Enzyme catalysis

Faculty focus on Margaux Pinney

September 24, 2026
Mackenzie Smith, Mackenzie Smith, QB3-Berkeley
Margaux Pinney is a biochemist whose lab utilizes advanced microfluidic technologies to analyze thousands of protein variants simultaneously — measuring catalytic rates, substrate affinities, and inhibitor sensitivities with unprecedented scale and precision.

The first women chemists at Cal

February 5, 2018
by Marge d'Wylde | College of Chemistry
The College salutes the pioneer women chemistry faculty at Cal. Both as scientists, and as early faculty members at the University, they helped to pave the way for the next generations of women faculty and students.

Unlocking nature's tiny engines: enzymes

June 25, 2025
By Veronica Bartell | College of Chemistry
Research by Margaux Pinney and colleagues gives unprecedented view into how enzymes have evolved across billions of years of evolution.

Chemistry Nobel goes to UC Berkeley Ph.D. Frances Arnold

October 3, 2018
by Robert Sanders, Media relations

Scientist in lab

Photo: Frances H. Arnold, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at Caltech, is one of three winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (Photo by Caltech)

When Frances Arnold first came to UC Berkeley as a graduate student in 1980, she was focused on biofuels — at that time a promising new technology and, for Arnold, a way to benefit...

Sewage sludge leads to biofuels breakthrough

March 26, 2018
by Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab

Jewel Lake, Tilden Park Berkeley. Photo ChickMarkley.JBEI enzyme discovery enables first-time microbial production of an aromatic biofuel.

The study was led by Harry Beller, Berkeley Lab senior scientist and scientific...

http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2018/03/26/sewage-sludge-leads-to-biofuels-breakthroug…

Researchers create a protein ‘mat’ that can soak up pollution

March 16, 2018
By Brett Israel, Berkeley Media relations

Ting XuIn a breakthrough that could lead to a new class of materials with functions found only in living systems, Ting Xu and fellow researchers have figured out a way to keep certain proteins active outside of the cell. The researchers used this technology to create mats...

http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/15/researchers-create-a-protein-mat-that-can-so…