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Check out this article on MCB's James Olzmann's @olzmannlab.bsky.social research! 🧪Redefining lipid biology from droplets to ferroptosis www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
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Redefining lipid biology from droplets to ferroptosis
James Olzmann will receive the ASBMB Avanti Award in Lipids at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, March 7–10, just outside of Washington, D.C.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Check out this article on MCB's James Olzmann's @olzmannlab.bsky.social research! 🧪Redefining lipid biology from droplets to ferroptosis www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
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MCB's Sam Lewis @samlewis.bsky.social is presenting at the annual ASBMB meeting if you're in the D.C. Metro area!
We are organizing a mini-symposium on "Membrane and Organelle Dynamics" at ASBMB 2026! #ASBMB @asbmb.bsky.social
@aydinlab.bsky.social and I have put together a fantastic lineup of speakers for Day 1 morning. Come learn about some cutting-edge research in the field.
@aydinlab.bsky.social and I have put together a fantastic lineup of speakers for Day 1 morning. Come learn about some cutting-edge research in the field.
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
MCB's Sam Lewis @samlewis.bsky.social is presenting at the annual ASBMB meeting if you're in the D.C. Metro area!
Check out this research from MCB's Dan Portnoy and collaborators! 🧪
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Basic research on Listeria bacteria leads to unique cancer therapy - Berkeley News
Microbiologist Daniel Portnoy cofounded a startup that’s turning Listeria into a tool to improve survival in children with leukemia and potentially other cancer patients.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Check out this research from MCB's Dan Portnoy and collaborators! 🧪
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Congrats to MCB's Jennifer Doudna @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on this honor! 👏🎉
What do a chemical engineer, a biochemist, a roboticist and a laser dynamicist have in common? Election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
This brings the count of UC Berkeley faculty members in the NAE to four in total.
Read more on Berkeley News: bit.ly/3ZzDHp9
This brings the count of UC Berkeley faculty members in the NAE to four in total.
Read more on Berkeley News: bit.ly/3ZzDHp9
February 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Congrats to MCB's Jennifer Doudna @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on this honor! 👏🎉
Congrats to MCB undergrad Carolyn Nguyen on being named UC Berkeley's 1st Churchill Scholar since 2016! 👍🎉
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Carolyn Nguyen Named UC Berkeley’s First Churchill Scholar Since 2016
UC Berkeley senior Carolyn Nguyen (’26) has been selected as a 2026–27 Winston Churchill Scholar, making her Berkeley’s first recipient in a decade. Awarded by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the ...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Congrats to MCB undergrad Carolyn Nguyen on being named UC Berkeley's 1st Churchill Scholar since 2016! 👍🎉
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A little late on here but happy to share my 3rd first author paper from grad school finally out in Science Advances!! In collaboration with James Olzmann's group, we find that Tregs utilize FSP1/Aifm2 for preventing lipid peroxide accumulation and preserve their suppressive function in tumor models.
Thrilled to have contributed to this work led by @jgcastillo.bsky.social during his PhD at UC Berkeley w/ Michel DuPage. Targeting FSP1 in T cells boosts anti-tumor immunity by relieving Treg suppression, revealing a new immunomodulatory therapeutic axis. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Selective disruption of lipid peroxide homeostasis in intratumoral regulatory T cells by targeting FSP1 enhances cancer immunity
Deletion of Aifm2 disrupts Treg cell immunosuppression within tumors without inciting autoimmune pathology in mice.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
A little late on here but happy to share my 3rd first author paper from grad school finally out in Science Advances!! In collaboration with James Olzmann's group, we find that Tregs utilize FSP1/Aifm2 for preventing lipid peroxide accumulation and preserve their suppressive function in tumor models.
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New #cancer #immunotherapy research funding has been awarded to IGI's Jennifer Doudna and Alex Marson by the American Cancer Society! Learn more here: https://ow.ly/JCAH50Y7Mwi
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
New #cancer #immunotherapy research funding has been awarded to IGI's Jennifer Doudna and Alex Marson by the American Cancer Society! Learn more here: https://ow.ly/JCAH50Y7Mwi
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🧬 Meet MTI awardees Ross Wilson & Hanqin Li!
They’re using CRISPR base editors to nudge α-syn levels down, aiming to prevent Lewy bodies before they form. Translational genetics in action.
#CRISPR #Parkinsons #MTIAwards
🔗 Read more at moleculartherapeutics.org/2026-mti-par...
@rosswilsonlab.org
They’re using CRISPR base editors to nudge α-syn levels down, aiming to prevent Lewy bodies before they form. Translational genetics in action.
#CRISPR #Parkinsons #MTIAwards
🔗 Read more at moleculartherapeutics.org/2026-mti-par...
@rosswilsonlab.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
🧬 Meet MTI awardees Ross Wilson & Hanqin Li!
They’re using CRISPR base editors to nudge α-syn levels down, aiming to prevent Lewy bodies before they form. Translational genetics in action.
#CRISPR #Parkinsons #MTIAwards
🔗 Read more at moleculartherapeutics.org/2026-mti-par...
@rosswilsonlab.org
They’re using CRISPR base editors to nudge α-syn levels down, aiming to prevent Lewy bodies before they form. Translational genetics in action.
#CRISPR #Parkinsons #MTIAwards
🔗 Read more at moleculartherapeutics.org/2026-mti-par...
@rosswilsonlab.org
Congrats to MTI's Parkinson’s Therapeutics Awardees including MCB's Ross Wilson, Hanqin Li, Eunyong Park & Laurie Wang! 🎉👏 @rosswilsonlab.org
🧠 The MTI just named Ross Wilson & Hanqin Li, Markita Landry & Stephan Lammel, and Eunyong Park & Laurie Wang as our 2026 Parkinson’s Therapeutics Awardees. Each team gets $90k + discovery support. #Parkinsons #MTIAwards #Berkeley
💡 Read more at moleculartherapeutics.org/2026-mti-par...
💡 Read more at moleculartherapeutics.org/2026-mti-par...
2026 MTI Parkinson’s Therapeutics Awardees Announced
Parkinson’s disease afflicts more than ten million people worldwide, and with prevalence continuing to rise, the need for therapies that do more than merely mask symptoms has become urgent.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Congrats to MTI's Parkinson’s Therapeutics Awardees including MCB's Ross Wilson, Hanqin Li, Eunyong Park & Laurie Wang! 🎉👏 @rosswilsonlab.org
Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) @nasonline.org Council! 👏🎉
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February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) @nasonline.org Council! 👏🎉
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Congrats to the 2026 MCB Lisa Eshun-Wilson Community Awardees: Izaiah Ornelas @izaiahornelas.bsky.social & Julia Falo-Sanjuan! 👏Read more about their exceptional leadership and commitment to community engagement and mentorship.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Congrats to the 2026 MCB Lisa Eshun-Wilson Community Awardees: Izaiah Ornelas @izaiahornelas.bsky.social & Julia Falo-Sanjuan! 👏Read more about their exceptional leadership and commitment to community engagement and mentorship.
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Featuring MCB's Eric Betzig! Life in four dimensions: When biology outpaces the brain www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
Life in four dimensions: When biology outpaces the brain
Nobel laureate Eric Betzig will discuss his research on information transfer in biology from proteins to organisms at the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Featuring MCB's Eric Betzig! Life in four dimensions: When biology outpaces the brain www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
Congratulations to MCB faculty David Bilder, Rebecca Heald, James Hurley and Gary Karpen on receiving Miller Research Professorship Awards! 👏🎉 @bilderlab.bsky.social @jimhurley.bsky.social
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January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Congratulations to MCB faculty David Bilder, Rebecca Heald, James Hurley and Gary Karpen on receiving Miller Research Professorship Awards! 👏🎉 @bilderlab.bsky.social @jimhurley.bsky.social
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ASBMB member news
Congratulations to @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, Michael Ibba and Kim Orth, who were recognized by @asm.org for their achievements in leadership, education and research.
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Congratulations to @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, Michael Ibba and Kim Orth, who were recognized by @asm.org for their achievements in leadership, education and research.
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ASBMB members receive ASM awards
Jennifer Doudna, Michael Ibba and Kim Orth were recognized by the American Society for Microbiology for their achievements in leadership, education and research.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:07 AM
ASBMB member news
Congratulations to @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, Michael Ibba and Kim Orth, who were recognized by @asm.org for their achievements in leadership, education and research.
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Congratulations to @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, Michael Ibba and Kim Orth, who were recognized by @asm.org for their achievements in leadership, education and research.
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
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We are seeking a new Staff Research Associate: 75% research, 25% lab management. A recent graduate with a major in molecular and cell biology or a similar field is ideal. Staff Research Associate (9613C), Molecular & Cell Biology.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
We are seeking a new Staff Research Associate: 75% research, 25% lab management. A recent graduate with a major in molecular and cell biology or a similar field is ideal. Staff Research Associate (9613C), Molecular & Cell Biology.
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Thrilled to have contributed to this work led by @jgcastillo.bsky.social during his PhD at UC Berkeley w/ Michel DuPage. Targeting FSP1 in T cells boosts anti-tumor immunity by relieving Treg suppression, revealing a new immunomodulatory therapeutic axis. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Selective disruption of lipid peroxide homeostasis in intratumoral regulatory T cells by targeting FSP1 enhances cancer immunity
Deletion of Aifm2 disrupts Treg cell immunosuppression within tumors without inciting autoimmune pathology in mice.
www.science.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Thrilled to have contributed to this work led by @jgcastillo.bsky.social during his PhD at UC Berkeley w/ Michel DuPage. Targeting FSP1 in T cells boosts anti-tumor immunity by relieving Treg suppression, revealing a new immunomodulatory therapeutic axis. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congratulations to MCB's Dan Portnoy on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Advising Outstanding Faculty Advisor award from Berkeley’s Council on Advising and Student Services! 🎉👏
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January 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Congratulations to MCB's Dan Portnoy on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Advising Outstanding Faculty Advisor award from Berkeley’s Council on Advising and Student Services! 🎉👏
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New in Science Magazine Science Advances from the Doudna Lab, Rubin Lab and Cress Lab —Identification of proteins influencing #CRISPR-associated #transposases for enhanced #GenomeEditing. Read here: https://ow.ly/U0s450XS82n
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
New in Science Magazine Science Advances from the Doudna Lab, Rubin Lab and Cress Lab —Identification of proteins influencing #CRISPR-associated #transposases for enhanced #GenomeEditing. Read here: https://ow.ly/U0s450XS82n
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New preprint 👉Doudna x Bryant x Jacobsen x Savage collaboration!
Work led by @zehanzhou.bsky.social, I. Saffarian-Deemyad, @honglue.bsky.social, T. Weiss
We dissect how stepwise DNA unwinding gates TnpB genome editing, revealing how unwound DNA states enhance cleavage
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Work led by @zehanzhou.bsky.social, I. Saffarian-Deemyad, @honglue.bsky.social, T. Weiss
We dissect how stepwise DNA unwinding gates TnpB genome editing, revealing how unwound DNA states enhance cleavage
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Stepwise DNA unwinding gates TnpB genome-editing activity
TnpB is a compact RNA-guided endonuclease and evolutionary ancestor of CRISPR-Cas12 that offers a promising platform for genome engineering. However, the genome-editing activity of TnpBs remains limit...
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January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
New preprint 👉Doudna x Bryant x Jacobsen x Savage collaboration!
Work led by @zehanzhou.bsky.social, I. Saffarian-Deemyad, @honglue.bsky.social, T. Weiss
We dissect how stepwise DNA unwinding gates TnpB genome editing, revealing how unwound DNA states enhance cleavage
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Work led by @zehanzhou.bsky.social, I. Saffarian-Deemyad, @honglue.bsky.social, T. Weiss
We dissect how stepwise DNA unwinding gates TnpB genome editing, revealing how unwound DNA states enhance cleavage
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Check out the latest episode of Rewriting the Code, featuring Jennifer Doudna and #SickleCell patient pioneer Victoria Gray who was cured with a #CRISPR-based treatment in a groundbreaking clinical trial: https://ow.ly/t6FY50XVNO7
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Check out the latest episode of Rewriting the Code, featuring Jennifer Doudna and #SickleCell patient pioneer Victoria Gray who was cured with a #CRISPR-based treatment in a groundbreaking clinical trial: https://ow.ly/t6FY50XVNO7
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A new review from the Doudna Lab lab on tissue-targeted in vivo delivery of gene editors: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02945-w
#CRISPR #delivery
#CRISPR #delivery
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A new review from the Doudna Lab lab on tissue-targeted in vivo delivery of gene editors: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02945-w
#CRISPR #delivery
#CRISPR #delivery
Congratulations to MCB postdoc Joseph Lobel (Ingolia Lab) on receiving the 2026 RNA Society Scaringe Young Scientist Award! 👏🎉 @rnasociety.bsky.social @nickingolia.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Congratulations to MCB postdoc Joseph Lobel (Ingolia Lab) on receiving the 2026 RNA Society Scaringe Young Scientist Award! 👏🎉 @rnasociety.bsky.social @nickingolia.bsky.social
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One of our own has contributed to a newly approved medicine. The MTI at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social congratulates the Cytokinetics team and our Executive Director, Dr. Julia Schaletzky, on FDA approval of aficamten for #HCM, available starting mid-January.
#BerkeleyHealth #GoBears #patientsfirst
#BerkeleyHealth #GoBears #patientsfirst
December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One of our own has contributed to a newly approved medicine. The MTI at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social congratulates the Cytokinetics team and our Executive Director, Dr. Julia Schaletzky, on FDA approval of aficamten for #HCM, available starting mid-January.
#BerkeleyHealth #GoBears #patientsfirst
#BerkeleyHealth #GoBears #patientsfirst
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The world of genome editing is moving at a fast pace, and the IGI is right in the middle of the action. Here’s a look back at some of our most exciting news stories you don't want to miss from 2025. Read here: https://ow.ly/Z1n650XJXGS
#CRISPR
#CRISPR
December 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The world of genome editing is moving at a fast pace, and the IGI is right in the middle of the action. Here’s a look back at some of our most exciting news stories you don't want to miss from 2025. Read here: https://ow.ly/Z1n650XJXGS
#CRISPR
#CRISPR
Celebrating Matt Welch’s @mattwelchlab.bsky.social Legacy as MBoC Editor-in-Chief: Innovations and Impact www.ascb.org/society-news...
Celebrating Matt Welch’s Legacy as MBoC Editor-in-Chief: Innovations and Impact - ASCB
As Matt Welch concludes his tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), we reflect on his impactful leadership and the journal’s evolution during his time at the helm. In this Q...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Celebrating Matt Welch’s @mattwelchlab.bsky.social Legacy as MBoC Editor-in-Chief: Innovations and Impact www.ascb.org/society-news...