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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social research from the Brar and Ünal labs puts us one step closer to understanding gametogenic rejuvenation. Lead author Silvan Spiri developed a platform to discover the first factors responsible for making cells “young” again. Read more: bit.ly/4hpqYPJ

Silvan Spiri stands at a computer monitor, preparing to load gametes into microscopic traps, which are shown on the monitor screen.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Margaux Pinney shares how her interdisciplinary lab uses microfluidics to study enzyme kinetics at scale, opening new frontiers for drug discovery and protein design. Read our latest interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-focus-on-margaux-pinney/

Group shot of the Margaux Pinney lab members in Stanley Hall.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Protein engineers at UC Berkeley created ProteinGuide—a method using experimental data to steer generative AI models toward better, highly stable & active proteins without expensive model retraining. Read more about this @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social research: bit.ly/4AlhcFC

Graphic illustrating how ProteinGuide was tested on adenine base editors: In the first round, generative models produced a library of variants that were experimentally tested for editing activity; ProteinGuide then used those results to guide a second round of designs toward higher activity.

Side-by-side headshots of Maria Lukarska (left, a postdoctoral scholar in Professor Dave Savage's lab) and Junhao Xiong (right, a recently graduated PhD student in Professor Jennifer Listgarten’s lab).

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Congratulations to @karthikshekhar.bsky.social on receiving the Philomathia Prize! Read more about the @berkeleychemistry.bsky.social professor and QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate's research: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/philomathia-prize-advances-novel-work-on-the-physics-of-bioelectricity/

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New tech from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social & @biohub.org uses a laser phase plate for high-contrast protein imaging. This cryo-EM breakthrough could help accelerate drug discovery. qb3.berkeley.edu/news/a-breakthrough-in-electron-microscopy-delivers-sharper-images-of-our-bodys-tiniest-proteins/

Holger Müller standing in front of the Thermo Scientific Krios cryo-EM outfitted with a novel laser phase plate to dramatically improve the microscope’s contrast and ability to image smaller molecules and smaller structures inside cells.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Ahmad Omar, a QB3-Berkeley affiliate and @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social prof at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, uses statistical mechanics to explore soft condensed matter. Read how his lab models the building blocks of life: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-focus-ahmad-omar/

Lab members from the Ahmad Omar lab outside on the UC Berkeley campus.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social research led by Derfogail Delcassian shows "soft activation" of T cells creates more precise therapies with fewer side effects. Read more: qb3.berkeley.edu/research-news/researchers-grow-immune-cells-with-more-targeted-cancer-fighting-abilities/

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A new ecological approach to fighting superbugs! QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Adam Arkin is leading a team to design lung-dwelling microbial communities that aim to "eat the lunch" of pathogens. Full story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/using-the-microbiome-to-combat-lung-pathogens/

A gloved hand holds up a green petri dish of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria grown in a lab.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

How did 1980s research lead to today’s quantum computers? A new story explores how QB3-Berkeley affiliate & @nobelprize.org laureate John Clarke pioneered macroscopic quantum tunneling. Read the @berkeleylab.lbl.gov story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/how-joh...

Collage image from Berkeley Lab of John Clarke featured alongside excerpts from an annual report to BES sharing the results on macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy-level quantization in a superconducting circuit, along with a 1999 photo of Klaus Schlenga next to a SQUID Magnetic Resonance Imaging System.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We are thrilled to welcome Bill Burkholder, science program director at #CZBiohubSF (@czbiohub.bsky.social) as our professional in residence this week! Learn how curiosity shaped his career journey in this fantastic Q&A: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/profess...

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

In advance of his November visit, @protocolsio.bsky.social prez Lenny Teytelman (@lteytelman.bsky.social) spoke to Berkeley's Leah Keiser about his path to founding a startup acquired by @springernature.com. Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/profess...

Portrait of Lenny Teytelman smiling against a blue background.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Shining a light on misleading data! Grad students Owen Lin & Kylee Hillman in the Landry Lab have won an NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions Prize for quantifying how many bio papers misuse data viz techniques. Read the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry story: chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/shining...

Teng-Jui (Owen) Lin and Kylee Hillman sit on either side of a computer monitor showing colorful graphs.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Faculty focus on: Allon Wagner! A computer scientist by training, he works with his team to investigate how immune cell metabolism is disrupted in immune-related diseases. Read our interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty...

Allon Wagner stands with team of four students on staircase in Stanley Hall on UC Berkeley campus.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

New research from Priya Moorjani's lab offers insights into India’s genomic legacy. Postdocs @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social traced Indian's ancestry to three main sources. Read the findings in this story by grad student Jules Perez: bit.ly/3IK46vh

An illustration of a DNA strand surrounded by faces. Artist: Saurabh Singh.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Congratulations to Usha Lingappa for receiving a 2025 Branco Weiss Fellow! The fellowship will support Usha's research on algal contributions to soil carbon cycling as she continues her work as a postdoc in Sabeeha Merchant's lab in @natureatcal.bsky.social‬. Read more: bit.ly/lingappa-congrats

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

What do algae do after a long day of photosynthesis? The Sabeeha Merchant lab & @sunnyjoydupuis.bsky.social tracked them day & night. These tiny powerhouses prep for stress in their sleep—findings that could reshape how we see global carbon cycling. Read more: bit.ly/QB3_algae

Airyscan microscopy of chlorophyll fluorescence in Chlamy cells acclimated to diurnal low light or excess light taken in the daytime or the nighttime. The cells are outlined with a dotted white line, each containing a single cup-shaped chloroplast, which is outlined in green.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

QB3-Berkeley alum spotlight: Nicolas Altemose (@naltemose.bsky.social), now a Stanford professor and CZ Biohub Investigator, shares how his time in the Streets lab shaped his research journey—from developing new tech to mentoring the next generation. 📖 Full interview here: bit.ly/AltemoseQB3

Nicolas Altemose (left) celebrating with PhD student, Danilo Dubocanin (right)

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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 🐟

A group of researchers lies down on a dock to look for pupfishes in one of the private lagoons around Tulum, México.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This month's interview is with Marco Dueñas! Marco is a PhD candidate in Sabeeha Merchant’s lab in @berkeleymcb.bsky.social and @natureatcal.bsky.social. He chats with us about his recent paper in @pnas.org, overcoming research challenges, and more. Read the story: bit.ly/m-duenas

A researcher in a blue lab coat holds up a beaker with yellow liquid in it.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This month's interview is with @natureatcal.bsky.social Prof. Andreas Stahl: "The biggest inspiration comes from the excitement of discovery. Few things are more rewarding than forming a bold hypothesis & seeing it hold true—or discovering something unexpected." Read more: bit.ly/Andreas-Stahl-QB3

The Andreas Stahl lab members gathered around a table.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Check out the latest news from @lbnlbiosci.bsky.social's Jay Keasling, published in Nature Catalysis: QB3-Berkeley researchers engineer biological assembly-line enzymes to create new, sustainable products. Read the story from grad student Leah Keiser: bit.ly/bio-assembly-line

A researcher in safety glasses and gloves holds up a beaker with yellow fluid in it, examining its contents.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Check out the latest news from the Jay Keasling lab, published in @NatureCatalysis: QB3-Berkeley researchers engineer biological assembly-line enzymes to create new, sustainable products. Read the story from grad student Leah Keiser: bit.ly/bio-assembly-l…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This month's faculty focus interview features Bronwyn Lucas! @bronwynalucas.bsky.social on running a lab: "It’s about equipping the people in my lab to tackle challenges & mentoring them as they develop their own approaches." Read more on our website: bit.ly/QB3_Bronwyn

The Lucas lab gathered outside on a balcony overlooking Berkeley.

Individual ribosomes and ribosome precursors visualized inside a yeast cell.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

In our first story of 2025, MCB and CCB grad student Meaghan Marohn highlights UC Berkeley's Center for Theoretical Evolutionary Genomics. Check out the story: bit.ly/BerkeleyCTEG

A group of researchers sits around a table and looks at a monitor displaying logos for CTEG during a seminar.

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Ahmet Yildiz is our final faculty focus interview of the fall semester! He chats with us about the @Yildiz_Lab's research, how he faces setbacks & how he went from the youngest of 7 growing up in rural Turkey to a @UCBerkeley scientist. Read the story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

.@UCBerkeley's talented grad students & postdocs arrive on campus with a diverse set of skillsets, experiences & backgrounds. Check out this terrific story from @BerkeleyBioE grad student Jazmin Isabel Velazquez about some of our trainees! Read the story: bit.ly/PathstoBerkeley

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

An interdisciplinary group of researchers from the @M_delCarpio & @AnnalieseBeery labs is exploring the molecular mechanisms of friendship in prairie voles using fluorescent carbon nanotube sensors. Read more in this story from grad student Sophia Tomatz bit.ly/3TVEgXV

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

We're back with our faculty focus interview series! First up: Leah Guthrie, a @BerkeleyBioE faculty member & @QB3 faculty affiliate. Read the interview to learn more about the Guthrie lab's research, what inspires the lab's work & advice for trainees. bit.ly/GuthrieQB3

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

In our latest news story, @CCBBerkeley & @Cal_Engineer postdoc Sindy Li writes about an interdisciplinary QB3-Berkeley Bioscience Meeting on the “One Health” approach and its potential as a framework for bioscience researchers. qb3.berkeley.edu/news/qb3-berke…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

Stanley Hall's newest resident has arrived: Theia! The new @thermofisher microscope on the @UCBerkeley campus will be outfitted with the laser phase plate. Thanks to @TheMuellerLab with support from @cziscience!

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Our final interview of the spring semester is with Karthik Shekhar who discussed his lab's research, advice for students, and the value of #SciComm for scientists and the public. And more! Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

Check out our interview with Professor Matt Francis: "It continually amazes me to see how creative and innovative @UCBerkeley's students are...I have always looked at this group as a big collaboration between me and all of the trainees." Read more: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

Iain Clark in our latest interview: “The greatest reward for me in science has always been the possibility of discovering or building something new. Getting to explore an idea that no one has worked on before, even if it’s small, is a great joy for me.” qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Samantha Lewis was recently selected for this year's Prytanean Faculty Enrichment Award. Join us in congratulating @SamLewisPhD! Read more on QB3-Berkeley: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/lewis-pry…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

Our latest interview is with Judith Klinman: "My advice: be a squeaky wheel for yourself. Women are often silent and taught to behave themselves, but I think that every young budding female scientist must be their own squeaky wheel." Read the interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

What advice would you give to students interested in your field? "To observe and question everything. To read, to listen, to engage with hands-on research." -Eva Nogales Read our interview with recent @ShawPrize winner @NogalesLab: bit.ly/QB3-Nogales

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Fresh from @UCBLettersSci: Great interview with QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Michael Rapé (@RapeLab) about the new Division of Molecular Therapeutics launching in @berkeleyMCB this fall. Check it out: qb3.berkeley.edu/faculty-news/b…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 30/03/2023

"...when I got that chance, I came to @UCBerkeley expressly to work with grad students." - Jim Hurley in this month's faculty focus interview on the QB3-Berkeley website. Read the interview: bit.ly/JimHurley

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 08/02/2023

Check out this month's faculty focus interview with Priya Moorjani! Read more about the Moorjani lab's research, her favorite things to do in the Bay Area, and advice for students: bit.ly/Priya-Moorjani

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 18/01/2023

In our first faculty focus interview of 2023 we spoke to Holger Müller! He talked about his lab's research, what he wishes someone would ask him about his work, and what he enjoys most about being part of QB3-Berkeley. Read the interview: bit.ly/HolgerMuller

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 18/10/2022

This month's interview is with QB3-Berkeley's new director, Sanjay Kumar! He covers a bit about his lab's research, why he became a scientist, and his vision for the institute. Read the interview and retweet: bit.ly/KumarQB3

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 07/09/2022

Welcome back to campus! Our first interview of the fall semester features QB3 faculty affiliate Phillip Messersmith. Read the interview here: bit.ly/3D4tcA5

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 10/08/2022

"It’s rewarding to see trainees learn how to be independent thinkers and learn how to ask and answer questions about nature." -Sabeeha Merchant in QB3-Berkeley's August faculty focus interview. Read it here: bit.ly/3p8eLme

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 14/07/2022

This month's faculty interview is with David Schaffer, the ED of @QB3 and director of @BioEnginuityHub. Read the interview here: bit.ly/3uDtusv

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 28/06/2022

Our June interview with QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Daniel Fletcher covers upcoming research in the @FletcherLab_UCB, what he enjoys about working with trainees, and more. qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 20/05/2022

Check out this month's faculty interview with @czbiohub investigator @airstreets: bit.ly/QB3Streets

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 28/04/2022

This month's interview with a QB3 faculty member features @BerkeleyBioE professor Irina Conboy. Read the interview here: bit.ly/conboyQB3

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 16/03/2022

We talked to QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Markita del Carpio Landry about her research, her advice for students, and what motivates her today. bit.ly/delCarpioLandry

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 23/02/2022

The new Graduate Diversity Program led by @annebaranger & @brice_yates at @UCB_Chemistry wraps up its first year of supporting graduate students' DEI efforts. Read more about the program & groups it's supported in this story by grad student @navmarisol qb3.berkeley.edu/news/chemistry…

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QB3-Berkeley @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social · 18/01/2022

Could the power of the UPS be harnessed to treat disease? Enter proteolysis targeting chimeras or PROTACs. PROTAC relies on a molecule that binds both a ubiquitin ligase and a protein target not typically targeted by the ligase. 🧵 4/6

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