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MCB is pleased to welcome Michael Ward @michael-e-ward.bsky.social, Professor of Molecular Therapeutics, on July 1st! Read more about Dr. Ward's research and appointment to UC Berkeley: ls.berkeley.edu/news/michael...
The MCB Transcript Spring 2026 newsletter is here!
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Congrats to MCB's Michel DuPage, who has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure! 👏🥂
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Congratulations to MCB's Nicholas Ingolia, Kunxin Luo & David Weisblat who received the departmental 2026 MCB Outstanding Faculty Awards! 👏🎉
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The Molecular Therapeutics Initiative is excited to announce that applications for the MTI Innovation Award are now open!
We are supporting innovative ideas advancing molecular
therapeutics and translational science.
🔗 Details & application:
moleculartherapeutics.org/mti-innovati...
Exciting work from MCB's Eric Betzig,
Gokul Upadhyayula @supgokul.bsky.social & collaborators at UCB's Advanced Bioimaging Center! 🔬
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Congrats to Ana Galic and Kevin Li, who just graduated with honors in MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social, and to the brand new Dr. Trinity Cookis @trinitycookis.bsky.social 👨🎓👩🎓👩🎓🤩. Very best wishes for your next endeavors 💝
Congrats to MCB's Jeremy Thorner who will serve on the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal starting 7-1-26! @pnas.org
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Congratulations to Rebecca Heald on being elected 2028 ASCB President.
Heald is a leading cell biologist whose work on cell division and size control—and commitment to mentoring—has had a lasting impact on the field.
https://www.ascb.org/society-news/rebecca-heald-elected-2028-ascb-president/
In tumors that have lost expression of MHC-I, Treg ablation could unleash NK cell cytotoxicity and help to control CD8+ T cell-resistant tumors bit.ly/4uBrRII
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Molecular Therapeutics Initiative
Nogales Lab
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At UC Berkeley, high-resolution microscopes are generating images of cells and embryos day and night, collecting massive amounts of data to train an AI model for living biological systems.
The UC Berkeley Molecular Therapeutics Initiative seeks to accelerate bold, early-stage therapeutic discovery projects with strong potential for translational impact. The MTI Innovation Awards are…
