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Karthik Shekhar, the John F. Heil, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and faculty member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley, named recipient of the 2026 Philomathia Prize to advance research into the bioelectric basis of neural activity. gobears.me/4BqQ2xI

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UC Berkeley researchers created a new genomic language AI model, GPN-Star, that far outpaces its competitors at identifying genetic variants that impact human health — while only using a fraction of the computing resources needed to train larger models. https://bit.ly/4A9xXn8

bit.lyNew AI model for DNA learns from evolution to unlock secrets of the human genome - Berkeley NewsUC Berkeley researchers have created a new genomic language model, called GPN-Star, that excels at spotting genetic variants that impact human health.
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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

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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

bit.lyAfter 34 years of debilitating sickle cell crises, CRISPR gave her a new chance at life  - Berkeley NewsAfter volunteering to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, Victoria Gray traded a life that felt hopeless for a future she never thought she’d see — and has become a voice of hope fo...
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The nominees include QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliates Markita Landry and Jay Keasling! Read about their work and the other nominees 👇

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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

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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...

focolab.org"Large-scale compressive microscopy via diffractive multiplexing across a sensor array" preprint releasedKevin 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 QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Rasmus Nielsen!

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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...

news.berkeley.eduFour UC Berkeley professors win illustrious Guggenheim Fellowships - Berkeley NewsTwo historians, a biologist and a bioengineer will receive a stipend to pursue independent work under “the freest possible conditions.”

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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...

news.berkeley.eduEleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - Berkeley NewsThe 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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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...

news.berkeley.eduSeven UC Berkeley faculty named 2026 Sloan Fellows - Berkeley NewsA Sloan Research Fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards available to early-career researchers.
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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...

fiercebiotech.comAddition Tx does the math and emerges from stealth with $100M, biotech vets on exec teamUniversity 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...

news.berkeley.eduDid the first animal look like a sponge or a comb jelly? The debate continues. - Berkeley NewsTwo 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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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...

engineering.berkeley.eduHeart-on-a-chip may lead to new treatments for heart failure - Berkeley EngineeringModel helps identify nanoparticles that can deliver mRNA directly into heart muscle cells
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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...

news.berkeley.eduJohn Clarke, UC Berkeley emeritus professor, awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics - Berkeley NewsThe 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...

news.berkeley.eduBerkeley 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...

news.berkeley.eduCan the 'good' bacteria in your mouth act as probiotic cavity fighters? - Berkeley NewsUC 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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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...

news.berkeley.eduIs the 'love hormone,' oxytocin, also the 'friendship hormone'? - Berkeley NewsA 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 bot...
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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...

cen.acs.orgJennifer Doudna is named 2026 Priestley MedalistThe award recognizes the biochemist for discoveries on ribozyme function and CRISPR gene editing, and international science leadership

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🧬 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

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Check my article contribution for @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social about the Chichancanab pupfish radiation! 🐟😍

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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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Thrilled to share that my first first-author paper is officially out as a PNAS direct submission! In this study, we uncovered the mechanism diving polycistronic expression in green algae! Come check it out below: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...