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Official @UCBerkeley Molecular & Cell Biology Department Twitter || Committed to curiosity-driven #education, #research, and #innovation.
Berkeley, CA
Joined September 2014
Congrats to MCB's Evan Miller on receiving this grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation! 👏🎉
The Dreyfus Foundation is pleased to announce 16 Supplemental Grants for Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars! These grants support research that needs an additional, modest infusion of funds to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion or stopping point.
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Excited to share our review on Induced Proximity-based therapeutic modalities now out in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery!
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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - Induced proximity modalities encompass monovalent and bifunctional agents, such as molecular glues and proteolysis-targeting chimeras, that induce an interaction...
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Now accepting Summer 2026 apps! UC Berkeley Master of Biotechnology (MBT) = bioscience + business + hands-on internship. 🎓 Info Session: Nov 14, 8PM PT 🔗 https://t.co/Zv6OEv2kPt
#ucberkeley #biotech #innovation
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“At Berkeley, we just ask bigger questions," said Chancellor Rich Lyons. "You got to reach. You got to say, 'This is crazy, and I'm going here.' And then you got to be tenacious." Two Nobel Prizes in one week. Research in chemistry, physics, AI and engineering that is regularly
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Excited to share our new study out in @NatureCellBio! Led by postdoc @MikeLangePhD, we identify the first #LipidDroplet lipid quality control pathway: LD-localized FSP1 protects stored lipids from oxidative damage and prevents LD-initiated #ferroptosis. https://t.co/QBM8e07IlC
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Nature Cell Biology - Lange et al. identify a lipid droplet quality control pathway in which FSP1 safeguards stored neutral lipids from lipid peroxidation, thereby preventing the induction of...
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🚀 Excited to share our latest @biorxivpreprint by @CEStieger 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
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Exciting news! 🎉 The Master of Biotechnology (MBT) program announces its first institutional partnership with The Buck Institute for Research on Aging! 🧬 📧 mbt@berkeley.edu #ucberkeley #biotech #aging #thebuckinstitute
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Happy to have contributed in a small way to this exciting story from Fangzhu Zhao and @realJimWells now out in @J_A_C_S. "Hijacking Extracellular Targeted Protein Degrader–Drug Conjugates for Enhanced Drug Delivery" https://t.co/WTuIi5Qdg9
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Congratulations to senior authors Gokul Upadhyayula and Rui Gao and co-first authors Wei Wang @UIC and Gaoxiang Liu + Xiongtao Ruan @ABCUCBerkeley on imaging axons and myelin sheaths across the entire mouse olfactory bulb in wild type and diseased states. This certainly
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Understanding biological systems requires observing features and processes across vast spatial and temporal scales, spanning nanometers to centimeters and milliseconds to days, often using multiple...
Thrilled to share our Science cover! VIPS (volumetric imaging via photochemical sectioning) eliminates working-distance limits for whole-mount, nanoscale imaging. LLSM + photodegradable hydrogel + petabyte-scale compute → axons & myelin across mouse olfactory bulbs (WT vs NPC1).
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Exciting news! 🎉 UC Berkeley Master of Biotechnology (MBT) program is partnering with Vivere Oncotherapies! Students gain hands-on experience in both industry, biotech, and campus research labs across diverse fields. 📧 Learn more: mbt@berkeley.edu #UCB #masterofbiotechnology
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An absolute privilege and joy to work with this exceptional group of scientists at @UCBerkeley. ☺️#NewLabPhoto
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The National Academy of Medicine has added two UC Berkeley faculty members to its ranks of scholars: Daniel Fletcher, a professor of bioengineering and biophysics, and Michael C. Lu, dean of the School of Public Health.
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The new members have worked on mobile phone microscopes and health disparities.
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Congrats to MCB's Professor (Affiliated) Daniel Fletcher on his election to the National Academy of Medicine! 🎉👏
Congratulations and welcome to the 100 new members elected today to the National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg
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Welcome to Thomas Mann who will be joining the MCB department as an assistant professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine on Jan. 1st 2026! 🎉 https://t.co/oRzXcWkoUq
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So proud of the smashing success of the International Course in Biophysics co-organized with my @berkeleyMCB colleague Carlos Bustamante @BustamanteLab and University of Salamanca @usal
https://t.co/VlCe4Pl20M Course ends with a Keynote from Nobel Laureate Richard Henderson🥇
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First Summer International Advanced Biophysics and Structural Biology Course. Eva Nogales - Carlos Bustamante.
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Excited to share our new @NatureCellBio paper with the Fei lab! Congrats to @Franburgos_, Chen Li, and Alex Tong. We show NDF–FACT condensates help Pol II traverse nucleosomal barriers. https://t.co/0EtGGWYlID
#TranscriptionChromatin #LLPS #SingleMolecule @LUMICKS_nl
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Nature Cell Biology - Li, Burgos-Bravo and colleagues report that NDF phase separation regulates FACT condensation, which enhances transcription by generating a localized biochemical environment...
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Missed the UC Berkeley Master of Biotechnology (MBT) Info Session? Catch the recording and learn how this one-year program blends science, business & industry experience. 👉 Watch here: https://t.co/Vid8pDDDZz 📧 Questions? Email us at mbt@berkeley.edu #ucberkeley #berkeleymbt
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Happy to see the final version of this paper out! Congrats to Lauren Orr and Annika Page in our close collaboration with @Toste_Group and @NovartisScience on second gen acyl silane photoaffinity handles for chemoproteomic applications!
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Deconvolution of the protein targets of hit compounds from phenotypic screens, often conducted in live cells, is critical for understanding mechanism of action and identifying potentially hazardous...
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In advance of his November visit, @protocolsIO prez Lenny Teytelman spoke to @UCB_Chemistry's Leah Keiser about his path to becoming the founder of a startup acquired by @SpringerNature. Read the interview: https://t.co/ioD4FJBjUr
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Thrilled to share our new cryo-ET preprint on astrocytes, a collaboration with @FuLab here at @UCBerkeley, revealing the nm-scale cytoskeletal architecture of ramified astrocytes reminiscing in vivo morphology! Checkout how the cytoskeleton is organized in different compartments.
Excited to share our preprint on cytoskeletal organization in astrocytes! https://t.co/u3DvsTTn5N Postdoc @mewynne759 looked at microtubules, IFs/GFAP & actin along long elaborate processes. Wonderful to collaborate w postdoc @dharshinigopal & @NogalesLab on cryo-ET 🤓 1/x
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