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  • Biosciences Area Researchers Place at Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition

    Biosciences Area Researchers Place at Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition

    ABPDU’s Asun Oka and Dupeng Liu placed second and third at the event co-hosted by the Lab’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School.

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  • Toward a Genetic Understanding of Variability in Radiation Sensitivity

    Toward a Genetic Understanding of Variability in Radiation Sensitivity

    Injury to immune-system and blood-forming cells is a common side effect of radiation therapy, which more than half of all cancer patients receive as part of their treatment. Biosciences Area researchers and their collaborators used a genetically diverse mouse population to model individual differences in sensitivity to radiation exposure.

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  • Putting an End to Plastic Separation Anxiety

    Putting an End to Plastic Separation Anxiety

    Scientists at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) are collaborating with X – the moonshot incubator led by Google parent company Alphabet – to not only skip the problematic plastic separation step, but also make the final product better for the planet. 

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  • New ABPDU Capabilities Provide Resource for Gas Fermentation Development

    New ABPDU Capabilities Provide Resource for Gas Fermentation Development

    Gas fermentation, a process in which microorganisms convert waste gases into commodity chemicals, has the potential to inexpensively manufacture sustainable bio-based materials and fuels to help create a circular bioeconomy.

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  • Anne Villacastin Wins at the Annual Berkeley Lab Research SLAM

    Anne Villacastin Wins at the Annual Berkeley Lab Research SLAM

    Postdoctoral researcher Anne Villecastin took home two prizes from the Lab’s yearly contest.

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