Can “good” bacteria in your mouth fight cavities? New research from QB3-Berkeley's Wenjun Zhang has identified gene clusters that help oral microbes form biofilms, and she hopes to harness their power. Read more from UC Berkeley: news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/04/c...

Shining a light on misleading data! Grad students Owen Lin & Kylee Hillman in the Landry Lab have won an NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize for quantifying how many bio papers misuse data viz techniques. Read the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry story: chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/shining...

Thrilled to see QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Iain Clark named among this year's Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research. He'll use his four-year grant to examine the genetic underpinnings of one of the most lethal and poorly understood forms of leukemia. ls.berkeley.edu/news/four-uc...

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...

Is oxytocin just the “love hormone"? New research co-authored by QB3-Berkeley's Markita Landry suggests it might also be a factor in forming friendships. Read the full story from the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social news team: news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/11/i...

Faculty focus on: Allon Wagner! A computer scientist by training, he works with his team to investigate how immune cell metabolism is disrupted in immune-related diseases. Read our interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty...

Jennifer Doudna has been named the 2026 Priestley Medalist by @acs.org for her pioneering work on CRISPR and global science leadership. A well-deserved honor! Her discoveries have revolutionized gene editing and transformed the future of medicine. cen.acs.org/people/award...

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

Congratulations to Usha Lingappa for receiving a 2025 Branco Weiss Fellow! The fellowship will support Usha's research on algal contributions to soil carbon cycling as she continues her work as a postdoc in Sabeeha Merchant's lab in @natureatcal.bsky.social‬. Read more: bit.ly/lingappa-congrats

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

QB3-Berkeley alum spotlight: Nicolas Altemose (@naltemose.bsky.social), now a Stanford professor and CZ Biohub Investigator, shares how his time in the Streets lab shaped his research journey—from developing new tech to mentoring the next generation. 📖 Full interview here: bit.ly/AltemoseQB3

🧬 Announcing the 2025 Innovator Awardees! Proud to support 6 researchers with $90K + resources. 🔬Lareau: CRISPR for retinitis pigmentosa 🧪Hurley: Cancer inhibitors ✨Sherriff & Olzmann: Molecular glues 🥼Welch: Sleeping sickness 🧫Isacoff: Fast-acting antidepressants Advancing innovation at Berkeley

Check my article contribution for @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social about the Chichancanab pupfish radiation! 🐟😍

Dive into our latest research story, "How my first fish expedition found a species on the brink of extinction." Read the story from @fishfena.bsky.social, a postdoc in @fishspeciation.bsky.social's lab: bit.ly/QB3-fish 🐟

Thrilled to share that my first first-author paper is officially out as a PNAS direct submission! In this study, we uncovered the mechanism diving polycistronic expression in green algae! Come check it out below: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

This month's interview is with Marco Dueñas! Marco is a PhD candidate in Sabeeha Merchant’s lab in @berkeleymcb.bsky.social and @natureatcal.bsky.social. He chats with us about his recent paper in @pnas.org, overcoming research challenges, and more. Read the story: bit.ly/m-duenas

This month's interview is with @natureatcal.bsky.social Prof. Andreas Stahl: "The biggest inspiration comes from the excitement of discovery. Few things are more rewarding than forming a bold hypothesis & seeing it hold true—or discovering something unexpected." Read more: bit.ly/Andreas-Stahl-QB3

It's #CalBigGive — UC Berkeley's annual day of giving! A gift to QB3-Berkeley today supports essential infrastructure like our core research facilities. Give to QB3-Berkeley: bit.ly/Give2QB3-Berkeley And check out one of our core facilities, Cal-Cryo: bit.ly/Cal-Cryo

Congratulations to all the new Berkeley NAE inductees, including our collaborator of ~20y and former @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social director Dave Schaffer! Well-deserved and long overdue!!

Single-molecule live-cell RNA imaging with CRISPR–Csm - @doudna-lab.bsky.social @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social go.nature.com/3EJPKsM

Check out the latest news from @lbnlbiosci.bsky.social's Jay Keasling, published in Nature Catalysis: QB3-Berkeley researchers engineer biological assembly-line enzymes to create new, sustainable products. Read the story from grad student Leah Keiser: bit.ly/bio-assembly-line

Check out the latest news from the Jay Keasling lab, published in @NatureCatalysis: QB3-Berkeley researchers engineer biological assembly-line enzymes to create new, sustainable products. Read the story from grad student Leah Keiser: bit.ly/bio-assembly-l…

This month's faculty focus interview features Bronwyn Lucas! @bronwynalucas.bsky.social on running a lab: "It’s about equipping the people in my lab to tackle challenges & mentoring them as they develop their own approaches." Read more on our website: bit.ly/QB3_Bronwyn

In our first story of 2025, MCB and CCB grad student Meaghan Marohn highlights UC Berkeley's Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics. Check out the story: bit.ly/BerkeleyCTEG

Ahmet Yildiz is our final faculty focus interview of the fall semester! He chats with us about the @Yildiz_Lab's research, how he faces setbacks & how he went from the youngest of 7 growing up in rural Turkey to a @UCBerkeley scientist. Read the story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

.@UCBerkeley's talented grad students & postdocs arrive on campus with a diverse set of skillsets, experiences & backgrounds. Check out this terrific story from @BerkeleyBioE grad student Jazmin Isabel Velazquez about some of our trainees! Read the story: bit.ly/PathstoBerkeley

An interdisciplinary group of researchers from the @M_delCarpio & @AnnalieseBeery labs is exploring the molecular mechanisms of friendship in prairie voles using fluorescent carbon nanotube sensors. Read more in this story from grad student Sophia Tomatz bit.ly/3TVEgXV

We're back with our faculty focus interview series! First up: Leah Guthrie, a @BerkeleyBioE faculty member & @QB3 faculty affiliate. Read the interview to learn more about the Guthrie lab's research, what inspires the lab's work & advice for trainees. bit.ly/GuthrieQB3

In our latest news story, @CCBBerkeley & @Cal_Engineer postdoc Sindy Li writes about an interdisciplinary QB3-Berkeley Bioscience Meeting on the “One Health” approach and its potential as a framework for bioscience researchers. qb3.berkeley.edu/news/qb3-berke…

Stanley Hall's newest resident has arrived: Theia! The new @thermofisher microscope on the @UCBerkeley campus will be outfitted with the laser phase plate. Thanks to @TheMuellerLab with support from @cziscience!

Our final interview of the spring semester is with Karthik Shekhar who discussed his lab's research, advice for students, and the value of #SciComm for scientists and the public. And more! Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

Check out our interview with Professor Matt Francis: "It continually amazes me to see how creative and innovative @UCBerkeley's students are...I have always looked at this group as a big collaboration between me and all of the trainees." Read more: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

Iain Clark in our latest interview: “The greatest reward for me in science has always been the possibility of discovering or building something new. Getting to explore an idea that no one has worked on before, even if it’s small, is a great joy for me.” qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

New research from the @NogalesLab and the Kathleen Collins lab: New technique for inserting genes into a "safe harbor" in the genome would complement CRISPR gene editing. news.berkeley.edu/2024/02/20/jun…

Samantha Lewis was recently selected for this year's Prytanean Faculty Enrichment Award. Join us in congratulating @SamLewisPhD! Read more on QB3-Berkeley: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/lewis-pry…

Our latest interview is with Judith Klinman: "My advice: be a squeaky wheel for yourself. Women are often silent and taught to behave themselves, but I think that every young budding female scientist must be their own squeaky wheel." Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

Cofounded by @QB3 faculty member Irina Conboy, Generation Lab is creating an anti-aging test kit & personalized aging intervention to help people understand their biological clocks & disease risk. Read more from @SutardjaCenter: scet.berkeley.edu/scet-alum-and-…

What advice would you give to students interested in your field? "To observe and question everything. To read, to listen, to engage with hands-on research." -Eva Nogales Read our interview with recent @ShawPrize winner @NogalesLab: bit.ly/QB3-Nogales

New in @BioSpace: How can higher ed help academically oriented startups flourish? @QB3's @BakarLabs_UC offers a model. biospace.com/article/incuba…

Fresh from @UCBLettersSci: Great interview with QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Michael Rapé (@RapeLab) about the new Division of Molecular Therapeutics launching in @berkeleyMCB this fall. Check it out: qb3.berkeley.edu/faculty-news/b…

In 2013, @BenjaminLOakes faced a difficult choice between two QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliates: Should he pursue his PhD with @doudna_lab or @SavageCatsOnly? 🤔 He chose both! Read about their work at @ScribeTx to advance #CRISPR-based gene editing tools: forbes.com/sites/alexknap…

Does improved water, sanitation & hygiene lead to fewer antibiotic-resistant bacteria? 🚰🦠 New in the @LancetMicrobe: QB3-Berkeley affiliate Amy Pickering (@SeqH2O) & team performed an ecological study that found exactly that. engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2023/06/g…

How sensitive is photosynthesis? 🌱☀️ According to new research in @Nature co-authored by QB3-Berkeley affiliate & @BerkeleyLab senior scientist Graham Fleming, the reaction can start with a single photon. newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/06/14/pho…

Congratulations to Professor Shekhar — honored with not one, but TWO different teaching awards this semester! 🏆🏆 x.com/shekharlab/sta…

Congrats & kudos to QB3 faculty affiliate Eva Nogales (@NogalesLab) of @BerkeleyMCB & @BerkeleyLab, honored with a 2023 @ShawPrize for her pioneering electron microscopy research that elucidated the earliest steps of gene transcription. newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/05/31/eva…

Science has been considered a purely objective field of study. But, as QB3-Berkeley's Aaron Streets (@airstreets) of @BerkeleyBioE tells @IvanVNatividad, it is important for those who conduct that research “to represent the full diversity of human genetic variation.” x.com/UCBerkeley/sta…

This week in @Nature: A team led by QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Daniel Rokhsar has identified the earliest common ancestor of all animals—comb jellies, or ctenophores. x.com/bobthesciguy/s…

Congratulations to former QB3-Berkeley Director Susan Marqusee (@MarquseeLab), who will lead the @NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences starting June 30. 🎉 x.com/UCBerkeley/sta…

AsparaGlue, a #MedTech startup led by @QB3 faculty affiliate Phillip Messersmith (@ProfMessersmith) of @BerkeleyBioE, is one of the 1st three companies accepted to the program. x.com/SkyDeck_Cal/st…

Congrats to biochemist & QB3 faculty affiliate Donald Rio of @BerkeleyMCB, among the latest class of @theNASciences members for his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. 👏 x.com/UCBerkeley/sta…