Colorful illustration of spherical lipid nanoparticles.

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Digital illustration of coiled molecules assembled into larger constructs.

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Photo showing three potato plants growing in soil: the ones on the left and right are healthy; the one in the middle is wilted due to the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum. A pale-skinned woman with a silver bob wearing a black blazer over a blue blouse stands near a laboratory bench holding a 3D molecular model.
  • Berkeley Lab to Conduct R&D to Improve the Nation’s COVID-19 Testing Capabilities

    Berkeley Lab to Conduct R&D to Improve the Nation’s COVID-19 Testing Capabilities

    Berkeley Lab is part of a multi-laboratory working group that recently received DOE Office of Science funding under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to conduct R&D to help improve the nation’s COVID-19 testing capabilities. Three of our Biosciences Area researchers are helping to lead the Lab’s efforts.

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  • Biosciences Area FY21 LDRD Projects

    The projects of 15 Biosciences Area scientists and engineers received funding through the FY21 Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.

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  • Mina Bissell Awarded 2020 Canada Gairdner International Award

    Mina Bissell Awarded 2020 Canada Gairdner International Award

    Mina Bissell, distinguished senior scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Division, is one of five recipients of the 2020 Canada Gairdner International Award – an annual honor given to scientists who have contributed to transformative human health research.

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  • Microbiome Signature Could Predict Post-op Enterocolitis in Hirschsprung Disease Patients

    Microbiome Signature Could Predict Post-op Enterocolitis in Hirschsprung Disease Patients

    Biosciences Area researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Nanjing Medical University in China, performed the first study to prospectively investigate the gut microbiome in relation to Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HAEC), a leading cause of death in Hirschsprung disease patients. They identified a microbiome signature that might predict the development of postoperative HAEC. In addition, they found that exclusive breastfeeding might reduce the risk of HAEC through modulation of the intestinal microbiome.

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  • Mina Bissell Garners Two International Honors

    Mina Bissell Garners Two International Honors

    Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and Western University in Ontario, Canada each honored Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Division Distinguished Scientist Mina Bissell this fall for her exceptional body of work in cancer biology, which shifted the central paradigm of the field.

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