Racism Without Racist: Rethinking Our Approach Toward Equity Work
Lasana Hotep is an educator and entrepreneur. He lives in Oakland, California. He is the Lead Consultant for Hotep Consultants and the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at the University of California, Berkeley.
Hands on learning at home
Rausser College faculty like professor Tom Bruns use creative methods to engage students with remote learning.
PMB 30th Anniversary: Serving (Up) Science: Tools, Trust and Twitter
Social media and online communication are changing science—including how research is shared and how professional reputations are developed.
Corrinoids in Communities: Nutrient Sharing in the Microbial World
Join us for a special department seminar with our own Michi Taga. Details are below. Michi will be giving this talk as part of the process for becoming a full-professor at PMB.
Biosynthesis of membrane lipids in the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
" Paula Welander is a microbiologist who received her undergraduate degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Tsujimoto Lecture: On the Origin of Personalized Infectious Disease Treatment Strategies by Means of Rapid Detection and Disease Outcome Predictions
"Tim Van Opijnen received his Masters in evolutionary genetics from the University of Amsterdam, and as a graduate student he worked on the evolution of HIV at the Medical School of the University of Amsterdam.
The evolutionary potential of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein
"Dr. Jesse Bloom studies evolution using viruses and viral proteins as models.
Bacterial Reprogramming of Host Immunity During Tuberculosis
David Tobin is an Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University. His lab research focuses on understanding genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis and the host immune response to mycobacterial infection.
Replication-transcription conflicts and the evolutionary mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
Houra Merrikh is an Iranian-American microbiologist.She is a professor at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Biochemistry. Her field of work is antibiotic resistance and bacterial evolvability.
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Searching away from the streetlight: surprises from malaria's plastid organelle
"Ellen Yeh is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry, of Pathology, and of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University.
The Future of Food: Genetic Improvement Meets Sustainable Agriculture
Brian Staskawicz (UC Berkeley) and Pam Ronald (UC Davis) discuss the latest advances in using genome editing and other genetic technologies to promote sustainable agriculture at scale, both promises and potential pitfalls, and how we move from lab to field safely and equitably.
Buchanan Lecture: Coral, Photosynthesis, and the origin of Apicomplexan Parasites
Patrick John Keeling is a biologist and professor in the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia.
Thriving with Lanthanides: New Life Metals in Methylotrophy
We would like to welcome Assistant Professor N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez to the Plant and Microbial Biology Department at UC Berkeley.
Megaphages harbor mini-Cas proteins ideal for gene editing
In the article, graduate student Basem Al-Shayeb comments on the discovery of the new proteins.
Of Virulent Viruses and Reservoir Hosts
Join professor Britt Glaunsinger and postdoc Cara Brook in a Berkeley Conversation webinar on lethal viruses, pathogen transfers to humans, and more.
New coronavirus video explains molecular virology
Professor Britt Glaunsinger discusses the genetics, evolution, and virulence of coronaviruses.
How the monkeyflower gets its spots
A new study from assistant professor Benjamin Blackman uncovers the genetic makeup of the monkeyflower, a key species for pollinators.
X-rays of ancient sunflowers reveal their domestication roots
PMB professor Benjamin Blackman researches sunflower history in collaboration with Michigan State.
Berkeley conference illuminates scientific history and its applications
Gordon Pherribo and Santiago J. Molina speak about bridging sociological and scientific research in ethical decisions
Taylor White Lecture: Tracking and tackling emerging fungal threats
Matthew Fisher is a Professor of Fungal Disease Epidemiology and Faculty of Medicine at the School of Public Health, at Imperial College London.