phenotype.

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