Integrative Biology graduate students José Adan Arevalo and Emily Lam outside the inflatable escape room that is traveling to museums and libraries around the country to provide a fun way for families to learn about biology and evolution. Arevalo voiced some of the Spanish-language audio used in the game. Read more...

Integrative Biology Professor Todd Dawson was featured in a recent KQED podcast about our beloved SF Bay Area redwood trees. Listen here...

Professor of Integrative Biology, Jack Tseng, and IB graduate student Sergio Garcia Lara, co-authored a paper in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B as part of a series on the evolution of the mammalian skull. The study was based on a database they created of more than 1,000 vertebrate jaws. Read more here...

Can you create an antivenom in time to stop a green plague from taking over the world? VENOMventure - aVENENOtura is a fun game for any family, thanks to UCMP.

Lizards and birds have several bones in their lower jaw, yet mammals evolved to have only one. Did that give mammals a survival advantage?

An Anna’s Hummingbird sipping from a California Fuchsia. (Photo credit: Víctor M. Ortega Jiménez)

A recent publication by Professor Robert Dudley of the Department of Integrative Biology in the journal Royal Society Open Science demonstrates that hummingbirds happily sip from sugar water with up to 1% alcohol by volume, finding it just as attractive as plain sugar water. They're not getting drunk though! Read more...

Flowers and even your backyard feeder are likely providing hummingbirds with alcohol, thanks to the omnipresence of fermenting yeast that turn sugar into ethanol

New study highlights the growing “threat from below” as climate change raises coastal groundwater levels

June 20, 2023

Plant and Microbial Biology professor of Cooperative Extension Peggy Lemaux explains why sorghum, a heat-loving cereal grain, may play a key role in carbon removal efforts.

A cutting-edge experiment by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley chemists has revealed the quantum dynamics of one of nature’s essential processes

Robert Saxton, Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, has received the 2023 ICIS-Regeneron New Investigator Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research. Dr. Saxton will present his talk entitled "Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Leptin Receptor Activation" at Cytokines 2023 in Athens, Greece. Read more...

June 15, 2023

New research led by ERG PhD student Jill Moraski found that the U.S. rail network could provide a cost-effective way to dispatch grid-scale batteries in energy emergencies.

June 14, 2023

ESPM grad student Jaye Mejía-Duwan and alum Isaias Hernandez are two of the many LGBTQ+ scientists affiliated with the UC.

An effort led by UC Berkeley scientists aims to retool the ribosomal machine to make far more than proteins. Their goal is totally new polymers with novel building blocks.

June 12, 2023

Energy and Resources Group professors Dan Kammen, Duncan Callaway, and John Harte offer an optimistic evaluation of progress toward creating a cleaner and more renewable energy system.

Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, is one of 15 scientists named as Searle Scholars for 2023 for her research on "Circadian host-parasite interactions and their impact on malaria transmission". The Searle Scholars Program supports the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry. Read more...

NASA's solar probe has gotten close enough to the sun's surface — 13 million miles — to see granular features not visible from afar

June 06, 2023

Schell, a professor in ESPM, is among 15 leaders, communicators, and innovators joining the newest cohort of National Geographic Explorers.

Biomedical Research Internship Location: Remote (Company uses Pacific Standard Time) Company Description CereVu Medical is a San Francisco-based medical device company developing a remote pa&ent monitoring wearable system that adheres to a patient’s  forehead to measure routine vital signs (heart rate, respiration rate, SpO2), body temperature, coughing and unique biomarkers of pain and dyspnea. Our […]

June 05, 2023

Goldstein, a professor in ESPM, was recognized for his lifelong commitment to providing accurate and insightful data on air quality and climate change problems.