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We're Hiring | 3 Assistant Professors
Interested in becoming a UC Berkeley faculty member in MCB? We are now accepting applications for Assistant Professor positions across three divisions in MCB:
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BBS)
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development (GGED)
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine (IMM)
Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply by October 19, 2026.
Doudna named 2026 ACS fellow
Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Molecular Therapeutics, was recently named a 2026 American Chemical Society (ACS) fellow. The ACS Fellows Program recognizes ACS members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and made substantial contributions to science, the chemical profession, and the American Chemical Society. Read more about the 2026 ACS fellows here.
Three MCB postdocs named LSRF fellows
Three MCB postdoctoral researchers are among the 33 early-career scientists selected for the Life Sciences Research Foundation's (LSRF) prestigious postdoctoral fellowships as part of its 2026 class.
The MCB recipients include:
Jean Jacobs (Zoncu Lab): Valhalla Foundation Fellow
Jack Liu (Whiteman Lab): Simons Foundation International Fellow
Feng Yuan (Drubin Lab): Robertson Foundation Fellow
Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day
Postdoctoral fellow Jeffrey Groh led a study on the genetic explanation of avocado pollination. All avocado trees are hermaphrodites, but until now, it was unclear how avocado flowers function as female in the morning and male in the afternoon (A-type plants), while B-type plants follow the opposite pattern. Read the full story in UC Davis News.
Five MCB faculty honored by ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has announced that five MCB faculty are among the ASCB 2026 award winners and fellows. Recipients will receive their awards during the Cell Bio meeting in San Diego, California, in December 2026.
New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors
Priya Moorjani, Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development, and her lab have developed a novel genomic analysis method that identified DNA inherited from two previously unknown ancient human relatives and established a timeline for these interbreeding events, providing new insights into the complexity of human evolution.
North and South America weren't always connected, but their mammals still found a way to intermingle
IB professor Jack Tseng, former IB undergrad Leah Kahn, former visiting postdoctoral scholar Adolfo Pacheco-Castro, and collaborators at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the National Autonomous University of Mexico documented fossil evidence indicating that animals from different latitudes of North and South America intermingled before the formation of the Panamanian land bridge, which linked the two continents. Read the full story in Berkeley News.
Performance trade-offs define a fundamental dental dichotomy in mammals
Led by FAVE Lab NSF/Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow Narimane Chatar, alongside Huelsenbeck Lab PhD student Levi Raskin, former IB visiting scholars Alex Ramos and Melvin Vankelst, and IB professor Jack Tseng, the team published a paper on mammalian dental evolution. Read the full story, featured as the cover article in Science.