The Molecular Cascade of Stress

UC Berkeley biologist Daniela Kaufer investigates how the body transforms the psychological signal of stress into physiological changes to the brain. Her research demonstrates that stress affects every level of functioning, from how genes are transcribed to what proteins are translated. These tiny but profound shifts ultimately alter how entire body systems perform.

Catching Gravitational Waves

Don Backer goes about his days attuned to some of the faintest rhythms in the cosmos. As a UC Berkeley professor of astronomy, he's not interested in the proverbial music of the spheres. Rather, he aims to detect surges rippling the very fabric of spacetime: gravitational waves.

The 3D Language of Cells

Beneath your skin, out of your sight, your cells are locked in heated conversation. Like teens glued to a telephone, they have much to say to one another. Who are you? What have you sensed? What do you need? Do you belong? Though blind, deaf, and mute, cells face no communication quandary. Now Jay Groves, a UC Berkeley professor of chemistry, is deciphering yet another mode of cellular discourse: spatial patterning.

UC Berkeley biologist Daniela Kaufer explores stress and function at the genetic level