Predicting how #RNA folds would be a valuable tool for scientists, but #AI has not been able to crack the problem. A team at the IGI made significant progress on two key hurdles: limited structural data, and the fact that RNA can take on multiple shapes. Read more: https://ow.ly/Yjgo50ZJcU3

Exciting research from the lab of MCB's Helen Bateup! 🧪 news.berkeley.edu/2026/09/23/h...

How tiny balls of human brain tissue are revealing the causes of childhood epilepsy — and possible treatments - Berkeley News

Tuberous sclerosis complex, a leading genetic cause of early-onset epilepsy, is typically resistant to drugs, requiring surgical removal of brain lesions. A new study pinpoints a cause and potential n...

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Congrats to MCB's Fyodor Urnov @urnov.bsky.social who was honored with the 2026 UC Regents Innovation Gamechanger Award! 👏🎉 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Spotlight: Bartolutti, Brar et al. @berkeleymcb.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) describe how physiological UPR induction drives #gametogenesis in budding #yeast. David Pincus and Vladimir Denic discuss the work: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Genetics #ProteinHomeostasis

Congratulations to MCB's Hernan Garcia, who has been named a 2026 Schmidt Science Polymath by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social! Garcia joins a cohort of eight scientists pursuing ambitious questions beyond their established areas of research. 👏🧪 www.schmidtsciences.org/2026-polymat...

Before #CRISPR, there was VIPR — a tool viruses used to battle each other with a never-before-seen genetic coding system, uncovered by researchers in the Doudna Lab. Read more here: https://ow.ly/KblS50ZOxwQ #AI #LanguageModel #RNA

As a postdoc, Phillip Cleves became the first person to genetically modify #coral. Now, he's trying to figure out how to save reefs and the magnificent ecosystems they host. Learn more about IGI's newest investigator: https://innovativegenomics.org/news/saving-coral-reefs-phil-cleves/

Exciting research from the labs of MCB’s David Savage @savagecatsonly.bsky.social and Christina Listgarten, featuring MCB postdoc Maria Lukarska @marialukarska.bsky.social! 🧬🔬

QB3-Berkeley@qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 2w ago

Protein engineers at UC Berkeley created ProteinGuide—a method using experimental data to steer generative AI models toward better, highly stable & active proteins without expensive model retraining. Read more about this @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social research: bit.ly/4AlhcFC

UC Berkeley has been named the top public university in the U.S., and No. 9 overall, according to @forbes.com latest list of America's Top Colleges. https://bit.ly/4AedQEb

Congratulations to Gokul Upadhyayula @supgokul.bsky.social on his promotion to MCB Associate Professor in Residence! 👏 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Congrats to MCB PhD alum Sophie Dumont @dumontlabucsf.bsky.social on being named a 2026 ASCB Fellow! 👏

American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to Sophie Dumont of UC San Francisco on being named a 2026 ASCB Fellow in recognition of a career dedicated to advancing cell biology. https://www.ascb.org/society-news/fifteen-visionary-scientists-named-2026-ascb-fellows/

Congratulations to Daniel Fletcher of UC Berkeley on being named a 2026 ASCB Fellow! https://www.ascb.org/society-news/fifteen-visionary-scientists-named-2026-ascb-fellows/

QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Jennifer Doudna helped unlock the power of CRISPR. Today, pioneers like Victoria Gray are living proof of how gene editing moves from lab breakthrough to transformative real-world cure. Read more in Berkeley News

UC Berkeley@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social · last mo.

After 34 years of debilitating sickle cell crises, Victoria Gray became the first person to receive a CRISPR therapy. Now, she’s living a future she never thought she’d see—and giving hope to millions like her. bit.ly/4gjYXai

Insights into longevity & virus-driven adaptation from Myotis bat genomes International & fantastic collab. with @psudmant.bsky.social @denard.bsky.social Labs ! Major credit to the 2 leading scientists: Juan Vazquez & @lauterbur.bsky.social now with their own labs! You 2 rock! (1/n)

Insights into longevity and virus-driven adaptation from Myotis bat genomes - Nature

Comparative and functional analyses of Myotis bats uncover unique patterns of adaptation in virus-interacting proteins and longevity-associated pathways, linking two hallmarks of bat biology.

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CIRI Lyon@ciri-lyon.bsky.social · last mo.

Félicitations à Lucie Etienne et son équipe, soutenue par le CNRS IRP RAPIDvBAT, le CNRS IRC Univ. Arizona et le CNRS MITI, pour leurs travaux sur la longévité et l’adaptation induite par les virus à partir des génomes de chauves-souris Myotis. 💡: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

Congrats to the @ascbiology.bsky.social MBoC 2026 Early Career Award winners! 🧬👏 Their outstanding papers showcase exciting science and important contributions to the field. Drubin Lab: @drubin.bsky.social, Samantha Smith & Yuichiro Iwamoto and Ünal Lab: Madison Walsh www.ascb.org/society-news...

ASCB and MBoC Announce 2026 Paper of the Year Award Winners - ASCB

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of early career researchers ...

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This summer, the UC-HBCU Rising Stars program hosted 8 talented undergrads from HBCUs at IGI labs across the University of California where they did cutting-edge genomic research. In August, students presented their work at a showcase with Jennifer Doudna and CA Congresswoman Lateefah Simon!

Two months are left before the deadlines for these three junior faculty positions in my wonderful department at Berkeley. Please consider joining us! I love Cal. 🧸💙💛

UC Berkeley MCB@berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions!: 🧪BBS: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05483 🧬GGED: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 🦠IMM: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05486 🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026 🔗 Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply

In @jcb.org, Bartolutti, Brar et al. @berkeleymcb.bsky.social show that physiological function for the #UnfoldedProteinResponse differs dramatically from its canonical role in driving a transcriptional program. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Development #ProteinHomeostasis #ER_literature #Meiosis

Congratulations to Matt Welch of UC Berkeley, recipient of the 2026 Sandra Masur Senior Leadership Award for outstanding scientific achievement and leadership in mentoring the next generation of scientists. https://www.ascb.org/society-news/ascb-announces-2026-honorific-award-winners/

MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions!: 🧪BBS: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05483 🧬GGED: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 🦠IMM: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05486 🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026 🔗 Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply

Congrats to MCB's Jennifer Doudna for being named a 2026 American Chemical Society (ACS) fellow! 🎉 👏 @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, @acs.org www.acs.org/pressroom/ne...

Congrats to MCB postdocs Jean Jacobs, Jack Liu & Feng Yuan for being named Life Sciences Research Foundation's (LSRF) fellows! @chamslab.bsky.social, @robzonculab.bsky.social, @drubin.bsky.social, @nkwhiteman.bsky.social mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Congrats to MCB's Diana Bautista, Samantha Lewis & Matt Welch for being ASCB Honorific Award Winners! 👏🎉@ascbbiology.bsky.social, @dianambautista.bsky.social, @samlewis.bsky.social, @mattwelchlab.bsky.social

American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to the 2026 ASCB Honorific Award Winners! ASCB is proud to recognize scientists whose research, mentorship, education & leadership are helping shape the future of cell biology. See all the awardees: https://www.ascb.org/society-news/ascb-announces-2026-honorific-award-winners/

Congrats to MCB's Dan Fletcher & Roberto Zoncu @robzonculab.bsky.social on being named 2026 ASCB Fellows! 👏🎉@ascbiology.bsky.social

American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to the 2026 ASCB Fellows! ASCB is proud to recognize 15 scientists whose careers have advanced cell biology through outstanding research, leadership, mentorship & service. Meet the 2026 Fellows: https://www.ascb.org/society-news/fifteen-visionary-scientists-named-2026-ascb-fellows/

MCB's Priya Moorjani & her lab have developed a novel genomic analysis method that identified DNA inherited from two previously unknown ancient human relatives, providing new insights into the complexity of human evolution. news.berkeley.edu/2026/07/30/n...

New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors - Berkeley News

Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with modern human ancestors, leaving behind telltale DNA in our genomes. Now we have evidence of modern human interbreeding with two much older but unknown ancest...

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New preprint from the lab! Led by graduate student @lainahall.bsky.social we show a new method to thin cells for cryo-EM imaging with minimal damage. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Optimized cryo-FIB milling strategy to generate thin, minimally damaged biological lamellae

Focused ion beam (FIB)-milling has been adapted to thin frozen cells for visualization of macromolecular structures in situ with cryogenic electron microscopy. However, only a few large and abundant c...

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Check out our new preprint on base editors and the thread below!

@marialukarska.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m happy to share our pre-print exploring the activity and specificity trade-offs in adenine base editors. Thanks to my amazing co-authors Luke Oltrogge, @hnisonoff.bsky.social, and all the other contributors @jlistgarten.bsky.social @savagecatsonly.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social 🧵1/7

See the post from first author @lainahall.bsky.social below:

Laina Hall@lainahall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With Cryo-ET/EM, the macromolecules we study (and biological questions we ask) are SNR-limited. Here, we share Nilas, a low-voltage milling method named after thin sea ice. Nilas produces thin (sub 50 nm in places!), minimally damaged lamellae. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.21.739890v1

A new multi-institutional initiative funded by ARPA-H through its THRIVE program is developing affordable gene-editing therapies for inborn errors of immunity in children. The award of up to $27.7M supports a platform approach to rapidly treat inborn errors of immunity: https://ow.ly/1MfE50ZsZEh

"I've been coming since I was a postdoc, and every time I felt welcome, energized, and inspired." Watch Eva Nogales share why she keeps coming back to #CellBio. https://youtu.be/aHIkdLaG1Rw Learn more: https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/

Eva Nogales Shares Why She Keeps Returning To Cell Bio

Join us for Cell Bio 2026, the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO, wher...

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