Join us as Dr. Eti Ben Simon, a researcher at the Center for Human Sleep Science at UC Berkeley, shares some new insights on human sleep. Her recent work found that the way we interact with the world when we are awake has a lot to do with how much we sleep.
Past PMB Seminars
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Sara Cherry: Using functional genomics to discover new facets of antiviral immunity
Research in the Cherry lab is aimed at identifying cellular factors that regulate viral pathogenesis, including factors hijacked by viruses for replication and innate anti-viral mechanisms used by the host to combat the invader. We study a number of arthropod-borne RNA viruses, including flaviviruses such as West Nile virus, dengue virus and the newly emerging Zika virus. We are also studying the...
Kris Niyogi : Regulatory switches for photosynthesis
Niyogi, who earned his Ph.D. in biology at M.I.T., researches photosynthetic energy conversion in his lab at U.C. Berkeley. The Niyogi Lab uses cyanobacteria, eukaryotic algae, and plants to investigate photosynthetic processes.
Moh El-Naggar: Hotwired Life: Biophysical Studies of Microbial Extracellular Electron Conduits
El-Naggar leads the NanoBio Lab, which focuses on the fundamentals, implications, and technological applications of biological charge transfer, using environmental microbes as model systems. This is a highly interdisciplinary area, drawing from the toolboxes of nanoscience, condensed matter physics, electrochemistry, and environmental microbiology.
Noah Fierer: Tsujimoto Lecture: Searching for simplicity amidst the complexity of the soil microbiome
Noah Fierer. The Fierer Lab explores the distribution and roles of microscopic organisms in diverse environments and the relevance of microbes to the health and function of ecosystems, plants, and animals (including humans).
Daniel M. Kammen: Daniel M. Kammen | The Clean Energy Transition in Bangladesh - Local and Global Impacts and Opportunities
A lecture by Distinguished Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley and a former Science Envoy for the State Department, Prof. Daniel M. Kammen.
Natalia Requena: On How Symbiotic Fungi Rewire Plant Cells
The Requena group is interested in unraveling how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are perceived by their host plants and discriminated from pathogenic fungi.