Fall 2021 | New & Noteworthy: Faculty | Molecular and Cell Biology

Professors Greg Barton, Diana Bautista, and David Savage – Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators
Greg Barton	Diana Bautista	David Savage

Associate Professors Gloria Brar and Elçin Ünal – 2021 Pew Innovation Fund Investigators
Gloria Brar	Elçin Ünal

Assistant Professors Andrea Gomez and Liana Lareau – 2021 Rose Hill Innovators
Andrea Gomez	Liana Lareau

Professor Kathleen Collins – 2022 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Scientist Award	Professor Jennifer Doudna – 2021 Forbes 50 over 50; appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences; The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation 2021 Alma Dea Morani Award
Assistant Professor Yvette Fisher – 2021 Rennie Fund for the Study of Epilepsy and Honorable Mention 2022 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award	Professor Rebecca Heald – 2021 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Keith R. Porter Lecture Award
Professor James Hurley – Kirsch Springer Chair in Biological Sciences	Assistant Professor Megan Martik – 2021 American Heart Association Career Development Award

Professor Eva Nogales - elected Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain	Professor David Raulet – 2021 Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists and 57th Charles A. Stuart Memorial Lecture, Brown University
Professor David Schaffer – elected to the National Academy of Inventors; Andreas Acrivos Professional Progress Award from the American Institute for Chemical Engineers; Deputy Director of Bakar Labs	Professor Emeritus Jeremy Thorner – 2022 Centenary Award of the UK Biochemical Society

IN MEMORIAM: ALEXANDER GLAZER
1935–2021

We are saddened to report the passing of our former colleague Alexander Glazer on Sunday, July 18, 2021, at the age of 86. Dr. Glazer joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1976 where he served as the Chair of the Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Co-Chair of the Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology and Director of the UC Natural Reserve System. His research contributions ranged from protein chemistry and structure-function relationships in proteins to enzymology and biophysical chemistry, mechanisms involved in photosynthesis, and developing methods for high sensitivity DNA sequencing and detection. Read more about his life and professional contributions here.

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Fall 2021 | New & Noteworthy: Faculty

IN MEMORIAM: ALEXANDER GLAZER 1935–2021

IN MEMORIAM: ALEXANDER GLAZER
1935–2021