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  • Genome sequenced for amoeba that flips into free-swimming cell

    Scientists have sequenced the genome of a weird, single-celled organism called Naegleria gruberi. The genome is teaching biologists about the transition from prokaryotes, which function just fine with all their proteins floating around in a soup, to eukaryotes, which neatly compartmentalize those proteins into nuclei and mitochondria. QB3's Dan Rokhsar is a coauthor of the research. (read more)

  • Marqusee to lead QB3 at Berkeley

    Marqusee to lead QB3 at Berkeley

    UC Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced on February 25 the appointment of Susan Marqusee, M.D., Ph.D., as campus director of QB3-Berkeley. Marqusee, a molecular and cell biologist and protein folding expert, has served as associate director of QB3-Berkeley since its founding in 2000. For the past nine months, Marqusee served as interim director of QB3-Berkeley, following her predecessor Graham Fleming's appointment as Berkeley's vice chancellor for research in April 2009. (read more)

  • QB3 adds Zcube as limited partner in Mission Bay Capital Fund

    Mission Bay Capital, LLC, has added a new limited partner to its first venture fund, bolstering the fund’s ability to invest in promising bioscience companies emerging from the University of California. Zcube, Srl, the research corporate venture of Italian pharmaceutical leader Zambon Co., SpA, joined the Mission Bay Capital Fund with a $1 million investment. (read more)

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