The nominees include QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliates Markita Landry and Jay Keasling! Read about their work and the other nominees 👇

UC Berkeley@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social · 7d ago

Five UC Berkeley leaders have been nominated for @uofcalifornia.bsky.social’s inaugural Regents Innovation Award—recognizing faculty and community partners across all ten UC campuses who turn research into real-world impact. bit.ly/4cniIMU

Preprint posted for Kevin Zhou's awesome development in the Waller Lab of a gigapixel-scale microscope using a low-cost sensor array, along with Muneki Ikeda. www.focolab.org/post/large-s...

"Large-scale compressive microscopy via diffractive multiplexing across a sensor array" preprint released

Kevin Zhou, former postdoc in the collaborating lab of Laura Waller at Berkeley, and who recently started his own lab at University of Michigan, developed this way to achieve gigapixel-resolution high...

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Congratulations to @karthikshekhar.bsky.social on receiving the Philomathia Prize! Read more about the @berkeleychemistry.bsky.social professor and QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate's research: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/philomathia-prize-advances-novel-work-on-the-physics-of-bioelectricity/

New tech from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social & @biohub.org uses a laser phase plate for high-contrast protein imaging. This cryo-EM breakthrough could help accelerate drug discovery. qb3.berkeley.edu/news/a-breakthrough-in-electron-microscopy-delivers-sharper-images-of-our-bodys-tiniest-proteins/

Congratulations to QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Rasmus Nielsen!

UC Berkeley@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Two historians, a biologist and a bioengineer from UC Berkeley have won illustrious Guggenheim Fellowships and will pursue independent work under “the freest possible conditions.” news.berkeley.edu/2026/04/17/f...

Ahmad Omar, a QB3-Berkeley affiliate and @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social prof at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, uses statistical mechanics to explore soft condensed matter. Read how his lab models the building blocks of life: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-focus-ahmad-omar/

Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members were recently elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. news.berkeley.edu/2026/03/26/e...

Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - Berkeley News

The newly elected AAAS Fellows include a tech pioneer, the author of a book on nature’s poisons and a neuroscientist who can decode what you are seeing from your brain wave activity.

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In a first-of-its-kind Nature Biomedical Engineering study, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers detail how they can accelerate the biological age of human fat and liver tissue by 40 years—all in as little as four days. Learn more about their findings: nature.berkeley.edu/news/2026/03...

New @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social research led by Derfogail Delcassian shows "soft activation" of T cells creates more precise therapies with fewer side effects. Read more: qb3.berkeley.edu/research-news/researchers-grow-immune-cells-with-more-targeted-cancer-fighting-abilities/

Congratulations to our 7 UC Berkeley faculty members named 2026 Sloan Fellows! The fellowships honor exceptional scholars whose creativity, innovation and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders. news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/17/s...

Seven UC Berkeley faculty named 2026 Sloan Fellows - Berkeley News

A Sloan Research Fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards available to early-career researchers.

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A new ecological approach to fighting superbugs! QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Adam Arkin is leading a team to design lung-dwelling microbial communities that aim to "eat the lunch" of pathogens. Full story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/using-the-microbiome-to-combat-lung-pathogens/

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!

UC Berkeley Engineering@berkeleyengineer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

UC Berkeley researchers have unlocked “design rules” that upend long-held views on polymers and could pave the way for eco-friendly plastics and other materials.

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...

Addition Tx does the math and emerges from stealth with $100M, biotech vets on exec team

University of California spinout Addition Therapeutics has uncloaked, revealing “breakthrough” PRINT technology it hopes will fuel a new wave of genetic medicine. | University of California spinout Ad...

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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...

Did the first animal look like a sponge or a comb jelly? The debate continues. - Berkeley News

Two years ago, a novel analysis by UC Berkeley researchers pointed to comb jellies as the root of the animal tree of life. Another Berkeley group now says it’s sponges.

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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

Researchers pioneer greener way to extract rare earth elements - Berkeley Engineering

Sustainable biomining approach uses genetically engineered viruses

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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

Nature provides the answers - Berkeley Engineering

Phillip Messersmith harnesses the natural world to engineer medical innovations

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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...

Testing the waters - Berkeley Engineering

Researchers have found that stored drinking water is a key transmission pathway for E. coli

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In 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...

Heart-on-a-chip may lead to new treatments for heart failure - Berkeley Engineering

Model helps identify nanoparticles that can deliver mRNA directly into heart muscle cells

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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...

National Academy of Medicine adds two from UC Berkeley to its ranks - Berkeley News

The new members have worked on mobile phone microscopes and health disparities.

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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...

John Clarke, UC Berkeley emeritus professor, awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics - Berkeley News

The Nobel Prize committee honored Clarke "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit." These circuits were forerunners of the qubits i...

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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...

Berkeley microbiologist explains the wonder of viruses in 101 seconds - Berkeley News

"I love efficiency, and viruses are masters at efficiency," says Professor Britt Glaunsinger in this 101 in 101 video.

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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...

Can the 'good' bacteria in your mouth act as probiotic cavity fighters? - Berkeley News

UC Berkeley's Wenjun Zhang is trying to understand how oral bacteria make biofilms, aka plaque, so she can distinguish the good from the bad — and tip the balance to prevent cavities.

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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...