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Also on today's calendar: Oakland Jazz Choir live at the Hillside Club w/guest Stephanie Crawford and 12 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Health law programs expand clinics, research and student opportunities (nationaljurist.com) — Berkeley Law has launched a new Life Sciences Law & Policy Center that gives local students fresh chances to research health, biotech, and digital health issues while publishing and networking. The center and a new student society are expanding courses, fellowships, and events that connect Berkeley-based law students with cutting-edge life sciences policy debates and career paths.
2. Solving a longstanding problem in drug delivery (berkeley.edu) — UC Berkeley researchers have developed a new "switchable" lipid nanoparticle that may deliver mRNA therapies effectively while sharply reducing inflammation, potentially making treatments safer for people with conditions like diabetes and cancer. The work, led from Berkeley with multiple partners, could expand future gene-based therapies and is already showing promising results in animal models and human blood cells.
3. The National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) Staff (lbl.gov) — Several National Center for Electron Microscopy staff members working at Berkeley Lab are profiled with short biographies and contact details, including multiple scientists trained at UC Berkeley. For local readers in science or tech, it's a useful snapshot of who's leading advanced materials and microscopy research right in Berkeley's backyard, and how to reach them for collaboration or facility use.
4. National Lab mining tech projects selected for DOE funding (northamericanmining.com) — A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory project in Berkeley has been selected for federal funding to develop low-voltage lithium extraction from clay, part of a $29.5 million Department of Energy push to boost domestic mining technology. While the initiative is national in scope, it underscores Berkeley's role in advancing critical mineral research that could influence future clean energy supply chains.
5. $7.5B plan for California science agency free from Trump's influence will go to voters (berkeleyside.org) — UC Berkeley researchers and leaders helped push a new $7.5 billion California science and health research bond measure that will go before voters in March 2028. The plan aims to stabilize funding for projects, including at UC Berkeley, after major federal grant cancellations under the Trump administration, potentially reshaping how local labs and scientists secure long-term support.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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