Jing, we are so glad you made it safely to Berkeley! It was nice to share a quick stop at Denny's on the way from SFO after your late arrival. We are really excited to have you here as a postdoc and look forward to everything ahead.

May 2026

Congratulations to our PhD student Kenneth Sajbel on receiving the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF)! This is a fantastic achievement and a well-deserved recognition of Kenneth’s hard work, creativity, and scientific potential. We’re incredibly proud and grateful for the support from NSF in making this possible!

April 2026

Congratulations to our undergraduate Daphne Nguyen on winning the 2026 Summer Research Stipend from the College of Chemistry! We are grateful for the College's generous support in training and empowering our undergraduate students. 💐

April 2026

We are thrilled to welcome our first postdoctoral scholar, Miao Shi, to Berkeley! Miao's arrival marks an exciting milestone for our group as we continue to grow. We look forward to the discoveries ahead.

April 2026

We thank Hengyu Li, a PhD student with Mikhail Shapiro at Caltech, for a fantastic guest presentation at our group meeting. Hengyu made the most of the trip with a jog at the Berkeley Marina and a hike through Muir Woods.

March 2026

The lab welcomes our first cohort of undergraduate students, Sophia Duma, Byron Gao, Daphne Nguyen, and Alice Tao. We look forward to a fun, exciting, and productive journey together over the next few years at Berkeley!

February 2026

We officially set foot at Berkeley! Feel free to stop by the fourth floor of Hildebrand and say hello.

January 2026

The lab welcomes our first PhD student, Kenneth Sajbel. We are excited for the discoveries and growth ahead in the coming years!

November 2025

♻️ Please share, friends and colleagues!

📢 Hiring postdoctoral scholars. Let us make discoveries as iconic as the Campanile!

👉 Apply: Please see the Contact page for details.

Seeking:

🧪 Biochemists

🧬 Structural Biologists

🛠️ Synthetic Biologists

🐭 Animal Model Experts

October 2025

Our logo is here!

It is a cell reaching out, 

a figure in motion, 

and a network of signals.

It represents US:

• Mechanism: Discovering principles of life

• Function: Elucidating the roles of living systems

• Design: Building synthetic circuits

© Xia Lab, UC Berkeley.

August 2025

Launching in January 2026 at the beautiful UC Berkeley, the Shiyu Xia Lab welcomes curious minds at all levels to join our team! 

Interested applicants should see the Contact page for details.

July 2025

Shiyu is honored to receive the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface (BWF CASI), which supports interdisciplinary research across biology, physics, computation, engineering, and mathematics.

Link to official announcement:

https://www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-announces-2025-career-awards-at-the-scientific-interface-recipients/

July 2025