Oski’s turning 84!🥳Celebrate by supporting his wish: that every Cal student feels included and empowered. Donate to the Biological Sciences Undergrad Research Fund to help more students work in biology labs & spark their careers! givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/1...

Congrats to MCB's Jennifer Doudna @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 ASM Lifetime Achievement Award! 👏🥂@asm.org asm.org/press-releas...

NSF has committed $18M more to C-GEM at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, directed by QB3-Berkeley's Alanna Schepartz. The center is tackling a "Holy Grail" problem: synthesizing truly sequence-defined chemical polymers. Read more from the College of Chemistry: chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/nsf-com...

Congrats to MCB PhD alumni Paul Negulescu for receiving the 2025 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award! Triple-drug therapy for cystic fibrosis - Lasker Foundation laskerfoundation.org/winners/comb...

Check out the Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium highlighting the work of exceptional early-career scientists in the broad field of quantitative biological and biomedical sciences: Wednesday, Sept. 10th 2025 9:30AM - 1:45PM (PT): czbiohub.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Exciting research from the lab of MCB's Yang Dan! 🧪 news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/08/s...

Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being selected as a 2025 Protein Society Fellow @proteinsociety.bsky.social! 👏🎉

Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on receiving the ASBMB 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids @asbmb.bsky.social! 👍🎉

Congrats to MCB's James Nuñez @jamesknunez.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Vallee Scholar @valleefoundation.bsky.social! 🎉👏 thevalleefoundation.org/news/2025-va...

Congrats to MCB's Priya Moorjani on her promotion to MCB Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development! 👏🥂 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

If you're into startups, innovation, or university impact, don’t miss this. Startup Campus chronicles @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's rise as a global startup hub, with named contribution from the MTI's executive director, Dr. Julia Schaletzky. Learn more at news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/02/n...

Check out this recap of Berkeley's recent inaugural Bay Area Biotech Day which brought communities together to foster collaboration and accelerate the translation of cutting-edge biological discoveries into life-changing therapeutics! 🧪 @mti-ucb.bsky.social mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05096

We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098

Exciting research out of the Nayak lab! 🧪 news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/s...

Congrats to MCB's Ana Arruda on being named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences! 👏🎉 @arrudalab.bsky.social‬ www.pew.org/en/about/new...

Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on being named a 2025 ASCB Fellow! @ascbiology.bsky.social👏🎉

Congrats to MCB's Jennifer Doudna @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 ACS Priestley Medal from the @acs.org! 👏🏅 www.acs.org/pressroom/ne...

Grateful to everyone who brought #BayAreaBiotechDay to life yesterday at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! It was incredible to see the energy in the room and the cutting-edge advances shared by leaders in both academia and industry. Excited to see what’s next for biotech!

New research from Priya Moorjani's lab offers insights into India’s genomic legacy. Postdocs @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social traced Indian's ancestry to three main sources. Read the findings in this story by grad student Jules Perez: bit.ly/3IK46vh

@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social undergrads, there is still space in this course on the cellular, genetic, and developmental basis of evolution taught by Professor Nicole King and me this Fall. Find out why, as Dobzhansky, said "nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."

🧬📈 The UC Regents approved the IGI-Bakar Labs building, expanding lab space for the @innovativegenomics.bsky.social - founded by MTI board member Jennifer Doudna - and building out Bakar Labs - championed by MTI ally David Schaffer. 📰 Read more at inspire.berkeley.edu/o/crispr-res...

Out today in @natbiotech.nature.com, IGI's @urnov.bsky.social and leaders across the #biotech industry on expanding patient access to #CRISPR cures with platform technology.

Out now: Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor @jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We’re thrilled to announce IGI–Bakar Labs. This new building will allow the IGI to continue expanding our impact in health and agricultural applications of #CRISPR, and will be shared with the Bakar Labs incubator for growing biotech companies. Learn more: news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/17/c...

Thanks to the Heald lab @berkeleymcb.bsky.social for a very nice News & Views on our paper on cytoplasmic density & spindle architecture! 💚 rdcu.be/ewpa1

MTI advisor and board member @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social just teamed up with the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to unveil UCSF’s Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures. First up: 8 children receiving custom edits after Baby KJ’s landmark treatment. Details: time.com/7300257/cent... #CRISPR #RareDisease

GSA Medal recipient @nkwhiteman.bsky.social describes his scientific journey into the world of herbivorous insects and their host plants and how with genetic and genome editing tools led to findings in herbivore resistance in plants. Read more: buff.ly/w1GFmwL 2/2🧵

New preprint w/ the Dupage lab led by @jgcastillo.bsky.social! FSP1 KO in Tregs / Tcells promotes tumor suppression, highlighting the therapeutic value potential of FSP1 inhibition. New paradigm for targeting ferroptosis in immune system (not just in cancer cells). 🤩 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The ESCRT complexes are a fascinating membrane cutting machine with roles in countless cell pathways, but they are also ubiquitous in disease and offer new opportunities as drug targets. See our new review with Alyssa Coyne, Marta Miączyńska, and Harald Stenmark at tinyurl.com/yex3trem

Our work, co-led by @alfredo0712.bsky.social and @nlue8.bsky.social is out in @natsmb.nature.com Shout out to coauthors P.Grob, B. Kaeser, J.Fang, and S. Kassube for their contributions and thanks to the reviewers for the suggestions that led to the final work. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I am checking in to share this review in case you missed it. This is the first manuscript out of the lab, written together with postdoc @joshdcryoem.bsky.social, and I think it is an important starting point for designing in situ structural biology experiments

Out now in TIME — @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on IGI's new initiative, teaming up with the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to create a new center for pediatric #CRISPR cures! Read here: ow.ly/E5un50WnbCi

Amazing and multitalented postdoc @ongkaty.bsky.social taking time out from writing her new paper with this generous initiative. #genetics, #CRISPR, #drosophila, hallmarks of #cancer and more. For a great cause; support @flybase.bsky.social!

Interesting new research from the Martik lab: 🧪 news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/09/r...

Hot off the presses: our reader-friendly 2025 overview of #CRISPR clinical trials! 🧬 Check it out here: ow.ly/mRPl50WneTS

Spindle morphology changes between #meiosis and #mitosis driven by CK2 regulation of the Ran pathway, say Helena Cantwell, Rebecca Heald and colleagues @berkeleymcb.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #CellCycle #CellDivision #Development #Cytoskeleton

So proud of the smashing success of the International Course in Biophysics co-organized with my @berkeleymcb.bsky.social colleague Carlos Bustamante and University of Salamanca @usaloficial.bsky.social biophysal.org Course ends with a Keynote from Nobel Laureate Richard Henderson🥇

Congrats to MCB's Filipa Rijo-Ferreira on being named a @hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏 www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

“What we’ve done here is uncover the secret sauce that makes typical #Cas9 — the original Nobel molecule — so efficient and precise." – Co-first author Honglue Shi of the @doudna-lab.bsky.social on his recent paper in Molecular Cell Read here: innovativegenomics.org/uncovering-c...

Vertebrate retrotransposons are the future of gene therapy. But how do they insert their genes? 🔥🔥 Thrilled to share our new work now published with Kathy Collins, @nogaleslab.bsky.social @berkeleymcb.bsky.social where we investigate this with #cryoEM & biochemistry in 🧪 and cells! #RNAsky #TEsky

Congrats to MCB postdocs Aurora Alvarez-Buylla (Schepartz Lab), Grace Hibshman (Nogales Lab) and Heegwang Roh (Rapé Lab) for being selected as 2025 Jane Coffin Childs Fellows! 🎉👏 @jcchildsfund.bsky.social @nogaleslab.bsky.social @micharapelab.bsky.social www.jccfund.org/fellows/clas...

And another one for MCB's Yvette Fisher @yvetteefisher.bsky.social! 🔥Congrats on being named a @hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🥂https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars

Congrats to MCB's Yvette Fisher @yvetteefisher.bsky.social on being named a 2025 McKnight Scholar! 👏🎉 www.mcknight.org/news-ideas/2...

Congratulations to Dirk Hockemeyer on his promotion to MCB Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology! 👏🎉 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Congratulations to Gloria Brar on her promotion to MCB Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology! 👏🎉 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

What do algae do after a long day of photosynthesis? The Sabeeha Merchant lab & @sunnyjoydupuis.bsky.social tracked them day & night. These tiny powerhouses prep for stress in their sleep—findings that could reshape how we see global carbon cycling. Read more: bit.ly/QB3_algae

Congratulations to Elçin Ünal on her promotion to MCB Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development! 👏🎉 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Congrats to MCB's James Nuñez @jamesknunez.bsky.social who was recently named a Hellman Fellow by the Society for Hellman Fellows! 👏🧪 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Congrats to MCB's Meng-meng Fu @mengmengfu.bsky.social who was recently named a Hellman Fellow by the Society for Hellman Fellows! 👏🧪 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...