News
John Hartwig: The 2019 Wolf Prize and the importance of fundamental research in the discovery of synthetic catalysts
In a press release issued in January by the Wolf Foundation in Israel, it was announced that Professors John Hartwig and Stephen Buchwald (MIT) had been jointly awarded the 2019 Wolf Prize in Chemistry for independently harnessing cross coupling for the making of carbon-heteroatom bonds. The...Read more about John Hartwig: The 2019 Wolf Prize and the importance of fundamental research in the discovery of synthetic catalysts
Celebrating International Women's Day: Frances Arnold is honored at UC Berkeley
Frances Arnold admits it will be an emotional moment Friday when, as winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, she’ll be the featured attraction at UC Berkeley for a Dean’s Dinner and reception at the College of Chemistry.Read more about Celebrating International Women's Day: Frances Arnold is honored at UC Berkeley
Jean Fréchet: From self-healing phone screens to self-driving cars
New research led by Professor emeritus Jean M.J. Fréchet, a leading American chemist, has led to the development of innovative polymeric carriers for transportation of drugs and vaccines inside the human body, and the design of electroactive polymers used for organic transistors and solar cells...Read more about Jean Fréchet: From self-healing phone screens to self-driving cars
Alumna Emily Derbyshire looks for malaria’s vulnerabilities
As alumna Emily Derbyshire was wrapping up her PhD in 2008 at UC Berkeley's College of Chemistry and considering where to do her postdoc, Derbyshire gravitated toward malaria. “It was a problem that was not getting a lot of attention at the time,” despite its large human impact, she says. That’...Read more about Alumna Emily Derbyshire looks for malaria’s vulnerabilities
Frances Arnold: from graduate student to Nobel Laureate
In the early 1980s, the lab of College biomolecular engineer Harvey Blanch brought together an adventurous group of young researchers and launched them on long and successful careers. One of them, Caltech professor Frances Arnold, has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discoveries in...Read more about Frances Arnold: from graduate student to Nobel Laureate
Yeast produce low-cost, high-quality cannabinoids
UC Berkeley synthetic biologists have engineered brewer’s yeast to produce marijuana’s main ingredients—mind-altering THC and non-psychoactive CBD—as well as novel cannabinoids not found in the plant itself. Medical research on the more than 100 other chemicals in marijuana has been difficult,...Read more about Yeast produce low-cost, high-quality cannabinoids
Emeritus professor Jean Fréchet awarded King Faisal Prize in Science
Professor Jean M. J. Fréchet, UC Berkeley professor emeritus and Allen Bard, Professor of Chemistry at UT Austin have been named co-Laureates of the 2019 King Faisal Prize in Science. The award, announced on January 13, cites Fréchet's pioneering work and seminal contributions in the areas of...Read more about Emeritus professor Jean Fréchet awarded King Faisal Prize in Science
Undergraduates kickoff mentorship fundraising initiative
our undergraduate students are raising funds for a peer mentorship and alumni advising program. The campaign goals include: Expand the role of the current Peer Advisors to include tailored peer-to-peer student mentorships; grow the peer-to-peer mentorship program to include alumni and...Read more about Undergraduates kickoff mentorship fundraising initiative
With nanotubes, genetic engineering in plants is easy-peasy
New research reported from the lab of Markita Landry announces scientists could make genetically engineering any type of plant—in particular, gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9—simple and quick. To deliver a gene, the researchers grafted it onto a carbon nanotube, which is tiny enough to slip easily...Read more about With nanotubes, genetic engineering in plants is easy-peasy
Daniel Nomura receives ASPIRE Award from The Mark Foundation
The Mark Foundation has announced $3.4 million in ASPIRE Awards to support high risk, high reward approaches to solving complex problems in cancer research. Associate Professor Daniel Nomura has received an ASPIRE award for his project Chemoproteomics-Enabled Covalent Ligand Discovery Platforms...Read more about Daniel Nomura receives ASPIRE Award from The Mark Foundation
- « first News
- ‹ previous News
- …
- 58 of 118 News
- 59 of 118 News
- 60 of 118 News
- 61 of 118 News
- 62 of 118 News (Current page)
- 63 of 118 News
- 64 of 118 News
- 65 of 118 News
- 66 of 118 News
- …
- next › News
- last » News