This event is in the past.It took place on February 26, 2026 at Latimer Hall.


Northside, Berkeley
🧬Speaker is from Jay Keasling Lab (biofuels pioneer)
🎓Open to public, not just grad students
Peek inside the world of synthetic biology where researchers are engineering enzymes to build entirely new molecules. This free seminar dives into cutting-edge work on Avermectin Polyketide Synthase: think of it as hacking nature's assembly lines to create useful new compounds.
Academic seminar
Synthetic biology
Free research talk
UC Berkeley science


Northside, Berkeley
🧬Speaker is from Jay Keasling Lab (biofuels pioneer)
🎓Open to public, not just grad students
Peek inside the world of synthetic biology where researchers are engineering enzymes to build entirely new molecules. This free seminar dives into cutting-edge work on Avermectin Polyketide Synthase: think of it as hacking nature's assembly lines to create useful new compounds.
Academic seminar
Synthetic biology
Free research talk
UC Berkeley science