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Chris Chang has shown that changes in concentration of copper at the synapse can switch on or off signaling between neurons.
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Photos from the College of Chemistry's Commencement 2016 ceremony.
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Daniel Nomura and fellow researchers have found a long-elusive Achilles' heel within "triple-negative" breast tumors, a common type of breast cancer that is difficult to treat.
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UC Berkeley Chemistry ranked #1
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Chemistry professor Graham R. Fleming has won the Royal Chemistry Society’s Faraday Lectureship Prize 2016.Read more about Fleming wins RSC Faraday Prize
A new technique for taking snapshots of molecules with atomic precision is turning up chemicals scientists shouldn’t be able to see.
Read the article.Read more about Fischer and fellow researchers use atomic force microscope to reveal chemical ghosts
Chemistry professor Naomi Ginsberg has been named one of thirteen Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2016.Read more about Ginsberg selected for Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Meet CBE student Chun Man Chow and the other 2016 University Medalist runners-up. Read the article.Read more about Meet the 2016 University Medalist runners-up
Peidong Yang among six UC Berkeley faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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The Washing Post interviews Jennifer Doudna on the heated ethical and legal debates triggered by the discovery of CRISPR.
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