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12/12/2002 -Sea squirt genome has been sequenced
UCB press release - According to Daniel S. Rokhsar, head
of JGI's computational genomics department and a professor of physics
at UC Berkeley, the sea squirt has a slimmed-down genome because it hasn't
developed multiple copies of many genes, as have humans and other vertebrates.
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December 2002 - New DNA detectors bridge the (nano)gap
Lab Notes - Bioengineering professor Luke Lee, co-director
of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, and his students recently
demonstrated a tiny chip that instantly identifies DNA by its electrical
properties.December 2002). More
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December 2002 - The heart of tissue engineering
Lab Notes - Kevin E. Healy, a professor with joint appointments
in Berkeley's departments of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and
Bioengineering (BioE), and MSE graduate student Timothy V. Kirk are developing
an injectable gel rife with living cells and bioactive molecules that
could rebuild portions of a heart damaged by disease. More
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11/15/2002 - Visionaries chosen by science magazines
UCB press release - The December issue of Scientific American debuted
the annual "Scientific American 50," a list of individuals and organizations
whose accomplishments demonstrate a "clear, progressive view of the technological
future." That list included Alexander Pines, professor of chemistry
and QB3 faculty affiliate. More
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10/29/2002 - Computer algorithm pioneer in human genome sequencing
to join UC Berkeley faculty
UCB press release - Gene Myers, the computer whiz behind
the algorithms used to decipher millions of pieces of the genetic material
is coming to the University of California, Berkeley, for his next big
challenge. More
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10/25/2002 - Hao Li Cracks the Code
QB3-UCSF's Hao Li has developed a "novel" method for studying gene
regulation, thanks in part to Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
http://pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay/science/li.php
10/24/2002 - New biophotonics center will apply state-of-the-art optical
tools to medicine, biology
UCB press release - "Biophotonics refers to the application of
advanced optical technology to study biological processes," said Jay
T. Groves, QB3 faculty affiliate, assistant professor of chemistry
at UC Berkeley, faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(LBNL) and one of the principal investigators with the biophotonics center.
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Fall 2002 - MCB Transcript
MCB Transcript -The MCB newsletter features Kathleen Collins,
Jennifer Doudna, Michael A. Marletta, Robert Tjian. More
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08/30/2002 - Targeting enzymes that immortalize cancer cells
UCB press release - In a paper published in Nature Cell Biology,
post-doctoral fellow Judy M. Y. Wong and associate professor Kathleen
Collins describe a significant difference between the way normal and
cancerous cells handle an enzyme called telomerase, which is critical
to unrestricted cell growth. More
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07/24/2002 - Microorganisms that eat and breathe pollution
ChemiCAL Science and Engineering News - Chemistry professor Adam
Arkin is part of a nationwide collaborative effort to understand the
microorganisms that eat and breathe pollution. More
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07/22/2002 - Unlocking science online: A Q&A with Berkeley's Nicholas
Cozzarelli
Campus News - UC Berkeley biochemist Nicholas Cozzarelli,
editor-in-chief for seven years of the Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences (PNAS), discussed some of the challenges and responsibilities
facing scientific journals in the new world of electronic publishing.
He was joined by his colleague, Michael Eisen, a molecular biologist
at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, who helped spearhead the
creation of the Public Library of Science. More
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06/05/2002 - Vision researcher Geoffrey Owen named dean of biological
sciences in UC Berkeley's College of Letters & Science
UCB press release - W. Geoffrey Owen, professor and chair of the
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at the University of California,
Berkeley, has been named dean of the Biological Sciences Division in the
College of Letters & Science. He will oversee the largest concentration
of biology researchers and teachers on campus. More
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June 2002 - Peering inside the black box
HHMI Bulletin - Robert Tijan's work on gene expression has
revealed a DNA machine run by meticulous commands. More
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Spring 2002 - MCB Transcript
MCB Transcript - The newsletter for members and alumni of MCB features
Carlos Bustamante, Carolyn Bertozzi, Jamie Cate, Jennifer Doudna, Michael
Eisen, Michael A. Marletta, Eva Nogales. More
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05/08/2002 - Awards
Berkeleyan - ...Another newly elected academy member, Jennifer
Doudna, will join the campus's molecular and cell biology department
in January 2003. Currently, she is a professor in the Department of Molecular
Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale.
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05/08/2002 - Bioengineering update
Berkeleyan - ...graduate student Shelly Gulati, right explained
her work with DNA solution flow in microchannels to Associate Professor
of Bioengineering Dorian Liepmann, foreground, postdoctoral student
Brian Carlson, left, and research associate Jim Birch. More
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05/02/2002 - The 2002 UC Systemwide Biomedical Engineering Symposium
UCB press release - Graduate students and new faculty members from
the nine UC campuses will share their research in seminars, panel discussions
and poster sessions at the symposium, hosted this year by the Department
of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley. More
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04/30/2002 - Three UC Berkeley faculty members honored today by election
to National Academy of Sciences
UCB press release - Carlos J. Bustamante, professor of molecular
and cell biology and of physics, and an investigator in the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute at UC Berkeley. ...Another new electee, Jennifer
A. Doudna, will join UC Berkeley's molecular and cell biology department
in January 2003. More
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03/20/2002 - On genes and disease
Berkeleyan - ...Cancer researcher Robert Tjian to give April
3 Faculty Research Lecture. Genes may play the starring role in our understanding
of how the body functions, but... More
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03/13/2002 - Miniaturized microscopes
Berkeleyan - Assistant Professor Luke Lee is developing
a micro-lens smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. Imagine
a future where doctors can view the DNA of tumor cells inside a patient.
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03/13/2002 -Microsized microscopes
UCB press release - Luke P. Lee, assistant professor of
bioengineering at UC Berkeley, and his doctoral student Sunghoon Kwon
have captured an image of a plant cell with a microlens smaller than the
period at the end of this sentence. More
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March 2002 - Mouse genome assembly released
GenomeWeb - The UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group, headed by David
Haussler, a professor of computer science and an investigator for
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as a QB3 co-chair, added
a mouse genome assembly to the collection of human genome assemblies currently
available on the UCSC Genome Project website. More
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02/20/2002 - 2001-2002 New Faculty
Berkeleyan - ...Jamie Cate Assistant Professor of Chemistry
and Molecular Cell Biology. Expertise: Use of X-ray crystallographic,
biochemical, and genetic approaches... Jennifer Doudna Professor
of Molecular Cell Biology. Expertise: The structures and mechanisms of
RNA catalysts, and the roles of structured RNA molecules in protein. More
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02/14/2002 - Leading science administrator to head QB3
Berkeleyan - Marvin Cassman has been appointed director
of the new Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, known as QB3,
a partnership between the Berkeley, Santa Cruz and UCSF campuses. More
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01/17/2002 - In harshest environments, some proteins protected by
'alternate' folding mode
UC San Francisco - Beset by peers trying to tear them apart, proteins
known as proteases constantly risk destruction. UCSF scientists have determined
how a nearly impregnable design protects some of the most besieged proteases,
a design that contradicts a basic assumption of chemistry. More
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01/14/2002 - UCSC scientists honored for top research paper
UC Santa Cruz - Harry Noller, a professor of molecular,
cell and developmental biology, and his coauthors were awarded the Newcomb
Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) for his paper reporting the x-ray crystal structure of the ribosome
at a resolution of 5.5 angstroms. More
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