Science ProgramsPaul Adams Named Acting Division Director
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>
Latest news: Protein structures revealed at record pace
Scientists at LBNL have developed a fast and efficient way to determine the structure of proteins, shortening a process that often takes years into a matter of days. PBD scientist, Greg Hura developed the technique with John Tainer of Berkeley Lab’s Life Sciences Division and the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA. Michael Adams and other scientists from the University of Georgia contributed to the research.
