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Class of 1932 Endowed Professor of Chemistry, Richard Saykally, has been awarded a 2018 Helmholtz International Fellow Award for his research using X-ray spectroscopy to study the detailed chemistry of the global carbon cycle, characterizing the hydration structure and intermolecular...Read more about Professor Richard Saykally receives Helmholtz International Fellow award

The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) and InnoCentive have announced the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry as one of seven winners in the global GC3 Challenge: Developing New Preservatives for Personal Care & Household Products. Launched in April 2017, the challenge aims to...Read more about UC Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry recipient of an award for novel green preservatives

Mammoth Biosciences, the biotech startup cofounded by CRISPR researcher Jennifer Doudna, announced today that it has raised $23 million in a Series A round of financing.Read more about Mammoth Biosciences Raises M in Series A Round

Eni has announced the winners of the 11th edition of the Eni Award. Omar Yaghi has received this year's Energy Transition Award. Over the years, the award, established in 2007, has become an international point of reference for research in the energy and environmental sectors. The Eni Award...Read more about Omar Yaghi wins 2018 Eni Energy Transition Award

Imagine a future where chemists could restructure the morphine molecule to have the opiate pain management value but not the addictive side effect. That is one possible outcome of an exciting new process being reported in Science magazine from the chemistry lab of Richmond Sarpong at UC...Read more about Turning chemical bonds inside out

CRISPR in the eyes of one of its pioneers, Jennifer Doudna. Interview by Medium.Read more about Rewriting DNA for Fun and Profit

The American Chemical Society has named Chancellor’s Professor of Chemistry, Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Teresa Head-Gordon as an ACS Fellow for 2018. Head-Gordon has been recognized for her development of advanced theoretical and computational models and...Read more about Teresa Head-Gordon named ACS Fellow

Chemist Amy Prieto of Colorado State University discusses her work to commercialize a safer, more customizable batteryRead more about Alum Amy Prieto rethinks lithium-ion batteries with an eye toward storing renewable energy

Dr. Dominik Halter has been awarded a Feodor Lynen fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, to join the chemistry research group of Professor Jeffrey Long as a postdoctoral researcher. Halter’s research at Berkeley will focus on the development of new metal-organic frameworks...Read more about Feodor Lynen fellow Domink Halter joins research group of Jeffrey Long