Research
Congratulations to IB Professor Rasmus Nielsen, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Submitted by rhkayen on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 14:57Congratulations to IB Professor Rasmus Nielsen, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Congratulations to Carl J. Rothfels, one of this years recipients of the Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award
Submitted by rhkayen on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 13:33Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Awards, established in 2007, recognize UC Berkeley faculty for their vital role in mentoring graduate students and training future faculty. The awards are funded by the Graduate Division and seek to foster the qualities of excellence in mentorship that are so important to the Berkeley community. The winners are honored annually at an awards ceremony jointly sponsored by the Graduate Assembly and the Graduate Division.
BIG GIVE 2022 INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT FUND
Submitted by rhkayen on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 11:19TODAY'S THE DAY! Big Give, the UC Berkeley community's annual opportunity to give back to the departments and programs closest to their hearts.
Some birds sing the same song for hundreds of thousands of years
Submitted by rhkayen on Mon, 02/14/2022 - 12:37Many of the birds that awaken us each morning learn their melodious songs the same way that humans learn a dialect — from parents and neighbors.
Losing amphibian diversity also means losing poison diversity
Submitted by rhkayen on Fri, 02/04/2022 - 08:42While frog and salamander declines worldwide have made scientists outspoken about the need to preserve amphibian genetic diversity, two University of California, Berkeley, biologists emphasize another important reason for conserving these animals: their poisons.
Congratulations to Mike Boots on being elected a AAAS fellow!
Submitted by rhkayen on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 09:48Ten members of the UC Berkeley community – including nine faculty and one staff member — have been elected American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, one of the most distinctive honors within the scientific community. The 2021 class of AAAS fellows includes 564 scientists, engineers and innovators who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.
Some birds sing the same song for hundreds of thousands of years
Submitted by rhkayen on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 15:04A new study by biologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Missouri State University in Springfield, however, documents songs in East African sunbirds that have remained nearly unchanged for more than 500,000 years, and perhaps for as long as 1 million years, making the songs nearly indistinguishable from those of relatives from which they’ve long been separated.
Captured in flight
Submitted by rhkayen on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 11:08University of California, Berkeley, doctoral candidate Lawrence Wang, leader of the squirrel documentation project and his team refined efforts to produce the high quality cover images of the August 2021 issue of Science magazine. Their efforts produced some of the best high quality motion shots of fox squirrels showing off their stuff as they leap through the air.
IB is Hiring a new Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Plant Evolutionary Biology/Director of the University and Jepson Herbaria
Submitted by rhkayen on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 09:31The Department of Integrative Biology and the University and Jepson Herbaria at the University of California, Berkeley invite applications for a tenure-track (assistant rank) or tenured (associate or full rank) professor in Plant Evolutionary Biology. This position includes appointment as Director of the University and Jepson Herbaria.
Applications open September 2nd, 2021 through Monday, Nov 8, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)