Jay Keasling

Researchers engineered infinitely renewable plastics called poly(diketoenamine), or PDK, for the first time using bio-based ingredients.

For years, scientists have worked to create an energy-dense and eco-friendly fuel and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, researchers have finally created one — biofuel derived from bacteria.

Jay Keasling, campus professor and Berkeley Lab scientist, has been named a Distinguished Scientist Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Researchers at the Berkeley-based startup Demetrix have engineered yeast to produce cannabinoids using less water, land and energy than farming methods. 

A UC Berkeley research team published a study Wednesday which engineered yeast to produce key cannabinoids — the main chemical components in the cannabis plant — from the sugar galactose.

Nine UC Berkeley professors will join 234 other campus faculty in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, it was announced Wednesday.

It has been an exciting year for Jay Keasling, one that marks the climax of a long journey to help develop inexpensive treatment for malaria.

President Barack Obama officially announced an expansive new brain research initiative in a press conference Tuesday, after weighing input from top U.S. scientists including three from UC Berkeley.

UC Berkeley professor, John Keasling has been awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for his research developing inexpensive treatments for malaria.