Automating the art of protein-function prediction
Associate Professor Steven Brenner, along with graduate student
Barbara Engelhardt and computer science professor Michael Jordan, are
developing a new approach to protein function prediction. It bridges
the pitfalls of previous prediction methods with logical, thoroughly
annotated, and statistically-based assessments.
A deadly fungus that has decimated populations
of mountain yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada can likely be
spread by sexual reproduction, seriously complicating efforts to save
the frogs from extinction, according to a new genetic analysis led by
researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
S.F. Chronicle article
UC Berkeley scientists develop a new
chemical-free bioremediation technique which uses electricity as the
primary feed stock for bacteria used to treat perchlorate
contamination.
Read more about this novel technique.
