Science ProgramsPaul Adams Named Acting Director of Physical Biosciences Division
Paul Adams, a senior scientist at Berkeley Lab, a bioengineering professor at UC Berkeley, and a leading authority on protein crystallography has been appointed as Acting Director of Berkeley Lab’s Physical Biosciences Division (PBD) by Berkeley Lab Interim Laboratory Director Paul Alivisatos, effective immediately. The goal of PBD research is to catalyze the development of biology as a quantitative and predictive science. More>
PBD LeadershipJan Liphardt Named Acting Deputy Director of Physical Biosciences Division
Jan Liphardt, a Physical Biosciences Division Faculty Scientist, a Divisional Director’s Fellow in LBNL’s Department of Advanced Microscopies, an Assistant Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Physics, and a Faculty Affiliate of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), has been appointed as Acting Deputy Director of Berkeley Lab’s PBD by the Acting Division Director, Paul Adams, effective immediately. More>
Higher Temps Yield More Sensitive MRI
Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, requiring patients to remain motionless for long periods of time inside noisy, claustrophobic machines. Full story.
