Understanding and exploiting molecular machines for chemistry, biology, and medicine
A chemical and synthetic biology group at UC Berkeley

Our Research

Repurposing the ribosome to synthesize novel natural products, stabilized proteins, and new materials
Repurposing the ribosome to synthesize novel natural products, stabilized proteins, and new materials
Delivering therapeutic proteins to the cytosol and nucleus - for real
Delivering therapeutic proteins to the cytosol and nucleus - for real
Understanding and exploiting information transfer across cellular membranes
Understanding and exploiting information transfer across cellular membranes
Visualizing organelles at super-resolution for almost forever and in multiple colors
Visualizing organelles at super-resolution for almost forever and in multiple colors

Latest News

August 14, 2024
Join us in congratulating the 2024 C-GEM Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Scholars!! They all completed and presented projects with mentorship from the Schepartz, Francis, and Cate Lab!
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March 5, 2024
New paper:  HOPS-Dependent Endosomal Escape Demands Protein Unfolding to be published in ACS Central Science. Congrats to Maddie Zoltek, Angel Vázquez, Xizi Zhang, Neville Dadina, and Lauren Lesiak!!!
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March 5, 2024
A big congrats to Leah Tang Roe for being awarded a WCC-Merck Research Award!!!  She will present her fantastic work at the ACS Meeting in Denver.
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February 16, 2024
Four Schepartz lab members attend 2024 Peptides GRC…four win Best Poster prizes!  Congratulations to (left to right) Isaac Knudson, Noah Hamlish, Maddie Zoltek, and Leah Roe!
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