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Novartis’s NOVN.S research head expects an alliance with a University of California chemistry lab to produce drug...Read more about Novartis forges UC Berkeley pact, sees drug hopefuls in three years

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a key region within the Cas9 protein that governs how accurately CRISPR-Cas9 homes in on a target DNA sequence, and have t...Read more about Discovery helps engineer more accurate Cas9s for CRISPR editing

Peidong Yang and fellow Berkeley Lab scientists discover critical role of nanoparticle transformation.Read more about Copper catalyst yields high efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion

The College of Chemistry is very pleased to announce that Dr. Paula Hammond, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT, will present this year’s Dow Chemical lecture series on Chemical and Biomolecular...Read more about MIT's Dr. Paula Hammond to present this year’s Dow Chemical Lecture Series

UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry Professor Omar M. Yaghi has been selected to receive the 2017 Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) International Award.Read more about Professor Omar M. Yaghi wins 2017 Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry International Award

Alivisatos is one of the most experienced administrators on a campus -- a campus professor of chemistry who previously served as the campus vice chancellor for research,...Read more about Paul Alivisatos is UC Berkeley’s new provost — is this his final stop?

Two years ago, Jeffrey Long accidentally stumbled across a cooperative adsorbent when he created a MOF that adsorbed carbon dioxide far better than other materials. The CO binding flips the spin state of iron, hence Long's terminology for the material:...Read more about Hints from hemoglobin lead to better carbon monoxide storage

Peidong Yang and fellow scientists have developed a new recipe for creating synthesis gas mixtures, or syngas, that involves adding a pinch of copper atoms sprinkled atop a gold surface.Read more about Scientists fine-tune system to create ‘syngas’ from CO2

CRISPR is the cheapest, simplest, and most effective way of manipulating DNA. It has the power to give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers. It could even help address the world's hunger crisis. But, it may result in unforeseen consequences. The technology could lead to...Read more about CRISPR: A Crack in Creation

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Thomas Maimone has been awarded the 2017 National Fresenius Award sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon, the National Chemistry Honor Society.Read more about Maimone wins 2017 National Fresenius Award