Congratulations to Professors Dan Nomura, Joseph Shapiro, and Patrick Shih (@LabShih) on being named 2024 Bakar Fellows Spark Award recipients. The award provides funding, resources, and entrepreneurial mentorship to each recipient. bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/bakar-fellows-…

Today, I proudly graduate from UC Berkeley with a PhD, a first in my family but certainly not the last. Today I celebrate little Luis! This is for you! I knew deep down that I could forge a new path. I decided to change the trajectory of my life, thanks to the guidance of my

Congratulations to undergraduates Lanie Goldberg (Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics), Alina Leticia Zarate (@ESPM_Berkeley), Maggie Cheng (@BerkeleyMetBio), and Xinyin Lu (@PMB_Berkeley) on receiving the 2024 Rausser College department citation awards!

It's our 50th anniversary! Our spring magazine highlights groundbreaking research, changemakers and trailblazers, and little-known facts from our first 5 decades. Read the full issue at nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs #50years #Anniversary

Elated to share that this January, I’ll be opening the doors to the Lofgren Mycology Laboratory at Berkeley in the Berkeley Plant & Microbial Biology dep. Our group will work on the ecology and evolution of fungi and their hosts, with a focus on ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, metabolism, and genomics.

Help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rausser College of Natural Resources by entering our 2024 photo contest! nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/05/p… #50years #50thanniversary

Eat your broccoli: it's even better for you.

New research from ShihLab in ACS Synthetic Bio shows that it's possible to engineer cruciferous vegetables so that enzymes responsible for health-relevant compounds don't break down when cooking: ow.ly/etLu50RpFBw Berkeley Plant & Microbial Biology

Recent research led by Professor Sheng Luan shed further light on how plants code and decode calcium signals to manage biotic stressors ranging from herbivores and microorganisms to abiotic stressors like drought and extreme heat. plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/news/2024/04/a…

PMB professor and former Packard Foundation Fellow Karine Gibbs studiesthecomplex behavior of some of our smallest organisms: bacteria. Hear more about her research and laboratory, which encourages scientists to bring their authentic selves to work.
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🌟Please consider supporting our graduate students today during #CalBigGive ! Make a gift anytime now till 9 pm! givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/767… #BerkeleyRausser

New calcium signaling research from the lab of PMB professor Sheng Luan was published in the January issue of Nature Plants. Read the full article: nature.com/articles/s4147…

New research IGI Women in Enterprising Science Fellow Yue Clare Lou, Ph.D. and the The Banfield Lab team examines the evolutionary arms race between bacteria and the viruses that prey on them — within the human gut #microbiome . More here: ow.ly/9cwn50Qirly

Photoprotective memory in algae may help scientists develop more productive plants and improve crop yields, according to a new Berkeley Lab study co-led by Professor Krishna Niyogi.

Read more about their findings ⬇️
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Scientists have known about a link between rodents and cocci, the fungi that cause Valley Fever, since the 40s. Professor John Taylor recently examined that link and found the fungi evolved to eat animals—including dead rats. Read more in The Washington Post wapo.st/3GkBx34

Attention phage/microbiology 🧫🦠enthusiasts- my lab kimseedlab.com UC Berkeley is hiring a staff research associate, an ideal opportunity for folks looking to gain research experience before grad school/professional school careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOY… please share!

Every semester, thousands of students across campus enroll in more than 100 student-led DeCal courses. Take a peek at some of the environmental and general interest courses Rausser College students lead each semester. nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs/…

Our fall magazine focuses on some of the individuals and groups working to increase access and equity at UC Berkeley and beyond. Their efforts create a more diverse and inclusive community of scholars, scientists, ecologists, and educators. nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs

Deeply honored and humbled to receive the Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation at SACNAS . With so many incredible speakers, this recognition means a lot. Thanks to my advisor The Banfield Lab and collaborators.

Luis Valentin-Alvarado de Santa Isabel, PR 🇵🇷 para el mundo 🌎