Integrative Biology

Porcelain Crab

Jonathon Stillman studies physiological adaptations of porcelain crabs to environmental variation in order to understand responses of marine organisms to global climate change.

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Another example of graduate student research—this damselfly (Zygoptera) was photographed in Monteverde, Costa Rica on a field work expedition for a tropical biology course. Seth Kauppinen is studying the ecology of symbiosis between Amazonian trees and leaf-inhabiting fungi.

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Butterfly

This butterfly was photographed in French Guiana, where some of the oldest soils on earth support a diversity of endemic life forms. IB grad student Seth Kauppinen works in the Fine Lab where researchers investigate the origin and maintenance of tropical tree diversity.

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Undergraduates

The IB Curriculum features 2 tracks for IB Undergraduate study. Establish and maintain contact with Undergraduate Advisors to receive support to achieve immediate and long-range goals.

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Cal Day

Cal Day is an opportunity to highlight some of the tremendous achievements at UC Berkeley.
Cal Day 2015 was another huge success!

IB Faculty

The core of the Integrative Biology Department is a group of committed faculty members with diverse research interests.

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Grad Field Work

Collecting Hawaiian Happy Face Spiders (Theridion grallator) and several species of Tetragnatha in one of the Kipukas —native forests surrounded by lava fields—on the Kaumana trail.
Big Island, Hawai'i.
August 2010
Photo: Darko Cotoras

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News

Congratulations 2017 IB Graduates!

2017 Graduate Photo Album

Please enjoy the photos! Let us know if you see yourself!

IB Undergraduate Wins University Medal

This Saturday, May 13, Grant Schroeder, 22, an integrative biology major, will address thousands of his peers at a campus wide commencement ceremony as UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior and winner of the prestigious 2017 University Medal. Instead of cataloging his achievements, his speech will touch on the experiences and vulnerabilities that turned him from methodical to mensch. Read More...

My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond

Co-directors Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg will introduce the 4/22 screening, and introduce and lead a discussion following the 4/28 screening.

Yosemite documentary features Berkeley sequoia researchers >

How Butterfly Wings are Built >

Ackerly Elected to Ecological Society of America >

Workshop: Switzerland. Evolutionary Biology >