Past Science Seminar Series

Howard Spero, Ph.D.

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis

March 16, 2017

Continue reading “The Science of Natural Variability in Earth’s Climate System” »

Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D.

Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

February 23, 2017

Continue reading “Rewriting the Language of Life: Impacts and Challenges of DNA Editing” »

Phillip Messersmith, Ph.D.

Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

November 9, 2016

Continue reading “Biological Polyphenols as Advanced Materials: Inspiration from Mussels, Tea, Wine, and Chocolate” »

Matthias Hebrok, Ph.D.

Director of UCSF Diabetes Center, Hurlbut-Johnson Distinguished Professor in Diabetes Research

September 28, 2016

Continue reading “Generating Functional Human beta-Cells from Stem Cells” »

Tori Hoehler, Ph.D.

Research Scientist in the Space Sciences and Astrobiology Division at NASA Ames Research Center

April 28, 2016

Continue reading “Innumerable Globes Like This One?” »

Thomas Carlson, M.D.

Pediatrician and Associate Teaching Professor at the University of California, Berkeley

March 2, 2016

Continue reading “Ethnobotanical Contributions to Human Health” »

Christopher Chang, Ph. D.
Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

December 3, 2015

Continue reading “A Synthetic Leaf for Solar-to-Chemical Conversation” »

Daniela Kaufer, Ph.D.

Professor of Integrative Biology and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley

November 5, 2015

Continue reading “Your Brain on Stress” »

Floyd Romesberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute
Principal Scientific Founder and Advisor of Synthorx, Inc.

May 13, 2015

Continue reading “A Semi-Synthetic Organism with an Expanded Genetic Alphabet” »

Dennis Clegg, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-director of the Center for Stem Biology and Engineering Neuroscience Research Institute, UCSB

Feburary 5, 2015

Continue reading “A Vision for the Future: Treating Blindness with Stem Cells” »

Susan Lynch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director, Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Microbiome Research Core, UCSF

November 20, 2014

Continue reading “The Microbiome: a New Frontier of Human Health” »

Tracy Grikscheit, MD.
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California
Attending Surgeon at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)

October 29, 2014

Continue reading “Solving Human Organ Failure with Tissue-Engineering and Stem Cells” »

Randy Schekman, Ph.D.
2013 Nobel Prize Winner
UC Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

October 8, 2014

Continue reading “Cell Membranes, Cell Secretion and Their Connection to Human Diseases” »