2024
We are excited to announce that Noelle L'Etoile, PhD, receives the new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award "Sleep and Aging: Can Sleep Ameliorate Age-Driven Neurodegeneration?"
February, 2024
Congratulations to Erica Hutchins, PhD, for receiving the H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology!
January, 2024
Lakyn Mayo from the Kutys lab receives an NHLBI F31 predoctoral fellowship.
January, 2024
2023
The Kutys lab receives a NIH R21 grant.
December, 2023
The Knox lab receives an award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to fund translational research. Sarah Knox, PhD, received $2.3M to develop neurogenic hydrogel stimulation of stem cells to regenerate radiation-damaged salivary glands.
October, 2023
Congratulations to Laura Persson, PhD, from the L’Etoile lab for winning the UCSF Postdoc Slam in 2023! Her presentation title is “The Wormnado: What a Tiny Worm Can Teach Us about Collective Behavior.”
September, 2023
The Goga lab receives the R01 award from NIH/NCI. Andrei Goga, MD, PhD received a five-year $3.2M award for “Understanding CDK1 Function and Cancer Vulnerabilities” from the National Cancer Institute. Through this award, the Goga Lab will investigate how cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1), the major regulator of cell cycle entry into mitosis functions in normal and tumor cells, which may lead to new cancer therapies.
August, 2023
Daphne Superville a UCSF Biomedical Sciences (BMS) graduate student in the Goga lab receives an NIH/NCI F31 training award. The two year fellowship will support Daphne’s studies of how immune cells are altered during breast cancer metastasis. The award supported by the National Cancer Institute may identify new treatment approaches for metastatic cancer.
August, 2023
The Hutchins lab receives the R35 MIRA award from NIH/NIGMS. Erica Hutchins, PhD, received a five-year $2M Early Stage Investigator Maximizing Investigator's Research Award (MIRA) R35 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Through this award, the Hutchins Lab will investigate RNA decay mechanisms underlying cell state transitions in neural crest stem cells.
August, 2023
Laura Persson, PhD, who is doing her postdoctoral research in the L’Etoile lab receives a K99 award from NIGMS for her study of an emergent collective behavior in C elegans
August, 2023
Congratulations to CTB faculty Stephen Floor and Julie Sneddon who have both been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
July, 2023
The Kutys lab receives the R35 MIRA award from NIH/NIGMS. Matthew Kutys, PhD, received a five-year $2M Early Stage Investigator Maximizing Investigator's Research Award (MIRA) R35 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Through this award, the Kutys Lab will investigate how coordination between genetic programs and the physical organization of cells orchestrates the development and maintenance of tissues.
July, 2023
Diane Barber works with Armenian Society of Fellows to establish three research cores in Yerevan, Armenia and is interviewed by the online newspaper CivilNet
June, 2023
The Barber lab receives 5-year $2 million NIH R01 grant from National Cancer Institute entitled Roles for Intracellular pH Dynamics in Cancer
April, 2023
The Floor lab receives the R35 MIRA award from NIH/NIGMS This "Maximizing Investigator's Research Award is titled "The molecular grammar of human RNA biology" and is focused on how RNA molecules regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally through sequence elements that regulate translation, RNA stability, localization, and more. The goal of this proposal is to define the mechanisms of RNA regulation and advance new approaches to reveal new modes of regulation.
April, 2023
Barbie Klein receives the Spring 2023 Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award for faculty at UCSF for five years or fewer
April, 2023 / See UCSF announcement
Nate Meyer, DSCB student in the Barber lab, graduates with his PhD degree
March, 2023
2022
Fred Chang named as Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology
September, 2022 / See ASCB announcement
Julie Sneddon and UCSF team receives the transformative Gordon Family gift to accelerate cell transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes
September, 2022 / See UCSF story
Cambria Chou-Freed, BMS student in the Barber lab, receives an NIH F31 fellowship award entitled Intracellular pH Dynamics in Zebrafish Cranial Neural Crest Development
August, 2022 / See Barber lab website
CTB welcomes new Assistant Professor, Erica Hutchins to the department. The Hutchins lab seeks to map how post-transcriptional regulation controls developmental pluripotency and cell fate decisions in vivo.
July, 2022 / See Hutchins lab website
Diane Barber receives the 2022 Academic Senate Faculty Research Lectureship in Translational Science
May, 2022 / See UCSF story
Kyle Kisor, BMS student in the Barber lab, receives an NIH F31 fellowship award entitled pH Dynamics Determining DNA binding specificity of FOX Transcription Factors
March, 2022 / See Barber lab website
2021
Torsten Wittmann named as Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development
October, 2021 /
Jeffrey Bush named as Marylou Buyse Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research from Society of Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental BIology
October, 2021 / See SCGDB news
Sarah Knox wins the International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award
July, 2021 / See press release
Stephen Floor named as Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
June, 2021 / See UCSF story
Sarah Knox Appointed UCSF Assistant Dean for Research
April, 2021 /
2020
Sarah Knox featured on Saturday Night Stories, a UCSF podcast, Episode 3 "The Inspired - Discovering Cures Through the Wonders of Saliva"
November 21, 2020 / UCSF Saturday Night Stories podcast
Elizabeth Joyce Joins Haile T. Debas Academy
September 2020 / Learn More About the Academy
Sarah Knox project among those moving forward with new funding
July 14, 2020 / See UCSF Story
Diane Barber receives Excellence in Research Award from John Greene Society
May 26, 2020 / See UCSF Story
Stephen Floor named Researcher of the Month by Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
January 17, 2020 / See UCSF Story
2019
Julie Sneddon to join CTB as Assistant Professor in 2020. Welcome!
December 2019 / See website
Matthew Kutys to join CTB as Assistant Professor in 2020. Welcome!
November 2019 / See website
Chang Lab Cell Systems paper shows that increased protein concentrations stimulates cell resiliency and supergrowth
November 6, 2019 / See UCSF Story
Julie Sneddon receives the Helmholtz Young Investigator in Diabetes Award from the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center.
September 2019 / See website
Torsten Wittmann wins First Place at UCSF Sci-Resolution competition
May 29, 2019 / See announcement
Stephen Floor among top NIH funded projects in 2018
February 27, 2019 / See UCSF Story
2018
Jeffrey van Haren (Wittmann Lab) wins first place for his presentation at the UCSF Research and Clinical Excellence Day
October 17, 2018 / See Spotlight Achievement
Floor Lab receives NIH New Innovator Award
October 2, 2018 / See NIH press release, recipients, UCSF Story
Sophie Dumont receives the ASCB 2018 WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research
July 5, 2018 / See ASCB article
Sophie Dumont receives the UCSF Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award
June 6, 2018 / See UCSF Story
Sarah Knox and Shingo Kajimura among School of Dentistry's top NIH funding recipients in 2017
March 6, 2018 / See UCSF Story
Stephen Floor receives the New Investigator Award from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Progam
February 2018 / See TRDRP website
Wittmann Lab Nature Cell Biology paper provides light-controlled tool to switch off proteins inside cells
January 26, 2018 / See UCSF Story
2017
Kajimura Lab Nature Medicine paper rethinks how 'beige' fat cells burn calories
November 13, 2017 / See UCSF Story
Shingo Kajimura receives JSPS Prize (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize)
July 2017 / See JSPS Prize Awardees
Andrei Goga named Dr. Arnold and Dianne Gazarian Presidential Chair
June 29, 2017 / See UCSF Story
UCSF news story features lab-grown organoids from the Bush and Knox Labs
June 7, 2017 / See UCSF Story
Carol Gross, Sarah Knox, and Shingo Kajimura among SOD's top NIH funding recipients in 2016
March 27, 2017 / See UCSF Story
Christina Hueschen from the Dumont Lab wins 1st prize at the UCSF Grad Slam. She will now represent UCSF at the UC-wide Grad Slam on May 4, 2017
March 16, 2017 / See UCSF Story
2016
Stephen Floor to join CTB as Assistant Professor in 2017. Welcome!
December 7, 2016
Goga Lab Nature Medicine paper on triple negative breast cancer identifies new drug target
October 24, 2016 / See UCSF Story
Sarah Knox featured in UCSF SOD Spotlight
September 1, 2016 / See UCSF Spotlight
Kajimura Lab Cell Metabolism paper shows that calorie-burning 'good' fat can be protected
August 25, 2016 / See UCSF Story
Pereira Lab work on Zika virus published in Cell Host & Microbe and featured in the New York Times
July 18, 2016 / See New York Times article, UCSF Story
Congratulations to CTB graduate students and postdocs who hold external fellowships funding their training. These include:
AHA Predoctoral Fellowship: Svetlana Keylin (Kajimura Lab)
China Scholarship Council Graduate Fellowship: Qianqian Kang (Kajimura Lab)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship: Alison May (Knox Lab)
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship: Mary Elting (Dumont Lab)
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship: Andrea Afonso Serra-Marques (Dumont Lab)
HHMI Gilliam Graduate Fellowship: Francesca Aloisio (Barber Lab)
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship: Takeshi Yoneshiro (Kajimura Lab)
LLHF Postdoctoral Fellowship: Kasaku Shinoda (Kajimura Lab)
Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship: Kenji Ikeda (Kajimura Lab)
NIH F31 Graduate Fellowship: Christina Hueschen (Dumont Lab), Terren Niethamer (Bush Lab), Koy Saeteurn (Derynck Lab)
NIH F32 Postdoctroal Fellowship: Jennifer Finley (Knox Lab), Alexandre Matov (Wittmann Lab), Audrey O'Neill (Bush Lab), Katie White (Barber Lab)
NIH F99/K00 Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award: Roman Camarda (Goga Lab)
NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award: Kosaku Shinoda (Kajimura Lab)
NSF Graduate Fellowship: Jonathan Kuhn (Dumont Lab), Alexandra Long (Dumont Lab), Terren Niethamer (Bush Lab), Pooja Suresh (Dumont Lab)
Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Postdoctoral Fellowship: Carlos Henrique Gorssi Sponton (Kajimura Lab)
Susan G. Komen Postdoctoral Fellowship: Julia Rohrberg (Goga Lab)
UALC Postdoctoral Fellowship: Andrew Beardsley (Goga Lab)
Fred Chang and Sophie Dumont are profiled in the Journal of Cell Biology this Spring
June 6, 2016 / See Fred's profile and Sophie's profile
Sophie Dumont is SOD's top NIH funding recipient in 2015
March 31, 2016 / See UCSF Story
Goga Lab Nature Medicine paper shows that triple-negative breast cancers depend on fat as fuel
March 7, 2016 / See UCSF Story
Sophie Dumont receives NSF CAREER award
January 7, 2016 / See website
2015
Torsten Wittmann wins Judge's Grand Prize and Jeffrey van Haren (Wittmann Lab) wins Judges' Favorite Video at UCSF Sci-Resolution competition
October 26, 2015 / See announcement
Dumont Lab receives NIH New Innovator Award
October 6, 2015 / See NIH press release, recipients, UCSF Story
Congrats to CTB students for being selected as UCSF Discovery Fellows: Brittany Anderton, Roman Camarda, Christina Hueschen, Jonathan Kuhn, Alexandra Long
See website
Sophie Dumont receives the Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award of the Biophysical Society
August 24, 2015 / See BPS press release
Professor Fred Chang and his lab will be joining CTB in January 2016. Welcome!
August 1, 2015 / See Chang Lab
Aimee Kao, Diane Barber (CTB), Matt Jacobson and Torsten Wittmann (CTB) receive Paul G. Allen Family Foundation award for Alzheimer's disease research
July 14, 2015 / See PGAFF press release, UCSF SOD website, UCSF website
Sarah Knox gives UCSF Discovery talk
May 30, 2015 / See video
NIH Director's blog highlights Wittmann Lab's "Life: Magnified" exhibit image and Nature Cell Biology paper
April 2, 2015 / See blog
2014
Shingo Kajimura wins Helmholtz Young Investigator Diabetes (HeIDi) Award
October 15, 2014 / See website
Shingo Kajimura profiled in Nature
September 3, 2014 / See Nature website
Andrei Goga, Noelle L'Etoile and UCSF team receive NIH center award to study extracellular RNAs
January 9, 2014 / See UCSF press story
2013
Shingo Kajimura receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
December 23, 2013 / See White House press release
NIH Director's blog highlights Kajimura Lab's recent Nature paper
November 12, 2013 / See blog
Diane Barber chosen as UCSF SOD 2013 Faculty Research Award Lecturer
October 10, 2013 / See website
Sophie Dumont elected Rita Allen Scholar
July 25, 2013 / See press release
Peter Sargent named Associate Dean for Research
July 8, 2013 / See website
Shingo Kajimura elected Pew Scholar
June 13, 2013 / See press release
Sophie Dumont elected Kimmel Scholar
May 10, 2013 / See press release
Sophie Dumont elected Searle Scholar
April 3, 2013 / See press release
Sophie Dumont elected Sloan Research Fellow
February 19, 2013 / See press release
Katja Brückner receives American Cancer Society Scholar Award
January 1, 2013 / See website
2012
Diane Barber honored with UCSF Postdoc Association Mentorship Award
December 14, 2012 / See UCSF Postdoc Association website
Diane Barber elected AAAS Fellow
November 29, 2012 / Dr. Barber joins Cell & Tissue Biology faculty Carol Gross and Rik Derynck as AAAS Fellows
Randall Kramer chosen as UCSF SOD 2012 Faculty Research Award Lecturer
October 11, 2012 / See website
Andrei Goga receives Era of Hope Scholar Award
August 1, 2012 / See website
Andrei Goga receives Leukemia and Lymphoma Scholar Award
July 1, 2012 / See website
Noelle L'Etoile receives NSF EAGER Award
May 1, 2012 / See website