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Berkeley, CA qb3.berkeley.edu Joined January 2019

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Researchers in the labs of QB3-Berkeley affiliates Jamie Cate and Alanna Schepartz engineered bacterial ribosomes to build non-canonical molecules—unlocking safer, cheaper routes to bioplastics and therapeutics.

Read the story: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/lifes-leg…

A side-by-side image: on the left, a researcher uses mass spectrometry in Alanna Schepartz’s lab and on the right a researcher uses cryo-EM at Cal-Cryo@QB3-Berkeley.

QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley Oct 1

New @UCBerkeley research from the Brar and Ünal labs puts us one step closer to understanding gametogenic rejuvenation.

Lead author Silvan Spiri developed a platform to discover the first factors responsible for making cells “young” again.

Read more: bit.ly/4hpqYPJ

Silvan Spiri stands at a computer monitor, preparing to load gametes into microscopic traps, which are shown on the monitor screen.

QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley Sep 24

QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Margaux Pinney shares how her interdisciplinary lab uses microfluidics to study enzyme kinetics at scale, opening new frontiers for drug discovery and protein design.

Read our latest interview: qb3.berkeley.edu/news/faculty-f…

QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley Sep 17

.@UCBerkeley researchers developed ProteinGuide, an AI strategy that steers protein generative models toward specific properties using experimental data—without retraining the underlying models.

Read more about this research in QB3-Berkeley faculty labs: bit.ly/4AlhcFC

Graphic illustrating how ProteinGuide was tested on adenine base editors: In the first round, generative models produced a library of variants that were experimentally tested for editing activity; ProteinGuide then used those results to guide a second round of designs toward higher activity.

Side-by-side headshots of Maria Lukarska (left, a postdoctoral scholar in Professor Dave Savage's lab) and Junhao Xiong (right, a recently graduated PhD student in Professor Jennifer Listgarten’s lab).

QB3-Berkeley @QB3Berkeley Aug 25

QB3-Berkeley faculty affiliate Jennifer Doudna helped pioneer CRISPR, a breakthrough that gave Victoria Gray a new chance at life after 34 years of debilitating sickle cell crises.

Read more in Berkeley News: news.berkeley.edu/2026/08/17/aft…

news.berkeley.edu After 34 years of debilitating sickle cell crises, CRISPR gave her a new chance at life - Berkeley... After volunteering to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, Victoria Gray traded a life that felt hopeless for a future she never thought she’d see — and has become a voice of hope...