MBIB News

In December, Eva Nogales, senior faculty scientist Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, traveled to her native Spain where she was honored for her work in the field of visualization of macromolecular function.

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a faculty scientist in the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and a professor at UC Berkeley, has received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement. Doudna, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, was honored for her work developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology.

Several Biosciences Area personnel are among the 2024 recipients of Berkeley Lab Director’s Achievement Awards. The program recognizes outstanding contributions by employees to all aspects of Lab activities.

Berkeley Lab researchers uncovered a distinctive adaptation that some bacteria use to quickly form protective communities called biofilms, which help them survive in adverse environments. The work could lead to better stewardship of areas with high levels of heavy metals, nutrients, or other forms of hazardous waste.

Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine identified a small-molecule protein inhibitor that blocks an enzyme that is key to male fertility. Protein crystallography performed at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) beamline 5.0.2 provided valuable structure-activity insights.