UC Berkeley evolutionary biologist Moisés Expósito-Alonso has been awarded a prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, receiving nearly $1 million in unrestricted funding over 5 years. Read the full story here.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $18.4 million to a collaborative team, including UC Berkeley integrative biology professor Rauri Bowie as the co-principal investigator, to create an extensive genetic database of over 250 Antarctic species and 600 ecosystem samples. Read the full story here.
Landen Gozashti is a 2026-27 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow from Peter Sudmant's lab who studies Mobile Genetic Elements (MGEs) as well as the molecular and evolutionary mechanisms that shape evolution. Read the full story here.