MBIB News

Richmond Sarpong, a biochemist faculty scientist in the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, is among the newest elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 240-year-old honorary society that recognizes accomplished scholars, scientists and artists in academia, the humanities, arts, business, and government.

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.

Markita Landry has been named the winner of the 2020 Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award. Landry is a faculty scientist in Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB), as well as an assistant professor in chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. The award will be presented during the 2020 SciX 2020 conference in October in Sparks, Nevada, where Landry will give a plenary lecture and be honored in a special symposium.

Jennifer Doudna, faculty scientist in the Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, has been awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship.

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