Learning how antibodies are drafted and revised Antibodies must recognize a great diversity of antigens to protect us from infectious disease. The binding properties of antibodies are determined by the sequences of their corresponding B cell receptors (BCRs). These BCR sequences are created in "draft" form by VDJ recombination, which randomly selects and deletes from the ends of V, D, and J...
Past PMB Seminars
For a schedule of all Plant & Microbial Biology events, seminars, and lectures visit our calendar.
David Mills: "Tales of Microbial Terroir: The Microbial Biogeography of Wine, Beer and Cheese Production": David Mills, UC Davis
David Mills is a Professor in the Departments of Food Science & Technology at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Mills studies the molecular biology and ecology of bacteria that play an active role in gut health or fermented foods and beverages. In the last 20 years Dr. Mills has mentored over 30 graduate students and postdocs and published more than 100 papers, including seminal work on...
Jayden Harman: Biomimicry: How Nature is Inspiring Radical Innovation
The wave of the future has been around since the beginning of time: it’s called Nature. Now an interdisciplinary and international group of scientists, inventors, and engineers is turning to Nature to innovate. Let inventor and entrepreneur Jay Harman introduce you to stunning, green, profitable solutions to some of the world’s thorniest problems. Mr. Jayden Harman serves as Chief...
Joshua Farley: DFS Roundtable: Agroecology, Farmer Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Speaker: Joshua Farley, University of Vermont. Farley is working in the coastal mountain ranges of Santa Catarina, Brazil to develop and disseminate agroecological systems that can increase ecosystem services and economic output, reduce purchased inputs, comply with forestry code that requires forest restoration, and improve farmer livelihoods...
Jeff Horowitz: BERC Resources Roundtable 2015: Changing Lands in a Changing Climate
Our lands provide us food and resources in addition to acting as a carbon sink, making them one of the most important pieces of the climate change puzzle. Join the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative for its annual Resources Roundtable at the David Brower Center to learn about this dynamic topic. The event will include a keynote speech on international deforestation, a panel on regional...
Danny Cullenward: The Future of U.S. Climate Policy: Building Sustainable Legal Regimes
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2015 Colloquium Series (ER295)
Norman Terry: "Phytoremediation - Panacea or Wishful Thinking? Case Studies from the Terry Lab"
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Julian Fulton: Peak water or enduring thirst? California water, virtual water, and growth
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2015 Colloquium Series (ER295)