“scientists must challenge the assumption that translation, rather than fundamental understanding, is the choke point of progress in the application of science to societal problems”

The Berkeley City Club invited me to speak about #CRISPR genome editing cures. Giving a public lecture in a Julia Morgan-designed building is a bit nerve-wracking (cue "I'm not worthy") - but I'll do my best. It's Wed Jan 10 at 7p. Link to tickets in 2nd tweet.

We've moved to UCLA and are hiring post docs, a lab manager & a lab technician. If you are intrigued by the cell bio of immune cell tissue interactions and mitochondrial function in immunity, come join us! tinyurl.com/k4z8pr3k. See job ads section in join us tab on website

On Dec. 25, 1984, Cal🌟 Prof. Elizabeth Blackburn & grad student Carol Greider first discovered evidence of the enzyme telomerase, used in cancer research. In 2009, they became the first women to share a Nobel Prize in the sciences for this discovery (with Harvard's Jack Szostak).

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Construction of our new microscope lab has started

Join us UC Berkeley MCB Mar. 25 for Cell Biology at the Nanoscale with Elizabeth Villa Ben Engel Gaia Pigino Bronwyn Lucas and more. Register at tinyurl.com/5n7jd7mr.

Check out this paper on an isogenic stem cell collection to research Parkinson’s Disease featuring many MCB researchers!

We're hiring a research tech.  Great for a post-bac interested in genetics, development or cancer biology.  bilderlab.berkeley.edu Will update w/ official posting but feel free to reach out now, esp. candidates w/ model organism experience #drosophila. Please RT.

Good times for cell biologists interested in evolution - our top community-oriented journals are excited to see what we can deliver with interdisciplinary approaches! Please do reach out via email or DM if you are intrigued but uncertain if your paper will fit

Are you interested in a post-doctoral position at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Quantitative Biosciences? Consider applying to the Merchant Lab for our projects in nutritional Cu signaling and Gene targeting in algae! Check out our flyer for more information.

Meet Eva Nogales (The Nogales Lab), Professor UC Berkeley and ASCB Past President. Eva has served on ASCB's Women in #CellBiology and LGBTQ+ Committees. Thank you for all you do Eva! youtu.be/aDr8fI5mN4g?si… #WomensHistoryMonth

After a rainy winter it’s so nice to have a sunny day and see everyone out and about around campus. ☺️☀️Cal Gnome UC Berkeley

Fantastic thread/article on the most important yet still oddly under-discussed aspect of research.

The program of the Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton GRC is online: grc.org/plant-and-micr… Lots of opportunities for short talks! Re-tweet and submit your abstracts! #cytoskeleton #actin #microtubules #septins #yeast #plants #bacteria #archaea #protists

Are you in?? 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Beautiful cell biology study by Meiyan Jin revealing the complex interactions and roles of intersectin (ITSN1) in stabilizing endocytic sites in human stem cells biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Going steady for maturity: a subset of CD63-rich #endosomes partner with #microtubule-associated #septins, which promote maturation to multivesicular bodies/late endosomes by inhibiting their motility. New from Elias Spiliotis Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences UVa Cell Biology: hubs.la/Q02v9FQ30

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