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Cancer-associated alternative splicing

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Welcome to the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley. The photos above represent our five divisions: Neurobiology, Genetics, Genomics & Development, Cell & Developmental Biology, Immunology and Pathogenesis, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Click on any of the photos above to see more details about each of the five Divisions.

Martin receives Searle Scholars award

Andreas Martin has been named as one of the 2009 Searle Scholars. The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry.

Two MCB Ph.D Alumni (Iain Cheeseman and Danica Chen) are also among the 2009 awardees.

Bautista named a 2009 Pew Scholar

The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Dr. Diana M. Bautista was selected as a 2009 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. Awards this year were given to 17 early-career scientists who display outstanding promise in research relevant to the advancement of human health.

MCB Ph.D Alumni Zev David Bryant is also among the 2009 awardees.

First Bowes Research Fellow Selected

Woj Wojtowicz has been selected as the first Bowes Research Fellow and will start August 15. She will be researching the interactions of cell surface molecules in neurons with the goal of understanding how these interactions ultimately lead to the precise wiring of the brain.

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Research Spotlight

Structure of yeast frequenin (Frq1) bound to its target site in a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (Pik1)

Structure of yeast frequenin (Frq1) bound to its target site in a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (Pik1)

Photo courtesy of Professor Jeremy Thorner

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