Several Biosciences Area personnel are among the 2024 recipients of Berkeley Lab Director’s Achievement Awards. The program recognizes outstanding contributions by employees to all aspects of Lab activities.
Biosciences Strategic Plan 2024–2034 Released
The Biosciences 10-year Scientific Strategic Plan, which envisions the future of technology development, biological research, and organizational stewardship for the Area, has been released. The plan represents short- and long-term goals to transform biological research with technological innovations that will be applied to Area research strategies in energy, environment, and human health. The strategic plan also describes organizational stewardship goals to invest in people and manage Area resources.
Researchers Assess AlphaFold Model Accuracy
An international team of researchers that included developers of the Phenix software suite performed an analysis of AlphaFold predictions, comparing them with both high-quality experimental data and experimentally determined structures. Their results led them to conclude that AI-based protein structure predictions are best considered to be exceptionally useful hypotheses, and that experimental measurements remain essential for confirmation of the details of protein structures.
Researchers Capture Elusive Missing Step in Photosynthesis
After decades of effort, scientists have revealed atomic-scale details of the water splitting step of photosynthesis, the chemical process that generates the air we breathe. The latest work adds to our understanding of photosynthesis and will aid the development of fully renewable alternative energy sources.
Adams Appointed ALD for Biosciences
Berkeley Lab Director Mike Witherell has appointed Paul Adams to the position of Associate Lab Director (ALD) for Biosciences. Adams has been serving as the interim ALD for the Biosciences Area since 2021, taking over for Mary Maxon, who is now with Schmidt Futures. Over the past two decades, Adams has played an important role promoting Berkeley Lab’s leadership in structural biology nationally and internationally. As ALD, Adams will continue to advance the Area’s scientific vision and operations excellence while advancing IDEA principles and broadening outreach to institutions serving groups that are underrepresented in STEM.
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