PROSPECTIVE UC BERKELEY STUDENTS: Before joining the CBGP, you must first apply to and be accepted by the graduate program of one of our two core participating departments: Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB). Specific application information and requirements can be found on their departmental...
Prospective Student FAQ's I am interested in working with faculty who are affiliated with the CBGP, but they are not affiliated with the department to which I am applying. Can I still rotate in their labs?
Yes! Many of our Chemistry and MCB students choose to rotate through labs outside of their home departments. If a...
A new study from the labs of Professors S. Lawrence Zipursky (UCLA) and Karthik Shekhar (UC Berkeley) presents "significant findings that shine an exciting light on our understanding of the influence of vision during the critical period of development in the mouse visual cortex.”
Three common pathways of endocytosis in a cell to internalize outside substances. Figure credit: scientificanimations.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Schepartz lab at UC Berkeley recently reported a way to efficiently deliver therapeutic proteins into live cells and...
Matthew Francis, Chair of the Department of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, announces the addition of two new faculty members who will join the College in July. Alanna Schepartz joins the faculty as the T. Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Chair in Chemistry; Michael Zuerch joins the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry.
John Hartwig (Ph.D.’90, Chem), is the Henry Rapoport Professor in Organic Chemistry at UC Berkeley. He joined the senior faculty at the College of Chemistry in 2011. His research group is focused on the discovery and understanding of new reactions of organic compounds catalyzed by transition metal complexes and artificial metalloenzymes. Among the many potential applications are catalysts for pharmaceuticals, renewable chemicals, and fuels.
Hartwig did his graduate research at UC Berkeley with advisors Robert Bergman...
A UC Berkeley study found that social prairie voles lacking the receptor for oxytocin are slow to form friendships and less aggressive toward unfamiliar peers. This suggests a role for oxytocin in both the “approach” and “avoid” sides of maintaining friendships.
