The projects of 23 Biosciences Area scientists and engineers received funding through the FY25 Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.
Nogales Garners Two International Accolades
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.
Biosciences’ Doudna Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation
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.
Training Tomorrow’s Microbiologists with MICROnet
The DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) Educators Program continues to evolve, with recent funding transforming the program into the Microbiomes In Computational Microbiology Research Opportunities Network (MICROnet).
Sequencing the Mysterious Microbes of the San Francisco Estuary
In a new study, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) Division research scientist Lauren Lui presents the first steps of her ambitious plan to catalogue the complete genomes of the microbial life found in the San Francisco Estuary near the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Using the latest sequencing technology, Lui aims to fill in a missing piece of how this sensitive, critical ecosystem is knit together. Ultimately, her work could help scientists formulate a more predictive understanding of how microbes respond to environmental changes.
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