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The College of Chemistry and the startup culture

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“As innovation and entrepreneurship becomes an even greater force in economic growth, U.S. universities and colleges will be […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 24, 2019 FeaturesV 14.1

Frances Arnold: from graduate student to Nobel Laureate

Frances Arnold
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By Michael Barnes In the early 1980s, the lab of College biomolecular engineer Harvey Blanch brought together an […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 Alumni profileV 14.1

Advisory Board members Herbert Hooper and Alan Mendelson discuss the Berkeley Catalyst Fund

Research in the lab of Jay Keasling
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By Marge d’Wylde The Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF) is in its second year as an investment resource for […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 Donor SpotlightV 14.1

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

UN recognizes the Periodic Table’s 150th anniversary

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In 1869, Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev wrote out the known elements (there were 63 at the time) on […]

Posted on May 10, 2019June 3, 2019 New & NotableV 14.1

Alum David Oxtoby named president of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has named David W. Oxtoby (Ph.D. ’75, Chem) the organization’s new […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 Alumni profileNew & NotableV 14.1

Alum John Adams re-elected chair of ACS board of directors

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John E. Adams, (Ph.D. ’79, Chem) has been re-elected chair of the board of directors of the American […]

Posted on May 10, 2019May 14, 2019 Alumni profileNew & NotableV 14.1

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

Brewing hoppy beer without the hops

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Hoppy beer is all the rage among craft brewers and beer lovers, and now a group of UC […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 3, 2018 New & NotableV 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

Kwabena Bediako: Getting the fundamentals down

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“In Ghana,” says Kwabena Bediako, one of the College of Chemistry’s new assistant professors, “everyone knows I was […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 3, 2018 Faculty ProfilesV 13.1

John Rittle: Putting the Pieces together

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Undergraduate students are rarely the first authors on articles in leading scientific journals. But that’s what happened in […]

Posted on May 1, 2018November 3, 2018 Faculty ProfilesV 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

Chang and Toste invent a new type of chemical Swiss army knife for proteins

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Berkeley chemistry professors Chris Chang and Dean Toste have developed a new method of protein ligation, the joining […]

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

Leone Lab develops ultrafast devices to explore vitamin D3, other molecules

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On a sunny day, energetic UVB photons hit a certain type of organic molecule, 7-dehydrocholesterol, in your skin. […]

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

Living the engaged life: Paul Alivisatos, Winner of the National Medal of Science

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Paul Alivisatos is a Berkeley chemistry alumnus and professor, the current Vice Chancellor for Research, a former director […]

Posted on September 1, 2016November 3, 2018 FeaturesV 11.2

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