The faculty of each of CNR's departments have been ranked among the top 5 in their fields, according to a new "Scholarly Productivity Index," with the Plant Biology program ranked #1 in the nation.
Is peaceful coexistence with biotechnology possible?
Growing genetically engineered (GE) crops in the United States continues to stir debate, but some University of California scientists believe attention should now be focused on how farmers opposed to the technology and those in favor of it can step b
Bringing carbon buyers and sellers to market
This editorial by Professor David Sunding appeared Dec. 28, 2006, in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Shotgun sequencing finds nanoorganisms
For 11 years, Jill Banfield has collected and studied the microbes that slime the floors of mines and convert iron to acid, a common source of stream pollution around the world.
Undergrad Subhajit Poddar researches genetics of green algae
Until he met the slimy green algae called Chlamydomonas, undergraduate Subhajit Poddar didn’t know he was interested in plant biology. “Once I began working with mutant strains of algae, I was totally hooked,” he says.
Solved: Structure of Iron Regulatory Protein-RNA Complex
A new understanding of the structure and properties of a protein responsible for regulating iron as it binds its target RNA has yielded some surprises.
New study shows promise of genomics in monitoring environmental toxicology
A new study led by researchers from the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology identifies specific gene expression changes in a species of water flea in response to contaminants, lending new support for the role of toxicogenomics in enviro
Researchers barcode DNA of 6,000 fungi species in Venice museum
In the storerooms of a Venice, Italy, museum, a University of California, Berkeley, scholar and Italian experts are at work on a rare collection, but the objects aren't Renaissance paintings or the art of ancient glassblowers.
Dean Ludden to Step Down Next Summer
On Monday, Dean Paul Ludden announced that he has accepted an offer to become Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Southern Methodist University, beginning in the summer of 2007.
Farmworkers: Can't afford the food they grow?
The perception that fruits and vegetables are too expensive helps explain why Fresno County farmworkers eat too few of these foods, according to Christy Getz, a UC Berkeley specialist who focuses on na
Interspecies love
What if genes could jump from organism to organism in passing, like a contagious disease?
Reducing pollution could increase rice harvests in India
Reductions of human-generated air pollution could create unexpected agricultural benefits in one of the world's poorest regions, according to new research by Maximilian Auffhammer, assistant professor o
Undergrad Matt Stuckey uses DNA to understand butterfly evolution in the Sierra
Matthew Stuckey, fourth year in Environmental Economics and Policy and Conservation Resource Studies, is researching how the butterfly Colias behrii colonized the Sierra Nevada.
Tours begin of eco-friendly "green apartment"
Four Cal students living in a new "Green Apartment" demonstrate sustainable living.
Undergrad Laura Lagomarsino maps ancestral relationships using genetics
Lagomarsino, third year in Plant Biology, is using nuclear and chloroplast genes to develop a phylogeny, or map of ancestral relationships between species of the genus Heliconia, a tropical plant.
Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award honors ESPM Grad Advisor
Battrick has made himself an invaluable resource in his five years at ESPM.
Pollinators help one-third of world's crop production
Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world's crop production, increasing the output of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, finds a new study published Oct.
Progress on Zivnuska Hall construction
The John A. Zivnuska Computer Laboratory, is nearing completion at CNR's forestry camp in the Plumas National Forest.
Researchers launch online wildfire risk assessment tool
Fire researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are launching a new set of interactive online tools to help homeowners, community leaders and researchers assess the risk of wildfire damage to their homes and communities.
The Whale and the Wind Turbine: Biomimicry in Design
October 25, 2006
4:00-5:30pm
Andersen Auditorium at Haas Business School
4:00-5:30pm
Andersen Auditorium at Haas Business School