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[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

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congratulations to Gokul Upadhyayula on his promotion to MCB Associate Professor in Residence! 👏

https://t.co/SeGDw9BpAj

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congrats to MCB PhD alum Sophie Dumont @DumontLab on being named a 2026 ASCB Fellow! 👏

[American Society for Cell Biology @ASCBiology]

Congratulations to Sophie Dumont of UC San Francisco on being named a 2026 ASCB Fellow in recognition of a career dedicated to advancing cell biology.

https://t.co/Ino2BGJwIS

[QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley]

QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Jennifer Doudna helped pioneer CRISPR, a breakthrough that gave Victoria Gray a new chance at life after 34 years of debilitating sickle cell crises.

Read more in Berkeley News: https://t.co/qePPSkKvcW

[UC Berkeley MCB @berkeleyMCB]

Congrats to the @ASCBiology MBoC 2026 Early Career Award winners! 🧬👏 Their outstanding papers showcase exciting science and important contributions to the field. Drubin Lab: Samantha Smith & Yuichiro Iwamoto and Ünal Lab: Madison Walsh

https://t.co/wecedcxDAC

[American Society for Cell Biology @ASCBiology]

Congratulations to Diana Bautista of UC Berkeley, recipient of the 2026 E.E. Just Lecture, recognizing outstanding scientific achievement.

https://t.co/2974hdzFAC

[BerkeleyMBT @BerkeleyMBT]

Today, the UC Berkeley MBT cohort completed its first industry site visit of the year at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
#UCBerkeley #MBT #Biotech