An initiative launched two years ago by UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco to use CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to develop new disease therapies is expanding into research on the planet’s major crops and poorly understood microbiomes, with plans to invest $125 million in these areas over the next five years.
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Ahmed H. Zewail, recipient of the 1999 Chemistry Nobel Prize, has died. He was 70.
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Markita Landry and Ke Xu, two College of Chemistry assistant professors, have won prestigious awards from the Young Investigator Program of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.
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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.
May 24, 2016
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 20, 2016
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 14, 2016
Photos from the College of Chemistry's Commencement 2016 ceremony.
May 4, 2016
Meet CBE student Chun Man Chow and the other 2016 University Medalist runners-up.
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Fuels created by artificial photosynthesis are getting much closer to reality.
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Jay Keasling among nine Berkeley faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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