QB3-Berkeley
Sharing QB3-Berkeley research, news & opportunities with the community of bioscience researchers, students & faculty at UCBerkeley and beyond.
- How did 1980s research lead to today’s quantum computers? A new story explores how QB3-Berkeley affiliate & @nobelprize.org laureate John Clarke pioneered macroscopic quantum tunneling. Read the @berkeleylab.lbl.gov story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/how-joh...
- New research in @nature.com from QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Ting Xu!
- Addition Therapeutics, a spinout of QB3-Berkeley affiliate Kathleen Collins' lab, has emerged from stealth with $100M in funding from SR One, the Gates Foundation, and more. Its PRINT platform uses retrotransposon machinery to deliver precise gene therapy. www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/addi...
- Which came first — the comb jelly or the sponge? The battle over the root of the animal tree of life rages on, with the latest research from QB3-Berkeley's Nicole King coming down on the side of the sponge. Read more from the UC Berkeley news team: news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/19/d...
- We are thrilled to welcome Bill Burkholder, science program director at #CZBiohubSF (@czbiohub.bsky.social) as our professional in residence this week! Learn how curiosity shaped his career journey in this fantastic Q&A: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/profess...
- A team led by QB3-Berkeley affiliate Seung-Wuk Lee has engineered a harmless virus into a “smart sponge” to extract rare-earth elements from waste streams—no harsh chemicals, just biology. A huge win for cleaner tech and supply chains! 🔬🌱 bit.ly/3LQOHuA
- Nature has inspired many scientific breakthroughs—and for QB3-Berkeley's Phillip Messersmith, it’s a blueprint for healing. He and his team are creating bio-inspired glues and regenerative materials: Think surgical sealants that stretch, stick, and help tissues heal. 🔬💚 Read more: bit.ly/3XHwwKp
- From the latest issue of Berkeley Engineering mag: Research by QB3-Berkeley affiliate Amy Pickering shows that stored drinking water is a major source of E. coli transmission in developing countries. Read more from @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social: engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/11...
- Reposted by QB3-BerkeleyIn a new Nature study, Dr. @gabineiman.bsky.social et al. developed an in vitro screening method to predict transfection efficacy of LNP-mRNA complexes in the heart, validating it with #SmartSPIM imaging in whole mouse hearts. Check out the paper: bit.ly/444P0rT @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social
- Using a heart-on-a-chip model, QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Kevin Healy has helped to discover a lipid nanoparticle that can penetrate dense heart muscle and efficiently deliver a therapeutic cargo. More from @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social: engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/11...
- Congrats to QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Daniel Fletcher, elected to the National Academy of Medicine for his work developing mobile phone-based microscopy and much more! Read about his honor from the UC Berkeley news team: news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/21/n...
- At @dillinlab.bsky.social, Andrew Dillin's team explores how cells stay young — & why they fail with age. That research inspired UC Berkeley's CURED: a new center turning discoveries on mitochondria & stress response into therapies for rare diseases. Learn more: ls.berkeley.edu/news/andrew-...
- In advance of his November visit, @protocolsio.bsky.social prez Lenny Teytelman (@lteytelman.bsky.social) spoke to Berkeley's Leah Keiser about his path to founding a startup acquired by @springernature.com. Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/profess...
- QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate and emeritus professor of physics John Clarke has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum tunneling, a discovery that laid the foundation for today’s quantum computers. Read about his work: news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/07/j...
- To many, viruses are a scourge. To Britt Glaunsinger, @natureatcal.bsky.social/@berkeleymcb.bsky.social professor, they're a wonder. 🦠 She gives the 101 on these "masters at efficiency" in 101 seconds in a new @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social video feature: news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/02/b...
- Can “good” bacteria in your mouth fight cavities? New research from QB3-Berkeley's Wenjun Zhang has identified gene clusters that help oral microbes form biofilms, and she hopes to harness their power. Read more from UC Berkeley: news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/04/c...
- Shining a light on misleading data! Grad students Owen Lin & Kylee Hillman in the Landry Lab have won an NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize for quantifying how many bio papers misuse data viz techniques. Read the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry story: chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/shining...
- Thrilled to see QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Iain Clark named among this year's Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research. He'll use his four-year grant to examine the genetic underpinnings of one of the most lethal and poorly understood forms of leukemia. ls.berkeley.edu/news/four-uc...
- NSF has committed $18M more to C-GEM at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, directed by QB3-Berkeley's Alanna Schepartz. The center is tackling a "Holy Grail" problem: synthesizing truly sequence-defined chemical polymers. Read more from the College of Chemistry: chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/nsf-com...
- Is oxytocin just the “love hormone"? New research co-authored by QB3-Berkeley's Markita Landry suggests it might also be a factor in forming friendships. Read the full story from the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social news team: news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/11/i...
- Faculty focus on: Allon Wagner! A computer scientist by training, he works with his team to investigate how immune cell metabolism is disrupted in immune-related diseases. Read our interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty...
- Jennifer Doudna has been named the 2026 Priestley Medalist by @acs.org for her pioneering work on CRISPR and global science leadership. A well-deserved honor! Her discoveries have revolutionized gene editing and transformed the future of medicine. cen.acs.org/people/award...
- New research from Priya Moorjani's lab offers insights into India’s genomic legacy. Postdocs @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social traced Indian's ancestry to three main sources. Read the findings in this story by grad student Jules Perez: bit.ly/3IK46vh
- Congratulations to Usha Lingappa for receiving a 2025 Branco Weiss Fellow! The fellowship will support Usha's research on algal contributions to soil carbon cycling as she continues her work as a postdoc in Sabeeha Merchant's lab in @natureatcal.bsky.social. Read more: bit.ly/lingappa-congrats
- What do algae do after a long day of photosynthesis? The Sabeeha Merchant lab & @sunnyjoydupuis.bsky.social tracked them day & night. These tiny powerhouses prep for stress in their sleep—findings that could reshape how we see global carbon cycling. Read more: bit.ly/QB3_algae
- QB3-Berkeley alum spotlight: Nicolas Altemose (@naltemose.bsky.social), now a Stanford professor and CZ Biohub Investigator, shares how his time in the Streets lab shaped his research journey—from developing new tech to mentoring the next generation. 📖 Full interview here: bit.ly/AltemoseQB3
- Reposted by QB3-Berkeley🧬 Announcing the 2025 Innovator Awardees! Proud to support 6 researchers with $90K + resources. 🔬Lareau: CRISPR for retinitis pigmentosa 🧪Hurley: Cancer inhibitors ✨Sherriff & Olzmann: Molecular glues 🥼Welch: Sleeping sickness 🧫Isacoff: Fast-acting antidepressants Advancing innovation at Berkeley
- Reposted by QB3-BerkeleyCheck my article contribution for @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social about the Chichancanab pupfish radiation! 🐟😍
- Dive into our latest research story, "How my first fish expedition found a species on the brink of extinction." Read the story from @fishfena.bsky.social, a postdoc in @fishspeciation.bsky.social's lab: bit.ly/QB3-fish 🐟
- Dive into our latest research story, "How my first fish expedition found a species on the brink of extinction." Read the story from @fishfena.bsky.social, a postdoc in @fishspeciation.bsky.social's lab: bit.ly/QB3-fish 🐟
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- This month's interview is with Marco Dueñas! Marco is a PhD candidate in Sabeeha Merchant’s lab in @berkeleymcb.bsky.social and @natureatcal.bsky.social. He chats with us about his recent paper in @pnas.org, overcoming research challenges, and more. Read the story: bit.ly/m-duenas
- This month's interview is with @natureatcal.bsky.social Prof. Andreas Stahl: "The biggest inspiration comes from the excitement of discovery. Few things are more rewarding than forming a bold hypothesis & seeing it hold true—or discovering something unexpected." Read more: bit.ly/Andreas-Stahl-QB3
- It's #CalBigGive — UC Berkeley's annual day of giving! A gift to QB3-Berkeley today supports essential infrastructure like our core research facilities. Give to QB3-Berkeley: bit.ly/Give2QB3-Berkeley And check out one of our core facilities, Cal-Cryo: bit.ly/Cal-Cryo
- Check out the latest news from the Jay Keasling lab, published in @NatureCatalysis: QB3-Berkeley researchers engineer biological assembly-line enzymes to create new, sustainable products. Read the story from grad student Leah Keiser: bit.ly/bio-assembly-l…
- Ahmet Yildiz is our final faculty focus interview of the fall semester! He chats with us about the @Yildiz_Lab's research, how he faces setbacks & how he went from the youngest of 7 growing up in rural Turkey to a @UCBerkeley scientist. Read the story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…
- .@UCBerkeley's talented grad students & postdocs arrive on campus with a diverse set of skillsets, experiences & backgrounds. Check out this terrific story from @BerkeleyBioE grad student Jazmin Isabel Velazquez about some of our trainees! Read the story: bit.ly/PathstoBerkeley
- An interdisciplinary group of researchers from the @M_delCarpio & @AnnalieseBeery labs is exploring the molecular mechanisms of friendship in prairie voles using fluorescent carbon nanotube sensors. Read more in this story from grad student Sophia Tomatz bit.ly/3TVEgXV
- We're back with our faculty focus interview series! First up: Leah Guthrie, a @BerkeleyBioE faculty member & @QB3 faculty affiliate. Read the interview to learn more about the Guthrie lab's research, what inspires the lab's work & advice for trainees. bit.ly/GuthrieQB3
- In our latest news story, @CCBBerkeley & @Cal_Engineer postdoc Sindy Li writes about an interdisciplinary QB3-Berkeley Bioscience Meeting on the “One Health” approach and its potential as a framework for bioscience researchers. qb3.berkeley.edu/news/qb3-berke…
- The QB3-Berkeley Bioscience Meetings are back! This summer, grad students & postdocs are organizing in-person symposia in Stanley Hall. Symposia sign-up links and more info below 👇
- Stanley Hall's newest resident has arrived: Theia! The new @thermofisher microscope on the @UCBerkeley campus will be outfitted with the laser phase plate. Thanks to @TheMuellerLab with support from @cziscience!
- Our final interview of the spring semester is with Karthik Shekhar who discussed his lab's research, advice for students, and the value of #SciComm for scientists and the public. And more! Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…
- Check out our interview with Professor Matt Francis: "It continually amazes me to see how creative and innovative @UCBerkeley's students are...I have always looked at this group as a big collaboration between me and all of the trainees." Read more: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…
- Iain Clark in our latest interview: “The greatest reward for me in science has always been the possibility of discovering or building something new. Getting to explore an idea that no one has worked on before, even if it’s small, is a great joy for me.” qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…
- New research from the @NogalesLab and the Kathleen Collins lab: New technique for inserting genes into a "safe harbor" in the genome would complement CRISPR gene editing. news.berkeley.edu/2024/02/20/jun…
- Samantha Lewis was recently selected for this year's Prytanean Faculty Enrichment Award. Join us in congratulating @SamLewisPhD! Read more on QB3-Berkeley: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/lewis-pry…
- Our latest interview is with Judith Klinman: "My advice: be a squeaky wheel for yourself. Women are often silent and taught to behave themselves, but I think that every young budding female scientist must be their own squeaky wheel." Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…
- Cofounded by @QB3 faculty member Irina Conboy, Generation Lab is creating an anti-aging test kit & personalized aging intervention to help people understand their biological clocks & disease risk. Read more from @SutardjaCenter: scet.berkeley.edu/scet-alum-and-…
- What advice would you give to students interested in your field? "To observe and question everything. To read, to listen, to engage with hands-on research." -Eva Nogales Read our interview with recent @ShawPrize winner @NogalesLab: bit.ly/QB3-Nogales
- New in @BioSpace: How can higher ed help academically oriented startups flourish? @QB3's @BakarLabs_UC offers a model. biospace.com/article/incuba…
- Fresh from @UCBLettersSci: Great interview with QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Michael Rapé (@RapeLab) about the new Division of Molecular Therapeutics launching in @berkeleyMCB this fall. Check it out: qb3.berkeley.edu/faculty-news/b…
- In 2013, @BenjaminLOakes faced a difficult choice between two QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliates: Should he pursue his PhD with @doudna_lab or @SavageCatsOnly? 🤔 He chose both! Read about their work at @ScribeTx to advance #CRISPR-based gene editing tools: forbes.com/sites/alexknap…
