Campus Science News

The following news items are from various campus, college and department sources.

DuPage promoted to associate professor

Michel DuPage promoted to associate professorCongratulations to Michel DuPage on his promotion to MCB Associate Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine!

The DuPage Lab focuses on epigenetic control of the functional plasticity of T cells in disease. Read more about the DuPage Lab and their research here. 
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Congratulations 2026 commencement award winners

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Congratulations to our MCB PhD, MBT, and BA Class of 2026 graduates!

The MCB Department is proud of our newest graduates and all that they have accomplished! Please help us celebrate the 2026 MCB Commencement Honors awardees listed below.

 

2026 MCB PhD Commencement Honors
The following are the recipients of our annual PhD graduate awards for research, academic, and community achievement.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Banerjea and Krish named Goldwater Scholars!
Congratulations to undergraduate bioengineers Arul Banerjea and Devon Krish, both new recipients of the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Banerjea is a double major in Bioengineering and Molecular & Cellular Biology, works in the Tjian-Darzacq lab on single-molecule imaging and live-cell assays for Rett syndrome, and devotes time to raising funds for children affected by…
Department of Bioengineering
Scientists are building an AI assistant to interpret petabytes of microscope data

A sequence of high-resolution images showing a cell dividing into three daughter cells, a rare event captured by the MOSAIC microscope in 5D. The images come from the first 3D videos of such an event, which was captured in cancerous pig epithelial cells.</body></html>
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Herr Lab and partners receive grant to study biology in time and space
Our researchers have received a new grant from the Biohub non-profit research organization, looking to advance the field of Spatiotemporal omics - the ability to sample biomolecules at different locations and times to watch disease processes unfold. Amy Herr and her UCSF partners Jennifer Rosenbluth and Amrita Basu will be studying integrated organoid systems for immunotherapy toxicity.
Department of Bioengineering
Thorner joins editorial board of PNAS

Jeremy Thorner joins the editorial board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journalDistinguished Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Jeremy Thorner, will serve on the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal. Thorner's three-year term with PNAS, one of the nation's most prestigious scientific journals, will commence on July 1, 2026 and end on June 30, 2029. Learn more about the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) here.  
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology