Faculty from throughout the UC Berkeley campus and its affiliates make up the GGM, a unique network of microbiologists doing the latest research. Graduate students can join either PMB labs or GGM labs.
The Graduate Group in Microbiology is composed of faculty from diverse departments, colleges, and schools (Plant and Microbial Biology; Molecular and Cell Biology; Public Health; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology; Optometry; and Integrative Biology) and is administered by the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.
Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Ecology of insect-associated microbes (disease ecology and insect symbiosis)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Application of biological processes for the elimination of environmental contaminants
Professor of Bioengineering (Affiliate)
Uncover the evolutionary design principles of cellular networks and populations and to exploit them for applications
Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, Management
Microorganism and mineral interactions; geochemical cycling, bioremediation, human microbiome
Associate Professor
Fungi as a model system for the study of genetic variation and evolution
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Computational Biology, Genomics, Protein Function Prediction
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, and Synthetic Biology—Designing new biosynthetic pathways for in vivo cellular production of biofuels and pharmaceuticals
Professor of Microbiology and Academic Director, Energy Biosciences Institute
Bioremediation
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Abiotic stress response and plant growth promoting microbial communities
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
The molecular mechanisms of immune evasion employed by KSHV (human herpesvirus 8)
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Developing strategies for introducing designable, modular control over living cells; particularly interested in biofuel applications
Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, Management
Microbial community ecology in terrestrial systems
Professor, Optometry and Vision Science
Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis: host-pathogen interactions determining health versus disease
Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Identity in social bacteria
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology and Graduate Group in Microbiology
Biofuels, Fungi
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology, Associate Chair
Virus-Host Interactions, RNA-Based Regulation
Adjunct Professor / Senior Scientist / Program Head
Fungal and Algal Genomics, Computational Biology
Professor, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology
Molecular virology, pathogenesis, immunology, epidemiology, and control of dengue
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Microorganism metabolic engineering for environmentally friendly product synthesis or contaminant biodegradation
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Molecular and comparative genomic approaches to reconstruct the origin and evolution of animals
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Bacterial organelles and biomeinralization
Assistant Professor
Lanthanide-biochemistry and metabolism. Microbial Physiology, Metabolic Engineering, Plant-microbe interactions, bioremediation and biometallurgy
Assistant Professor in Molecular and Cell Biology
Archaea; Methanogenesis; Microbial Evolution; CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology
Regulation of Photosynthesis and Photoprotection
Assoc. Prof.; Environmental Science, Policy, Management
Soil biogeochemistry & biogeophysics, environmental fate of contaminants
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology & Plant and Microbial Biology
Bacterial pathogenesis
Professor, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology
Epidemiology with molecular biology to characterize pathogenesis of infectious agents e.g. tuberculosis and diarrheal diseases
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Molecular genetics, functional genomics and cell biology of yeast, with an emphasis on epigenetics
Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Signaling Pathways, Antibiotic Persistence, Cell Envelope Integrity
Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology
The process of membrane assembly, vesicular transport, and membrane fusion among organelles of the secretory pathway
Associate Professor
Interactions between bacteria and their viral predators (bacteriophages)
Assistant Professor in Residence, Integrative Biology
Host-microbiota-pathogen interactions, aging
Assistant Professor
Synthetic Biology, Plant Metabolism, Microbial Evolution
Professor Emerita
Plant-pathogen interactions; mechanisms of host defense; cell wall integrity sensing
Assistant Prof., Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology
Molecular mechanisms of M. tuberculosis virulence and pathogenesis in macrophages
Maxine J. Elliot Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Plant Immunity
Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Microbial Nutritional Interactions
Assistant Professor
Bacterial interspecies interactions and specialized metabolism
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Innate immune sensing of intracellular bacterial pathogens
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Host-pathogen interactions, esp. how pathogens exploit the host cytoskeleton for growth and spread during infection
Associate Professor, Plant & Microbial Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Assistant Professor, Public Health Division of Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology and Center for Computational Biology
Gut Microbiome
Professor Emerita
Type IV secretion in bacteria and cell-to-cell transport in plants
Assistant Prof., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Natural product biosynthesis and engineering for health and bioenergy applications