Molecular Therapeutics Initiative
@mti-ucb.bsky.social
Accelerating drug discovery at UC Berkeley by bridging academia and biotech to develop next-gen therapeutics for unmet medical needs.
UC has launched the Regents Innovation Awards, celebrating use-inspired research and entrepreneurship driving real-world impact. MTI shares this mission and our ED Julia Schaletzky serves on the Presidential Council supporting this work.
Learn more: regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/innovation-a...
Learn more: regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/innovation-a...
UC Regents Innovation Awards
| Board of Regents
regents.universityofcalifornia.edu
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
UC has launched the Regents Innovation Awards, celebrating use-inspired research and entrepreneurship driving real-world impact. MTI shares this mission and our ED Julia Schaletzky serves on the Presidential Council supporting this work.
Learn more: regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/innovation-a...
Learn more: regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/innovation-a...
Excited to co-sponsor the 2026 Gordon Research Conf. on Autophagy in Health & Disease! 🧬
Join us in Ventura, CA with top speakers incl. Eileen White, Ivan Đikić & Sharon A. Tooze.
🧫 Autophagy helps cells recycle their damaged components.
Apply here ➡️ www.grc.org/autophagy-in...
#GRC2026 #Autophagy
Join us in Ventura, CA with top speakers incl. Eileen White, Ivan Đikić & Sharon A. Tooze.
🧫 Autophagy helps cells recycle their damaged components.
Apply here ➡️ www.grc.org/autophagy-in...
#GRC2026 #Autophagy
2026 Autophagy in Stress, Development and Disease Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Autophagy in Stress, Development and Disease will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Excited to co-sponsor the 2026 Gordon Research Conf. on Autophagy in Health & Disease! 🧬
Join us in Ventura, CA with top speakers incl. Eileen White, Ivan Đikić & Sharon A. Tooze.
🧫 Autophagy helps cells recycle their damaged components.
Apply here ➡️ www.grc.org/autophagy-in...
#GRC2026 #Autophagy
Join us in Ventura, CA with top speakers incl. Eileen White, Ivan Đikić & Sharon A. Tooze.
🧫 Autophagy helps cells recycle their damaged components.
Apply here ➡️ www.grc.org/autophagy-in...
#GRC2026 #Autophagy
We’re thrilled to see this groundbreaking work from
@mti-ucb.bsky.social Faculty Co-director @dannomura.bsky.social! TRACERs represent a significant leap forward in targeting “undruggable” transcription factors with small molecules. We are honored to support this work!
#Epigenetics #DrugDiscovery
@mti-ucb.bsky.social Faculty Co-director @dannomura.bsky.social! TRACERs represent a significant leap forward in targeting “undruggable” transcription factors with small molecules. We are honored to support this work!
#Epigenetics #DrugDiscovery
We unveil TRACERs, Transcriptional Regulation via Active Control of Epigenetic Reprogramming: a new small-molecule-based induced-proximity modality that silences transcription factors by recruiting endogenous corepressor complexes for locus-specific repression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Targeted Transcriptional Repression by Induced Proximity
Most cancer driving proteins remain undruggable due to the absence of ligandable pockets and their reliance on intrinsically disordered or protein-DNA/protein-protein interactions. Transcription facto...
www.biorxiv.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We’re thrilled to see this groundbreaking work from
@mti-ucb.bsky.social Faculty Co-director @dannomura.bsky.social! TRACERs represent a significant leap forward in targeting “undruggable” transcription factors with small molecules. We are honored to support this work!
#Epigenetics #DrugDiscovery
@mti-ucb.bsky.social Faculty Co-director @dannomura.bsky.social! TRACERs represent a significant leap forward in targeting “undruggable” transcription factors with small molecules. We are honored to support this work!
#Epigenetics #DrugDiscovery
The University of California just set a world record: 5 Nobel Prizes awarded to its faculty and alumni this year! 🏆🥇
A feat that underscores the impact of bold science and strong research ecosystems.
Read more here: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
#NobelPrize #Research #Innovation
A feat that underscores the impact of bold science and strong research ecosystems.
Read more here: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
#NobelPrize #Research #Innovation
UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record
These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The University of California just set a world record: 5 Nobel Prizes awarded to its faculty and alumni this year! 🏆🥇
A feat that underscores the impact of bold science and strong research ecosystems.
Read more here: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
#NobelPrize #Research #Innovation
A feat that underscores the impact of bold science and strong research ecosystems.
Read more here: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
#NobelPrize #Research #Innovation
@mti-ucb.bsky.social is proud to have contributed to this exciting look at innovation at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social.
Congrats to all involved on bringing "Startup Campus" to life!
#StartupCampus #BerkeleyInnovation #MTI
Congrats to all involved on bringing "Startup Campus" to life!
#StartupCampus #BerkeleyInnovation #MTI
🌟 SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is here!
📘 “Startup Campus” book launch - watch the powerhouse UC Berkeley innovation panel tinyurl.com/UCBPanelSC
🏅 UC’s record-breaking 5 Nobel Prizes in one week
🚀 Fundraising wins for SkyDeck alums
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/1017News
📘 “Startup Campus” book launch - watch the powerhouse UC Berkeley innovation panel tinyurl.com/UCBPanelSC
🏅 UC’s record-breaking 5 Nobel Prizes in one week
🚀 Fundraising wins for SkyDeck alums
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/1017News
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
@mti-ucb.bsky.social is proud to have contributed to this exciting look at innovation at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social.
Congrats to all involved on bringing "Startup Campus" to life!
#StartupCampus #BerkeleyInnovation #MTI
Congrats to all involved on bringing "Startup Campus" to life!
#StartupCampus #BerkeleyInnovation #MTI
UC Berkeley PIs & collaborators: MTI invites proposals for its newly launched Parkinson’s Therapeutics Program!
Offering up to 3 awards of $90k, and additional funded access to MTI's drug-hunting infrastructure.
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
More info 👇
moleculartherapeutics.org/mti-launches...
Offering up to 3 awards of $90k, and additional funded access to MTI's drug-hunting infrastructure.
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
More info 👇
moleculartherapeutics.org/mti-launches...
MTI Launches Parkinson’s Therapeutics Program, Invites Proposals
BERKELEY — UC Berkeley’s Molecular Therapeutics Initiative (MTI) has launched a new funding program to accelerate drug discovery for Parkinson’s disease and related synucleinopathies.
moleculartherapeutics.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
UC Berkeley PIs & collaborators: MTI invites proposals for its newly launched Parkinson’s Therapeutics Program!
Offering up to 3 awards of $90k, and additional funded access to MTI's drug-hunting infrastructure.
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
More info 👇
moleculartherapeutics.org/mti-launches...
Offering up to 3 awards of $90k, and additional funded access to MTI's drug-hunting infrastructure.
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
More info 👇
moleculartherapeutics.org/mti-launches...
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Excited about turning basic science into new therapeutic modalities? Want to work with brilliant and *friendly* colleagues? Hoping to be part of a public university that shapes California? Then come join us #MolecularTherapeutics, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social !!!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
Assistant Professor -Molecular Therapeutics - Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Excited about turning basic science into new therapeutic modalities? Want to work with brilliant and *friendly* colleagues? Hoping to be part of a public university that shapes California? Then come join us #MolecularTherapeutics, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social !!!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
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Tenure track position alert! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB @UCBerkeley. Apply and come be our colleague! 🎉
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Tenure track position alert! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB @UCBerkeley. Apply and come be our colleague! 🎉
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
Congratulations, Professor Yaghi! A remarkable achievement for our UC Berkeley community - Fiat Lux and Go Bears!
Congratulations to Omar Yaghi, a Jordanian-American chemist at UC Berkeley, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry today, sharing it with Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Japan. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/u...
UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Berkeley News
Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.
news.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Congratulations, Professor Yaghi! A remarkable achievement for our UC Berkeley community - Fiat Lux and Go Bears!
Congratulations, Professor Clarke! What an incredible moment for our UC Berkeley community - Fiat Lux and Go Bears!
John Clarke, UC Berkeley emeritus professor, has been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize in #Physics. The @nobelprize.bsky.social committee honored Clarke "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit." 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."
news.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Congratulations, Professor Clarke! What an incredible moment for our UC Berkeley community - Fiat Lux and Go Bears!
📢 The California Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (CITE) Conference is happening Wed, Oct 15 at UC Berkeley!
A half-day event with expert talks, discussions & networking on tech, innovation & entrepreneurship. Breakfast and lunch included.
🔗 More Info: sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
A half-day event with expert talks, discussions & networking on tech, innovation & entrepreneurship. Breakfast and lunch included.
🔗 More Info: sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
UC Berkeley CITE
A half-day academic conference featuring speakers, discussions, and networking at the intersection of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
sites.google.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📢 The California Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (CITE) Conference is happening Wed, Oct 15 at UC Berkeley!
A half-day event with expert talks, discussions & networking on tech, innovation & entrepreneurship. Breakfast and lunch included.
🔗 More Info: sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
A half-day event with expert talks, discussions & networking on tech, innovation & entrepreneurship. Breakfast and lunch included.
🔗 More Info: sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
🏆 For the third year in a row, PitchBook has ranked UC Berkeley as the world’s top university for producing venture-backed startups: 1,650 companies, 1,804 founders, and the highest number of female founders.
The MTI is proud to be part of this momentum.
#PitchBook2025 #UCBerkeley #Biotech #MTI
The MTI is proud to be part of this momentum.
#PitchBook2025 #UCBerkeley #Biotech #MTI
September 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🏆 For the third year in a row, PitchBook has ranked UC Berkeley as the world’s top university for producing venture-backed startups: 1,650 companies, 1,804 founders, and the highest number of female founders.
The MTI is proud to be part of this momentum.
#PitchBook2025 #UCBerkeley #Biotech #MTI
The MTI is proud to be part of this momentum.
#PitchBook2025 #UCBerkeley #Biotech #MTI
🔬 The future of biotech is female… and global.
We just wrapped up a strategic advisory session for female founders as part of a program for international entrepreneurs.
From cancer immunotherapy to non-resistant antibiotics, they’re building what’s next 🧪
#WomenInBiotech #MolecularTherapeutics
We just wrapped up a strategic advisory session for female founders as part of a program for international entrepreneurs.
From cancer immunotherapy to non-resistant antibiotics, they’re building what’s next 🧪
#WomenInBiotech #MolecularTherapeutics
September 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🔬 The future of biotech is female… and global.
We just wrapped up a strategic advisory session for female founders as part of a program for international entrepreneurs.
From cancer immunotherapy to non-resistant antibiotics, they’re building what’s next 🧪
#WomenInBiotech #MolecularTherapeutics
We just wrapped up a strategic advisory session for female founders as part of a program for international entrepreneurs.
From cancer immunotherapy to non-resistant antibiotics, they’re building what’s next 🧪
#WomenInBiotech #MolecularTherapeutics
🫀 Organos, a @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social startup from Kevin Healy’s lab, advised by MTI Executive Director Dr. Julia Schaletzky, just secured a $2M NIH SBIR Phase IIB grant!
Their platform uses engineered heart tissue + analytics to transform cardiac drug discovery.
#biotech #cardiology #NIH
Their platform uses engineered heart tissue + analytics to transform cardiac drug discovery.
#biotech #cardiology #NIH
September 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🫀 Organos, a @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social startup from Kevin Healy’s lab, advised by MTI Executive Director Dr. Julia Schaletzky, just secured a $2M NIH SBIR Phase IIB grant!
Their platform uses engineered heart tissue + analytics to transform cardiac drug discovery.
#biotech #cardiology #NIH
Their platform uses engineered heart tissue + analytics to transform cardiac drug discovery.
#biotech #cardiology #NIH
If you're into startups, innovation, or university impact, don’t miss this.
Startup Campus chronicles @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's rise as a global startup hub, with named contribution from the MTI's executive director, Dr. Julia Schaletzky.
Learn more at news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/02/n...
Startup Campus chronicles @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's rise as a global startup hub, with named contribution from the MTI's executive director, Dr. Julia Schaletzky.
Learn more at news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/02/n...
New book chronicles UC Berkeley's evolution into a 'Startup Campus' - Berkeley News
Now available for all students, faculty and staff, the free ebook gives a sweeping account of Berkeley's gradual embrace — and recent celebration — of innovation and entrepreneurship.
news.berkeley.edu
September 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
If you're into startups, innovation, or university impact, don’t miss this.
Startup Campus chronicles @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's rise as a global startup hub, with named contribution from the MTI's executive director, Dr. Julia Schaletzky.
Learn more at news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/02/n...
Startup Campus chronicles @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's rise as a global startup hub, with named contribution from the MTI's executive director, Dr. Julia Schaletzky.
Learn more at news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/02/n...
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Check out this recap of Berkeley's recent inaugural Bay Area Biotech Day which brought communities together to foster collaboration and accelerate the translation of cutting-edge biological discoveries into life-changing therapeutics! 🧪 @mti-ucb.bsky.social
mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...
mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...
August 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Check out this recap of Berkeley's recent inaugural Bay Area Biotech Day which brought communities together to foster collaboration and accelerate the translation of cutting-edge biological discoveries into life-changing therapeutics! 🧪 @mti-ucb.bsky.social
mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...
mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...
📣 IGI & Aditum Bio launch the IGI Incubator Program (IIP) for UC Berkeley PIs working on novel therapeutics & enabling platforms. Grants $200-400K + mentoring. 2-3 page proposals due Sept 15 2025.
Details: innovativegenomics.org/igi-incubato...
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
Details: innovativegenomics.org/igi-incubato...
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
IGI Incubator Program
The IGI Histopathology Core supports histological analysis of samples for investigators at UC Berkeley, UCSF & affiliated institutions.
innovativegenomics.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
📣 IGI & Aditum Bio launch the IGI Incubator Program (IIP) for UC Berkeley PIs working on novel therapeutics & enabling platforms. Grants $200-400K + mentoring. 2-3 page proposals due Sept 15 2025.
Details: innovativegenomics.org/igi-incubato...
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
Details: innovativegenomics.org/igi-incubato...
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
🚀 MTI & affiliate labs at @UCBerkeley welcomed teens from the Lawrence Hall Of Science’s Teen Research Program for hands‐on tours - from their first PCRs to high‐throughput compound‐screening. Big thanks to every mentor who made STEM pathways feel real!
🌟🔬 #ScienceOutreach #MTI
🌟🔬 #ScienceOutreach #MTI
August 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🚀 MTI & affiliate labs at @UCBerkeley welcomed teens from the Lawrence Hall Of Science’s Teen Research Program for hands‐on tours - from their first PCRs to high‐throughput compound‐screening. Big thanks to every mentor who made STEM pathways feel real!
🌟🔬 #ScienceOutreach #MTI
🌟🔬 #ScienceOutreach #MTI
🧬📈 The UC Regents approved the IGI-Bakar Labs building, expanding lab space for the @innovativegenomics.bsky.social - founded by MTI board member Jennifer Doudna - and building out Bakar Labs - championed by MTI ally David Schaffer.
📰 Read more at inspire.berkeley.edu/o/crispr-res...
📰 Read more at inspire.berkeley.edu/o/crispr-res...
inspire.berkeley.edu
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🧬📈 The UC Regents approved the IGI-Bakar Labs building, expanding lab space for the @innovativegenomics.bsky.social - founded by MTI board member Jennifer Doudna - and building out Bakar Labs - championed by MTI ally David Schaffer.
📰 Read more at inspire.berkeley.edu/o/crispr-res...
📰 Read more at inspire.berkeley.edu/o/crispr-res...
Grateful to everyone who brought #BayAreaBiotechDay to life yesterday at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! It was incredible to see the energy in the room and the cutting-edge advances shared by leaders in both academia and industry. Excited to see what’s next for biotech!
July 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Grateful to everyone who brought #BayAreaBiotechDay to life yesterday at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! It was incredible to see the energy in the room and the cutting-edge advances shared by leaders in both academia and industry. Excited to see what’s next for biotech!
🚨 Bay Area Biotech Day hits @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
next week!
Hear from leaders at Denali, Frontier, Nurix & more on the future of drug discovery.
🧬 Posters, panels & networking.
#Biotech #DrugDiscovery #UCBerkeley
next week!
Hear from leaders at Denali, Frontier, Nurix & more on the future of drug discovery.
🧬 Posters, panels & networking.
#Biotech #DrugDiscovery #UCBerkeley
July 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨 Bay Area Biotech Day hits @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
next week!
Hear from leaders at Denali, Frontier, Nurix & more on the future of drug discovery.
🧬 Posters, panels & networking.
#Biotech #DrugDiscovery #UCBerkeley
next week!
Hear from leaders at Denali, Frontier, Nurix & more on the future of drug discovery.
🧬 Posters, panels & networking.
#Biotech #DrugDiscovery #UCBerkeley
MTI advisor and board member @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social just teamed up with the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to unveil UCSF’s Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures. First up: 8 children receiving custom edits after Baby KJ’s landmark treatment.
Details: time.com/7300257/cent...
#CRISPR #RareDisease
Details: time.com/7300257/cent...
#CRISPR #RareDisease
The $20 Million Bet on CRISPR to Cure Rare Childhood Diseases
The center will bring custom gene-editing treatments to children.
time.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
MTI advisor and board member @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social just teamed up with the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to unveil UCSF’s Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures. First up: 8 children receiving custom edits after Baby KJ’s landmark treatment.
Details: time.com/7300257/cent...
#CRISPR #RareDisease
Details: time.com/7300257/cent...
#CRISPR #RareDisease
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Out now in TIME — @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on IGI's new initiative, teaming up with the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to create a new center for pediatric #CRISPR cures! Read here: ow.ly/E5un50WnbCi
The $20 Million Bet on CRISPR to Cure Rare Childhood Diseases
The center will bring custom gene-editing treatments to children.
ow.ly
July 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Out now in TIME — @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on IGI's new initiative, teaming up with the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to create a new center for pediatric #CRISPR cures! Read here: ow.ly/E5un50WnbCi
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A new Pediatric Center for CRISPR Cures builds on the recent saved life of Baby KJ, who expeditiously had bespoke in vivo base genome editing
@jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @doudna-lab.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@chanzuckerberg.bsky.social
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-center...
@jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @doudna-lab.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@chanzuckerberg.bsky.social
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-center...
July 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A new Pediatric Center for CRISPR Cures builds on the recent saved life of Baby KJ, who expeditiously had bespoke in vivo base genome editing
@jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @doudna-lab.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@chanzuckerberg.bsky.social
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-center...
@jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @doudna-lab.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@chanzuckerberg.bsky.social
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-center...
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We're excited to announce that the IGI is teaming up with @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to create a new center for pediatric #CRISPR cures @UCSF + @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social building on the recent success of an on-demand CRISPR therapy for Baby KJ. Read more: ow.ly/XUQH50Wmt7U
July 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We're excited to announce that the IGI is teaming up with @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to create a new center for pediatric #CRISPR cures @UCSF + @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social building on the recent success of an on-demand CRISPR therapy for Baby KJ. Read more: ow.ly/XUQH50Wmt7U