Chemical Biology in the Bay Area Day (CBBA)
CBBA Day is a day of scientific exchange involving chemical biology research at UC San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of California campuses at Berkeley (UCB), Davis (UCD), and Santa Cruz (UCSC).
Check out photos from 2026 CBBA Day and 2025 CBBA Day!
- 2027 (UC Berkeley) Date and Agenda TBA! Check back or email CBP Coordinator for more information!
Past Meetings
- 2026 (UC San Francisco) agenda here
- Keynote speaker: Dr. Daniel Erlanson, Frontier Medicines' Chief Innovation Officer
- UC Davis CBP Speakers: Jared Lee-Kin (Tan lab) & Samantha Ono (Heffern/Carney lab)
- 2025 (UC Berkeley) agenda here
- UC Davis CBP Speakers: Liam Twomey (Britt lab) & Leah Thompson (Franz lab)
- 2024 (UC San Francisco) agenda here
- Keynote speaker: Dr. Brian Metcalf , Global Blood Therapeutics
- UC Davis CBP Speakers: Kyle Rouen (Vorobyov lab) & Hunter Warren (Olson lab)
- 2023 (UC Berkeley) agenda here
- Keynote speakers: Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi of Stanford & Dr. David Liu of Harvard/Broad
- UC Davis CBP Speakers: Agya Karki (Beal lab) & Yuki Wittmer (Murray lab)
- 2022 (UC San Francisco)
- Keynote speaker - Dr. Jacob Hooker from Harvard Medical school/MGH/Martinos Center
- UC Davis CBP Speaker - Albert Liu (Shih lab)
- 2021 (virtually held from UC Berkeley)
- Keynote speaker - Dr. Jacob Hooker from Harvard Medical school/MGH/Martinos Center
- UC Davis CBP Speaker - Erin Doherty (Beal lab)
Student Speaker Call
Annually there is a call for a student from a CBP affiliated lab to present and represent UC Davis at CBBA.
Graduate students interested in being one of the UC Davis Speakers for the 2026 CBBA Day, please email the CBP Coordinator an abstract regarding your presentation and a PI Letter of Support for consideration by the CBP Executive Committee.
Poster Session
CBP also encourages interested students to also consider presenting at the poster session. Please email the CBP Coordinator interest in registering and signing up for the 2026 CBBA Day Poster Session at UC San Francisco.
Questions? Please email CBP Program Coordinator, Melanie Naraval ([email protected])