Postdoc Vayu Hill-Maini is working to unlock the richly diverse genomes of fungi to engineer them into one-stop-shop tasty and nutritious meat alternatives. He holds up petri dishes of fungi growing, the right one is engineered, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) in Emergyville, Calif. 03/05/24

It’s Hearty, It’s Meaty, It’s Mold

With animal-free dairy products and convincing vegetarian meat substitutes already on the market, it’s easy to see how biotechnology can change the food industry. Advances in genetic engineering are allowing…

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Faculty focus on Iain Clark

Iain Clark is an assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering. The Clark lab’s research combines methods from multiple disciplines—molecular biology, microfluidics, engineering, and bioinformatics—to develop new single-cell genomics tools. The…

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Big Give: 10 years aglow

From a professor whose passion lights the spark of discovery to research that shines new light on the world’s challenges, the collective glow of the Cal community has illuminated paths…

Faculty focus on Judith Klinman

Judith Klinman has been a faculty member at UC Berkeley since 1978 where she is currently a Professor of the Graduate School. She has twice been appointed Chancellor’s Professor at…