Britt Glausinger and Arash Komeili have been elected into the Academy's class of 2019 Fellows.
PMB faculty awarded Berkeley curriculum development grant
The grant, which was awarded to five PMB faculty members, provides funding for the team to develop, improve, transform, and examine core areas of the undergraduate curriculum.
Removing Harmful Contaminants from Water Using Bacteria
John Coates' laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, using bacteria to remove harmful contaminants from our water
Magnetic Attraction
The fall issue of Breakthroughs magazine features Arash Komeili, whose research examines magnetotactic bacteria.
Berkeley ranked highly for plant and animal science by the U.S. World & News Report
As part of the U.S. World & News Report "Best Global University Rankings," Berkeley was ranked fourth for its plant and animal science programs.
PMB at Upcoming Student Diversity Conferences
PMB Department Members Available to Meet with Prospective Students at SACNAS and ABRCMS
Bringing Science to the Masses, One Beer at a Time
At a cozy watering hole in downtown Oakland, California, budding scientists wield an unconventional weapon to help fight ...
Gut bacteria’s shocking secret: They produce electricity
Scientists find that some bacteria located in the gut produce electricity in a new way not previously known.
Ben Blackman Co-PI on 5-Year NSF Grant
Ben Blackman, Ph.D.was recently awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation, Blackman and his associates are excited to start research.....
PMB welcomes new faculty
Two new faculty members, Ksenia Krasileva and Sabeeha Merchant, join PMB in 2018.
Faculty Spotlight: Ksenia Krasileva
This fall new students and faculty will take to the Berkeley campus. PMB welcomes Ksenia Krasileva....
NSF grant awarded for CRISPR crop research
National Science Foundation support will help scientists employ CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to domesticate alternative food crop sources.
CNR welcomes new dean
The College of Natural Resources has a new dean, plant ecologist and evolutionary biologist David Ackerly.
Living Large: Exploration of Diverse Bacteria Signals Big Advance for Gene Function Prediction
New research from Adam Deutschbauer is the largest functional genomics study of bacteria ever published.
From Genes to Global Solutions
College of Natural Resources faculty, including Brian Staskawicz, faculty lead wide-ranging research initiatives at the Innovative Genomics Institute.
Drought treatment restructures plants’ microbiomes
New research examines drought tolerance in sorghum—a finding that could help scientists develop crops that are more resistant to climate change.
Brewing hoppy beer without the hops
Researchers, including PhD candidate Rachel Li and adjunct professor Henrik Scheller, have created strains of brewer's yeast that produce a hoppy flavor without the use of hops.
Scientists engineer crops to conserve water, resist drought
Researchers have improved how crops use water by altering the expression of a gene found in all plants.
New research identifies plant “sunscreen” protein
New research from Krishna Niyogi sheds light on plant photoprotection mechanisms.
Microorganism in East Bay sludge reveals new CO2 fixation pathway
PMB scientists have identified the first natural example of a pathway for carbon dioxide fixation previously thought to be only synthetically derived.