Taiwan's top science award, the Tang Prize, has gone to two UC Berkeley scientists well-known in the fields of biochemistry and physics: Jennifer Doudna, for her invention of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, and Arthur Rosenfeld, often called the "godfather of energy efficiency."
June 20, 2016
UC Berkeley News
June 16, 2016
Bernardo Gouveia of Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM) discusses BEAM's recent Zipcar 2016 “Students with Drive” award.June 15, 2016
Berkeley Lab
Hartwig, Clark, and fellow Berkeley Lab scientists replace iron in muscle protein with non-biological metal.
June 7, 2016
ACS Central Science
Controlled self-assembly of proteins is being exploited in the emerging field of protein nanotechnology to create nanoscale structures. Simple protein subunits assembled into complex designs give rise to functional materials and devices.
June 6, 2016
Berkeley Lab
Research by Chris Yang could provide new target for obesity research.
May 27, 2016
UC Berkeley News
Berkeley scientists have developed a quicker and more efficient method to alter the genes of mice with CRISPR-Cas9. The work benefited from input from Professor Jennifer Doudna.
May 24, 2016
Millennium Technology Prize, Press releases
CBE alum Frances Arnold receives the 2016 Millennium Technology Prize in recognition of her discoveries that launched the field of 'directed evolution', which mimics natural evolution to create new and better proteins in the laboratory.
May 23, 2016
UC Berkeley News
The American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States, has elected UC Berkeley chemist Michael Marletta as one of 28 new members.
May 20, 2016
UC Berkeley News
President Barack Obama yesterday honored two UC Berkeley faculty members at the White House, awarding chemist Paul Alivisatos with the National Medal of Science and electrical engineer Chenming Hu with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
May 19, 2016
whitehouse.gov
Paul Alivisatos was awarded the National Medal of Science for his foundational contributions to the field of nanoscience; nanotechnologies; and for his leadership in the nanoscience community.
May 17, 2016
Berkeley Research
Chris Chang has shown that changes in concentration of copper at the synapse can switch on or off signaling between neurons.
May 14, 2016
Photos from the College of Chemistry's Commencement 2016 ceremony.
May 12, 2016
UC Berkeley News
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.
May 10, 2016
Chemistry professor Graham R. Fleming has won the Royal Chemistry Society’s Faraday Lectureship Prize 2016.
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May 9, 2016
Chemistry professor Naomi Ginsberg has been named one of thirteen Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2016.
UC Berkeley News
A new technique for taking snapshots of molecules with atomic precision is turning up chemicals scientists shouldn’t be able to see.
May 4, 2016
UC Berkeley News
Meet CBE student Chun Man Chow and the other 2016 University Medalist runners-up.
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May 3, 2016
The Washing Post
The Washing Post interviews Jennifer Doudna on the heated ethical and legal debates triggered by the discovery of CRISPR.
UC Berkeley News
Peidong Yang among six UC Berkeley faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences.