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🏅El CSIC concede su Medalla Extraordinaria al Mérito Científico a la biofísica española Eva Nogales, pionera en el uso de criomicroscopía electrónica para visualizar funciones vitales de los componentes moleculares de las células del cuerpo. bit.ly/4gsh3W7

Exciting new research insights from MCB's @moorjani_priya !

Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna, professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology, who was honored by President Biden with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation as a pioneer of CRISPR gene editing 🧬!

The Cryo-EM: the next 50 years Symposium held yesterday at UC Berkeley was a smashing success!!

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

My first time dipping my toes into science communication! I thought it would be fun to write about a group I’ve been very involved in over the last couple years in grad school and share how it’s growing. Give it a read!

This month's faculty focus interview features Bronwyn Lucas! 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

Check out the latest news from the Jay Keasling lab, 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-l…

Single-molecule live-cell RNA imaging with CRISPR–Csm go.nature.com/3EJPKsM

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-Berke… And check out one of our core facilities, Cal-Cryo: bit.ly/Cal-Cryo

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

Had a wonderful time chatting about science, dogs, and synchronized swimming with Berkeley Lab’s Suzanne Baker! I wrote just a snippet of our conversation for QB3-Berkeley ahead of her Professional in Residence talk. qb3.berkeley.edu/news/professio…

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

Graduate Student Marco Dueñas recently did an interview with QB3-Berkeley on our recent polycistronic paper out in PNASNews. Come read below! qb3.berkeley.edu/news/focus-on-…

Dive into our latest research story, "How my first fish expedition found a species on the brink of extinction." Read the story from M. Fernanda (feña) Palominos, a postdoc in UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science's Chris Martin's lab: bit.ly/QB3-fish 🐟

PhD student Maria Astolfi, Professor Jay Keasling and colleagues argue for partnerships with indigenous peoples to create a more ethical bioeconomy, one that will sustain indigenous biodiversity and bring these communities into science as equal partners. news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/30/ind…

Meet Nicolas Altemose (Nicolas Altemose), a QB3-Berkeley alum and now a Stanford University professor & Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network Investigator. He reflects on his time in the Aaron Streets lab, the power of long-read DNA sequencing & advice he'd give his past self. Read the full Q&A 👉 bit.ly/AltemoseQB3

New UC Berkeley research! The Corey Bryant and Sunnyjoy Dupuis, PhD reveal that algae remember light stress from the day and prep for it at night—like a cellular slumber party with global CO₂ implications. Read more about the new study in The Plant Cell: bit.ly/QB3_algae

Check out this piece I wrote with QB3’s awesome science communication team *highlighting* (pun intended) recent work in The Plant Cell by Valle Ojeda and yours truly! 🌱🦠🔬

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