The Life Sciences Division contributes to strategic Berkeley Lab and National efforts by developing and applying advanced technologies for elucidation of mechanisms involved in response to low level ionizing radiation, cancer and the microenvironment, neurodegenerative diseases, bio-fuel production and bioremediation.
Publication Highlight
PCAP Study Published in PNAS
Several researchers of the Life Sciences Division, together with colleagues of the Genomics, Earth Sciences, and Physical Biosciences Divisions and the University of California, San Francisco, have published their study on multiprotein complexes in the September 11, 2009 on-line early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The work was part of the Protein Complex Analysis Project (PCAP) funded by the DOE Genomics:GTL Program.
Award Highlight
Awarded: $1.3 million to Study Huntington's Disease
Cynthia McMurray of the Life Sciences Division is receiving $1.3 million over two years for research into mechanisms that prevent or delay the onset and progression of Huntington's disease (HD). HD is a neurodegenerative disease that is expected to affect 200,000 Americans in the next decade, yet no effective long-term approaches to therapy are currently available.
Upcoming Seminars
Job Dekker of the University of Massachusetts Medical School will present on "Long-range Gene Regulatory Architecture of the Human Genome," Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 4PM (Bldg. 66 Aud.). Host: Susan Celniker.
Amato Giaccia of Stanford University Medical School will present on "Fine Tuming Transcription under Hypoxic Conditions through Histone Demethylases and MiRNAs," Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 4 PM (Bldg. TBD) Host: Amy Kronenberg.
More >SAFETY MESSAGE
Safety Handbook and Orientation Checklist Available
To bridge the gap between EHS training and lab-specific safety issues, the Life Sciences Division has developed a new student safety handbook that emphasizes some fundamental lab safety issues, and a safety orientation checklist that focuses on basic life safety issues (such as eye wash locations, spill kit locations, etc.) and on hazards present in a particular lab. You can find these resources and more information on keeping safe here.
