http://qb3.org daily 1 2009-08-06T20:39:00Z http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:45:04Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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). No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:44:08Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:42:42Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:41:21Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:24:30Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:05:41Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:10:06Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/2002/mcb-transcript MCB Transcript -The MCB newsletter features Kathleen Collins, Jennifer Doudna, Michael A. Marletta, Robert Tjian. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:03:36Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:01:26Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/2002/unlocking-science-online-a-q-a-with-berkeleys-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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T20:57:50Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T21:00:44Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/2002/vision-researcher-geoffrey-owen-named-dean-of-biological-sciences-in-uc-berkeleys-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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T20:57:09Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/2002/peering-inside-the-black-box HHMI Bulletin - Robert Tijan's work on gene expression has revealed a DNA machine run by meticulous commands. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T20:56:23Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T18:53:21Z News Item http://qb3.org/news-and-events/archive/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. No publisher amagyaroff 2009-04-02T18:55:39Z News Item