Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab

biosci.lbl.gov

03 August 2026 18:10

We are excited to see so many familiar faces among the recipients of the @jgi.doe.gov - @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov Critical Minerals & Materials call. We are looking forward to writing about all of your great discoveries! @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

Brett Helms

bretthelms.bsky.social

27 July 2026 23:31

Just out in @natbiotech.nature.com! PKS-engineered route to chiral monomers for PDKs: tunable Tg and programmable depolymerization, all from corn stover. Cheaper & lower-GHG than dimedone. Biosynthesis meets circular plastics. @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @jbei.lbl.gov www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Biosciences Area at Berkeley Lab

biosci.lbl.gov

11 June 2026 21:48

Phage Foundry lead @vivekmutalik.bsky.social was mentioned in a Q&A by Aeron Hammack of the @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov. Phages are bacterial antagonists useful in medicine; Phage Foundry is making a database of them. Mutalik’s team saves researchers resources by bypassing a demanding research phase.

Brett Helms

bretthelms.bsky.social

15 May 2026 23:21

Collab with Eliza Neidhart, Stephanie Ribet, Karen Bustillo, Eric Dailing, Mutian Hua, Taehyun Lee, Logan Kearney, Colin Ophus, Sophia Fricke, Ah-Young Song, Jeff Reimer, Erik Alexanian Joanna Atkin, Frank Leibfarth @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @uncchapelhill.bsky.social

Brett Helms

bretthelms.bsky.social

15 May 2026 23:21

Just out in Science Advances! We create co-continuous blend architectures from diverse polyolefins using PDK chemistry, revealing in stride how microstructures within each phase communicate and align. Fantastic properties relevant to plastics recycling. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...