The fellowship recognizes PhD candidates who exhibit exceptional promise and academic distinction in studying issues related to the environment.
How tiny organisms manage stress to power the planet
Postdoctoral researcher Sunnyjoy Dupuis, PhD '25 Microbiology, writes about the PMB and QB3-Berkeley scientists peeking in on algae at night to discover how the organisms prepare for another stressful day on the job.
Professor Patrick Shih honored by the American Society of Plant Biologists
Shih, an assistant professor in PMB, is the Society’s 2025 recipient of the Charles Albert Shull Award.
Empowering Global Scholars
PhD student Enrico Calvanese is one of several recipients of a donor-funded fellowships supporting global scholars and solutions.
Sabeeha Merchant on life, photosynthesis, and genomics
Merchant, a professor in PMB and Molecular and Cell Biology, recently wrote about the history of her research in the Journal of Molecular Biology.
(Not) The End of Chocolate
Professor Emerit Brian Staskawicz and former postdoc Myeong-Je Cho are working to safeguard the planet’s supply of cacao from disease.
Annelise Goldman receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Goldman, who studies how methanogenesis fuels nitrogen fixation in methanogenic archaea, is one of three graduate students in the College to receive the competitive fellowships.
Focus on: PhD candidate Marco Dueñas
QB3 recently interviewed Marco Dueñas, a plant biology PhD candidate in Sabeeha Merchant's lab.
Professor Krishna Niyogi will join live event for the Science Friday podcast
Niyogi and ESPM professor Whendee Silver will join hosts Ira Flatow and Ethan Elkind this Friday, March 14, in San Francisco for a special live podcast event focused on climate change and environmental solutions.
Brian Staskawicz awarded Wolf Prize in Agriculture
The award recognizes the plant biology professor’s groundbreaking discoveries of the immune system and disease resistance in plants.
Alum Giles Oldroyd named Danforth Center president
An internationally recognized plant geneticist, Oldroyd, PhD ’98, was a graduate student in the lab of Professor Brian Staskawicz.
Alum makes Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for healthcare
Yue Clare Lou, who earned both a BS and PhD in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, was recognized for her work toward the creation of next-gen immune boosters.