Research & Innovation

In two connected papers published in the journal Science last week, researchers from the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) lab of Jennifer Doudna described the surprising discovery of an ancient progenitor of CRISPR systems that had been overlooked because it uses a never-before-seen coding system to find and bind to DNA.

In nature...

Before a child even enters the world, the conditions into which they are born are already shaping their health and future.

Hilary Hoynes, UC Berkeley chancellor’s professor of economics and public policy and co-director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality, has spent decades researching how different economic and social factors affect children’s lives, and how government policy can help address...

This summer, Diego Jimenez grappled for months with a daunting math problem — by choice — to confirm his interest in an academic career. Jimenez took part in the Marco Troper Summer Scholars Program, a new offering from UC Berkeley’s Department of Mathematics where undergraduates perform work in pairs on complex mathematical challenges. Their goal: produce an original research paper for publication.

“This was my first...

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is renewing its support for the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (NSF CIQC), a multi-institutional research center spanning California and led by UC Berkeley. The far-reaching grant will supply UC Berkeley and its partner institutions’...