http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 18 May 2013 20:48:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:46 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34475 Three young faculty members - Nicole King, Michael Rape & Russell Vance - have won the most sought-after appointment for a researcher at any American university: as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. The institute will pay their salaries in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology and provide research funding, freeing them from constant application for federal research grants.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/25/malaria-milestone-took-a-village/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/25/malaria-milestone-took-a-village/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:00:35 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34500 On April 25, World Malaria Day, the non-profit Zagaya released a video Illustrating why, in the words of UC Berkeley synthetic biologist Jay Keasling, “it took a village” to create an accessible treatment for malaria that will be essential to eradicating the disease.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/25/malaria-milestone-took-a-village/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/11/launch-of-antimalarial-drug-a-triumph-for-uc-berkeley-synthetic-biology/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/11/launch-of-antimalarial-drug-a-triumph-for-uc-berkeley-synthetic-biology/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:59 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34168 The best therapy today for malaria is a drug combination that includes a derivative of artemisinin, now solely available from plants. On April 11, Sanofi began production of the first semi-synthetic version of artemisinin, derived from yeast developed by biotech company Amyris based on discoveries in the laboratory of Jay Keasling at UC Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/11/launch-of-antimalarial-drug-a-triumph-for-uc-berkeley-synthetic-biology/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/12/tinnitus-discovery-could-lead-to-new-ways-to-stop-the-ringing/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/12/tinnitus-discovery-could-lead-to-new-ways-to-stop-the-ringing/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:28:04 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16298 People with tinnitus - a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears - can take heart from a new study by UC Berkeley neuroscientists that points to several new strategies for alleviating the problem.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/12/tinnitus-discovery-could-lead-to-new-ways-to-stop-the-ringing/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/10/19/prop19/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/10/19/prop19/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:26:46 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1232 On Nov. 2, state voters will decide on a controversial and quintessentially California ballot measure, Proposition 19, the "Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010." Where do students at Berkeley, with its reputation for liberalism (accurate or not) come down on the issue? Eleven campus undergraduates think out loud about the pros and cons of Prop. 19. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/10/19/prop19/feed/ 0