Colorful illustration of spherical lipid nanoparticles.

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Digital illustration of coiled molecules assembled into larger constructs.

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Eva Nogales (Credit: Christopher Michel) Harshi Munkundan (Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory)
  • Biosciences Area FY22 LDRD Projects

    The projects of 17 Biosciences Area scientists and engineers received funding through the FY22 Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.

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  • Women @ the Lab Awards

    Women @ the Lab Awards

    Four Biosciences employees were selected by Berkeley Lab leadership and the Women Scientists and Engineers Council (WSEC) for recognition as part of the 2020 Women @ the Lab awards. The biennial program, now in its fourth year, spotlights women at the Lab for meritorious professional contributions, leadership, mentorship, and outreach.

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  • Bissell to Receive Cancer Research Award

    Bissell to Receive Cancer Research Award

    Distinguished Senior Scientist awarded the American Association for Cancer Research Award for describing ways in which the microenvironment of cells can influence tumor growth.

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  • New Protein Functions from Beneficial Human Gut Bacterium

    New Protein Functions from Beneficial Human Gut Bacterium

    Researchers in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) and Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Divisions at Berkeley Lab employed a large-scale functional genomics approach to systematically characterize Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a beneficial bacterium prevalent in the human gut. They performed hundreds of genome-wide fitness assays and identified new functions for 40 proteins, including antibiotic tolerance, polysaccharide degradation, and colonization of the GI tract in germ-free mice.

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  • Are Gut Microbes the Key to Unlocking Anxiety?

    Are Gut Microbes the Key to Unlocking Anxiety?

    The prevalence of anxiety disorders, already the most common mental illness in many countries, including the U.S., has surged during the novel coronavirus pandemic. A study led by researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Biosciences Area provides evidence that taking care of our gut microbiome may help mitigate some of that anxiety.

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