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[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Exciting new research from the lab of MCB's Diana Bautista (@Bautista_DianaM)!

[Robert Sanders @bobthesciguy]

How do viruses trigger sneezing and coughing? @UCBerkeley researchers have discovered a new mechanism - direct stimulation of sensory neurons by the virus's own proteases https://t.co/pQ6mtx4i79

[Lupus Research @LupusResearch]

The Lupus Research Alliance awarded the 2026 #LupusInsightPrize to Gregory Barton, PhD, University of California, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Olivia Majer, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The Prize recognizes Drs. Barton and Majer’s breakthrough work revealing how UNC93B1, a key regulator of the immune system’s RNA‑sensing receptor TLR7, normally keeps immune responses in check and how genetic changes in this pathway can lead to disease, pointing to new opportunities for targeted treatments. 

During a session at ACR Convergence 2026 (#ACR26) moderated by Gary Koretzky, MD, PhD, Cornell University, Drs. Barton and Majer presented their seminal findings to an esteemed audience of clinicians, researchers, and members of the scientific community.   

👏 Congratulations to both for your visionary leadership and contributions advancing lupus innovation.

Check out our press release to learn more: https://t.co/vUaVlqffD7

@ACRheum

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congrats to MCB's Jim Hurley (@TheHurleyLab), Udi Isacoff, Liana Lareau & Megan Martik (@MeganMartikPhD) for receiving the 2026 Molecular Therapeutics Initiative (MTI) Innovation Award! @MTI_UCB
https://t.co/nWWyvoZOWm

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congrats to MCB's Evan Miller for being named a Spring 2026 Mathers Foundation Grantee! 👏🥂
https://t.co/DqiMPV5NDi

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Research from the lab of MCB's Andrea Gomez (@IndigeNerd)

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

Neuroscientists from UC Berkeley, UCSF and Stanford ran parallel trials of psilocybin to see what behavioral effects were reproducible in mice. The findings challenge reported results and underscore the importance of reproducibility in psychedelic research and its potential therapeutic applications.
https://t.co/UvQIt3eEGi

[QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley]

Researchers in the labs of QB3-Berkeley affiliates Jamie Cate and Alanna Schepartz engineered bacterial ribosomes to build non-canonical molecules—unlocking safer, cheaper routes to bioplastics and therapeutics.

Read the story: https://t.co/eHRdC8Fyj3

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Check out this interview with one of MCB's newest faculty members, Tycho Mevissen, on his background, his lab's research, and his future goals:

https://t.co/KinLKGnAXu

[The Bustamante Lab @BustamanteLab]

A wonderful celebration of Carlos Bustamante's scientific contributions and lasting impact on single-molecule biophysics! 🇨🇱🔬 Many thanks to the organizers! @QuimicaUdeChile
@Franburgos_ @PiereBiophysics @LabMaillard @InLiuOfBulkExps @rubenlgonzalez

https://t.co/yOiDo5eHwe

[The Bustamante Lab @BustamanteLab]

🚨 New paper from the Bustamante Lab in @NatureComms! Our study reveals how the central coupler of ClpXP helps coordinate its subunits to convert chemical energy into mechanical force
Check it out! 👇
https://t.co/aGqw7BneLp

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congratulations to our 2026 MCB Outstanding Postdoc Award recipients Thomas Li (@BateupLab) & Rachana Deven Somaiya (Feller Lab)! 👏
https://t.co/a82bsFSwaP

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Reminder🎗️: MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions! 🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions!:

🧪 BBS: https://t.co/HQiESqfMKh
🧬GGED: https://t.co/oqtRgs1d76
🦠IMM: https://t.co/NrgDHQpLFH

🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026

🔗 Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

MCB postdoc Silvan Spiri is the lead author of exciting new research from the labs of Gloria Brar and Elçin Ünal that sheds new light on the mechanisms underlying gametogenic rejuvenation! 🔬

[QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley]

New @UCBerkeley 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: https://t.co/wrs3BAT5YF

[BerkeleyMBT @BerkeleyMBT]

Applications are open for the UC Berkeley MBT Summer 2027 cohort!
Join our Oct. 7 info session at 5 PM PT to learn about the program.
Register: https://t.co/Za7Jbip9fy

#UCBerkeley #BerkeleyMBT #Biotech

[James Olzmann @OlzmannLab]

Excited to see this online and to have contributed in a small way! Huge congratulations to @Sulfur_Vladi, Takaaki Akaike & team. Elemental sulfur (S8) accumulates in lipid droplets, & protects against lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis! 🔥
https://t.co/rTGf91lN81

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Exciting research from the lab of MCB's Helen Bateup (@BateupLab)! 🧪@bobthesciguy

https://t.co/ih9Qr9tfTS

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congrats to MCB's Fyodor Urnov (@UrnovFyodor) who was honored with the 2026 UC Regents Innovation Gamechanger Award! 👏🎉
https://t.co/ee0UlhVAAP

[Immunology of Infectious Disease News @infdisease_news]

Researchers at @berkeleyMCB demonstrated that strong and sustained type I IFN responses specifically and cell intrinsically impair responsiveness to #IFNγ to cause susceptibility to #MycobacteriumTuberculosis. 🫁

Learn more: https://t.co/6HY2Zr0I0E | #OpenAccess

[Journal of Cell Biology @JCellBiol]

Spotlight: Bartolutti, Brar et al. @berkeleyMCB (https://t.co/J9Ad867oAG) describe how physiological UPR induction drives #gametogenesis in budding #yeast. David Pincus @UChicago and Vladimir Denic @MCB_Harvard discuss the work: https://t.co/OF2tTn7DVX

#ProteinHomeostasis

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congratulations to MCB's Hernan Garcia (@HernanGGarcia), who has been named a 2026 Schmidt Science Polymath by @schmidtsciences! Garcia joins a cohort of eight scientists pursuing ambitious questions beyond their established areas of research. 👏🧪
https://t.co/XaR3WgDG9o

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Exciting research from the labs of MCB’s David Savage (@SavageCatsOnly) and Christina Listgarten, featuring MCB postdoc Maria Lukarska (@MariaLukarska)! 🧬🔬

[QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley]

.@UCBerkeley researchers developed ProteinGuide, an AI strategy that steers protein generative models toward specific properties using experimental data—without retraining the underlying models.

Read more about this research in QB3-Berkeley faculty labs: https://t.co/ySi23p54bk