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Pacific kelp forests are far older than we thought
A new study by IB researchers (Professor Cindy Looy, PhD alum Rosemary Romero, and BA alum Tony Huynh) and collaborators shows that kelp flourished off the Northwest Coast more than 32 million years ago, long before the appearance of modern groups of marine mammals, sea urchins, birds and bivalves that today call the forests home. Read more...
Welcome new MCB faculty Allon Wagner
Welcome to MCB's newest faculty member, Allon Wagner, who joined us as an assistant professor of immunology and molecular medicine on January 1st 2024. Wagner works at the intersection of computational single-cell genomics and immunometabolism. His lab, the computational immunometabolism lab, will develop data-driven algorithms to study metabolic dysregulation of immunity in cancer, autoimmunity, and other disease states.
UC Berkeley joining new statewide biodiversity research alliance
January 12, 2024 ESPM professor Christopher Schell will help coordinate a three-year effort to enhance biodiversity and environmental equity research.
Confronting biodiversity data’s inequities
January 10, 2024 Several ESPM researchers call attention to how biodiversity data could further entrench systemic inequities.
Designing energy policy for peace
January 09, 2024 A new book co-edited by ERG professor Daniel Kammen explores how energy policy can address structural violence.
Taxes on sugar-sweetened drinks drive decline in consumption
January 08, 2024 A UC-led study shows that purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages declined dramatically and steadily across five North American cities after excise taxes were placed on the products.
Historic PG&E rate increases will hit hard in 2024
January 05, 2024 Agricultural and Resource Economics professor Meredith Fowlie spoke to KQED about what Pacific Gas and Electric's latest rate increase could hold for customers and the utility.
Adventures of a Bone Hunter
Credit: Keren Mevorach; copyright UC Museum of Paleontology
As part of the "Lost Women of Science" podcast, Scientific American just shared a new episode. This episode features Annie Alexander, the founder of Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and a major contributor to many of the natural history research collections at UC Berkeley. Katie Hafner and Carol Sutton Lewis visit the UC Berkeley collections (all closely tied to the Department of Integrative Biology) to learn more...
Dounda named 2024 Biophysical Society Fellow
Jennifer Doudna, professor of molecular therapeutics, was named a 2024 Society Fellow by the Biophysical Society. This award honors those who demonstrate excellence in science and was given for her development of a method for genome editing. Read more...