Matthew Welch
@mattwelchlab.bsky.social
Scientist studying the cell biology and microbiology of host pathogen interactions. Professor and Co-Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. https://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/welch/
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Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being selected as a 2025 Protein Society Fellow @proteinsociety.bsky.social! 👏🎉
September 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being selected as a 2025 Protein Society Fellow @proteinsociety.bsky.social! 👏🎉
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Congrats to MCB's James Nuñez @jamesknunez.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Vallee Scholar @valleefoundation.bsky.social! 🎉👏
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September 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Congrats to MCB's James Nuñez @jamesknunez.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Vallee Scholar @valleefoundation.bsky.social! 🎉👏
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Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on receiving the ASBMB 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids @asbmb.bsky.social! 👍🎉
September 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on receiving the ASBMB 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids @asbmb.bsky.social! 👍🎉
Our newest preprint on bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" reveals surprising evolutionary flexibility in the mechanisms of Rickettsia actin-based motility www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our newest preprint on bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" reveals surprising evolutionary flexibility in the mechanisms of Rickettsia actin-based motility www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in MCB. Learn more and apply online:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05096
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05096
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in MCB. Learn more and apply online:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05096
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05096
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We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
August 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
Congratulations James @olzmannlab.bsky.social for being elected an ASCB Fellow!
Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on being named a 2025 ASCB Fellow! @ascbiology.bsky.social👏🎉
August 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Congratulations James @olzmannlab.bsky.social for being elected an ASCB Fellow!
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And another one for MCB's Yvette Fisher @yvetteefisher.bsky.social! 🔥Congrats on being named a
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🥂https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🥂https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars
June 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
And another one for MCB's Yvette Fisher @yvetteefisher.bsky.social! 🔥Congrats on being named a
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🥂https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🥂https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars
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Congrats to MCB's Filipa Rijo-Ferreira on being named a
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
June 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Congrats to MCB's Filipa Rijo-Ferreira on being named a
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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Congrats to MCB's Yang Dan & Donald Rio on their election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! 👏🎉 www.amacad.org/new-members-...
April 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Congrats to MCB's Yang Dan & Donald Rio on their election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! 👏🎉 www.amacad.org/new-members-...
Thanks Wendy @wendyingram.bsky.social and Dragonfly @dragonflymh.bsky.social for your pioneering work promoting mental health wellness in academia. MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social appreciates your efforts and expertise. news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/21/a...
A spate of suicides drew this alumna back to UC Berkeley to confront mental health issues in academia - Berkeley News
Encouraged by Wendy Ingram, a 2014 Berkeley Ph.D. recipient, eminent faculty members shared their experiences with depression and anxiety to help bring these struggles into the open.
news.berkeley.edu
April 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thanks Wendy @wendyingram.bsky.social and Dragonfly @dragonflymh.bsky.social for your pioneering work promoting mental health wellness in academia. MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social appreciates your efforts and expertise. news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/21/a...
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Congrats to MCB's Diana Bautista and David Bilder for being named as AAAS Fellows @aaas.org! @bilderlab.bsky.social 👏 🎉https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/27/seven-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/
March 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congrats to MCB's Diana Bautista and David Bilder for being named as AAAS Fellows @aaas.org! @bilderlab.bsky.social 👏 🎉https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/27/seven-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/
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Congrats to MCB faculty David Raulet and graduate student Elle Andrews on receiving 2025 Berkeley Graduate Mentoring Awards! 👏🎉 @davidraulet.bsky.social
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April 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Congrats to MCB faculty David Raulet and graduate student Elle Andrews on receiving 2025 Berkeley Graduate Mentoring Awards! 👏🎉 @davidraulet.bsky.social
grad.berkeley.edu/news/celebra...
grad.berkeley.edu/news/celebra...
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Congratulations to MCB undergraduates Carolyn Nguyen (Nuñez Lab), Karla Tapia (Hurley Lab), Shriprithi Vel Murugan (Hurley Lab), and Selina Wu (Hurley Lab) who were recently named Spring 2025 Ignite Scholars by the Bakar Fellows Program! 👏
bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/bakar-fellow...
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Bakar Fellows Program Welcomes Spring 2025 Ignite Scholars - Bakar Fellows Program
Meet the Fall 2024 cohort of the Bakar Ignite Scholars Program.
bakarfellows.berkeley.edu
April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Congratulations to MCB undergraduates Carolyn Nguyen (Nuñez Lab), Karla Tapia (Hurley Lab), Shriprithi Vel Murugan (Hurley Lab), and Selina Wu (Hurley Lab) who were recently named Spring 2025 Ignite Scholars by the Bakar Fellows Program! 👏
bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/bakar-fellow...
bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/bakar-fellow...
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Our #berkeleyMCB community is already coming together to make a BIG impact for #CalBigGive! As a special incentive, once we receive 100 gifts 🎁 it will unlock 2 special donations from members of our community. Please help us meet this funding challenge! bit.ly/BigGiveMCB25
March 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Our #berkeleyMCB community is already coming together to make a BIG impact for #CalBigGive! As a special incentive, once we receive 100 gifts 🎁 it will unlock 2 special donations from members of our community. Please help us meet this funding challenge! bit.ly/BigGiveMCB25
Interesting analysis of the amazing economic activity fueled by NIH-funded research - a return on investment of $2.56 for every $1 in awards: www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Interesting analysis of the amazing economic activity fueled by NIH-funded research - a return on investment of $2.56 for every $1 in awards: www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
Homepage - openRxiv
openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.
openrxiv.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
I'm glad to have attended two Stand up for Science #standupforscience rallies last Friday, including this one at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social -https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding
UC Berkeley Scientists Protest Trump Administration’s Cuts to Research Funding | KQED
Hundreds of UC Berkeley scientists and students rallied in support of research funding as President Donald Trump delayed and slashed research budgets.
www.kqed.org
March 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm glad to have attended two Stand up for Science #standupforscience rallies last Friday, including this one at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social -https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding
Good crowd at #standupforscience in San Francisco and great speeches by CA State Senator Scott Wiener
@scottwiener.bsky.social and Stanford (also former UC Berkeley) professor Carolyn Bertozzi
@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
@scottwiener.bsky.social and Stanford (also former UC Berkeley) professor Carolyn Bertozzi
@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
March 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Good crowd at #standupforscience in San Francisco and great speeches by CA State Senator Scott Wiener
@scottwiener.bsky.social and Stanford (also former UC Berkeley) professor Carolyn Bertozzi
@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
@scottwiener.bsky.social and Stanford (also former UC Berkeley) professor Carolyn Bertozzi
@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
I've been off of social media for some time now and surprisingly glad to be back on again!
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I've been off of social media for some time now and surprisingly glad to be back on again!