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Scientists race against the clock testing existing drugs to fight COVID-19

Artist rendering of the novel coronavirus
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A group of scientists from across the world, including Kevan Shokat (Ph.D. ’91, Chem) , UC Berkeley Professor […]

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alumni profileFaculty ProfilesNew & NotableResearchV 15.1

The super-microscopic world of Ke Xu

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When Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ke Xu finished his Ph.D. on superconductors, he decided to work in a […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 ResearchV 14.1

Drug sponge could minimize side effects of cancer treatment

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New research from the lab of Nitash Balsara, the Charles W. Tobias Professor in Electrochemistry, reports that with […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 New & NotableResearchV 14.1

Scientists find new and smaller CRISPR gene editor: CasX

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In a mere seven years, Cas9 has shown itself to be a formidable gene editor, employed in humans, […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 New & NotableResearchV 14.1

Professor Jennifer Doudna honored with National Academy of Sciences Award

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Jennifer Doudna, professor of biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology and chemistry, has received the 2018 National Academy of Sciences […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 8, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 13.1

Research team discover material ideal for smart photovoltaic windows

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Smart windows, that are transparent when it’s dark or cool but automatically darken when the sun is too […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 8, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 13.1

Ting Xu creates protein mat that can soak up pollution

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In a breakthrough that could lead to a new class of materials with functions found only in living […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 3, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 13.1

Treating disease with cold atmospheric plasmas

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David Graves still remembers the first time he saw the Bay Area. “I had just graduated with a […]

Posted on May 1, 2017November 3, 2018 FeaturesResearchV 12.1

Omar Yaghi: Wringing drinking water from dry air

Omar Yaghi
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The world is running out of clean water. By the end of the century more than 11 billion […]

Posted on May 1, 2017November 3, 2018 FeaturesResearchV 12.1

Raymond receives DOE grant to study lanthanide luminescence

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Chemistry’s Ken Raymond has just received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the Department of Energy to continue his […]

Posted on May 1, 2017October 23, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 12.1

Rod Panos on Leo Brewer: A critical moment

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Several big events colored the year 1969. Richard Nixon enjoyed his first year in office. An unusually large […]

Posted on September 1, 2016November 2, 2018 College HistoryFaculty ProfilesResearchV 11.2

Ke Xu: Navigating between worlds

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Ke Xu comfortably navigates between different worlds—geographic, cultural and scientific. He was born in 1982 in the city […]

Posted on September 1, 2016November 3, 2018 Faculty ProfilesResearchV 11.2

Doudna, Cate, Tjian extend CRISPR to RNA

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Chemistry professors Jennifer Doudna and Jamie Cate, molecular biologist Robert Tjian and Doudna Lab researchers have expanded the […]

Posted on September 1, 2016October 29, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 11.2

Yaghi measures molecules with MOFs

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Chemistry professor Omar Yaghi and colleagues have created a new sort of nanoscale display case that enables new […]

Posted on September 1, 2016October 29, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 11.2

Clark and colleagues sculpt nanostructures from proteins

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CBE professor Doug Clark, along with colleagues, is learning to control self-assembly of proteins. This ability is being […]

Posted on September 1, 2016October 30, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 11.2

Chang lab discovers role of copper in fat burning

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A new study from the research group of Chris Chang is further burnishing copper’s reputation as an essential […]

Posted on September 1, 2016October 29, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 11.2

Hartwig Lab creates bionic enzymes

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Bionic enzymes got a needed boost in speed thanks to new research by the Hartwig lab. By pairing […]

Posted on September 1, 2016October 29, 2018 New & NotableResearchV 11.2

Chemistry welcomes Eric Neuscamman

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Eric Neuscamman, one of chemistry’s newest assistant professors, succinctly summarizes his research with a simple question, “How do […]

Posted on May 1, 2016October 26, 2018 Faculty ProfilesResearchV 11.1

Peidong Yang: Turning Sunlight into Fuel

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In September 2015, chemistry professor Peidong Yang was notified that he had won a prestigious MacArthur Fellows Program […]

Posted on May 1, 2016October 26, 2018 Faculty ProfilesResearchV 11.1

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