Professor Mark Hellerstein is the brainchild behind the artist residency program at 2727 California Street.
Barry Shane retires from NST
College of Natural Resources congratulates faculty members who retired during the 2017-2018 academic year, including NST Professor Barry Shane.
Preeminent toxicologist and pesticide expert John Casida dies at 88
The professor emeritus and Wolf Prize awardee was one of the world’s leading authorities on how pesticides work and how they can potentially harm humans.
Course highlights: Nutrition in the Community and Medical Nutrition Therapy II
Learn more about two courses offered to undergraduate Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology students.
CNR welcomes new dean
The College of Natural Resources has a new dean, plant ecologist and evolutionary biologist David Ackerly.
Water treatment methods may unintentionally generate harmful chemicals
New research from Dan Nomura and Breanna Ford highlights the potential risks of using oxidative treatment on alternative drinking water sources.
Nomura Lab and Novartis team up to tackle the industry’s toughest drug targets
Professor Dan Nomura's lab is collaborating with Novartis to explore new drug mechanisms and targets, with a specific focus on oncology and infectious disease.
Brown fat flexes its muscle to burn energy
New research published in Cell Metabolism shows a pathway that triggers brown fat tissue to consume calories from fat and sugars and radiate them away as heat
Danica Chen interview: from early learning to aging research
In an interview in the Journal of Cell Biology, Danica Chen discusses how she became a cell biologist, her current research, and her plans for future research projects.
Researchers discover how cells remember infections decades later
Research led by Professor Marc Hellerstein has found an answer to this long-running mystery in immunology.
Architects of Metabolism
The fall 2017 issue of Breakthroughs magazine features Andreas Stahl's campus collaborations in fighting obesity with fat.
James Olzmann named 2017 Hellman Fellow
The Hellman Fellows program supports junior faculty research on the ten UC system campuses and at four private institutions.
Berkeley and Novartis collaborate to tackle undruggable disease targets
Collaboration aims to unlock difficult drug targets and accelerate the discovery of new therapeutics.
New research: synthetic molecule targets breast cancer growth
A new study identifies and maps how a natural chemical found in Indian winter cherry suppresses breast cancer cell growth.
Research across the Bay: New partnership between NST and UCSF Diabetes Center
NST's metabolic biology graduate students now have the opportunity to work with faculty at UCSF.
NST Lecturer Position Announcement
The Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a pool of full-time and part-time, non-tenure track lecturer positions (including summer sessions) to teach courses in Nutriti
NST Students Work with Cal Dining Chefs to Revamp Recipes
NST Instructor Kristen Rasmussen de Vasquez led students in the creation of healthy new recipes for Cal Dining.
NST 121 Students Present at National Scientific Meetings
NST 121, Computational Toxicology, has been a requirement for Toxicology majors, minors, and Specialization “majors” since the course inception by Dr. Dale Johnson in 2006.
Featured Social Marketing Campaign Projects from NST 166
On the first day of class, students in NST 166 Nutrition in the Community were asked to identify areas in which they would like to see a positive change in health behaviors/outcomes.