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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.

Frog-killing fungus could be greater threat, finds new genetic analysis

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

Patent filed on a novel bioremediation approach for perchlorate

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.

Patent filed on energy discovery

UC Berkeley and Colorado scientists use algae to find valuable new source of fuel.

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