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Rasmus Nielsen to receive Balzan Prize for research on molecular evolution

The International Balzan Foundation recognized Rasmus Nielsen, a professor of statistics and integrative biology at UC Berkeley, with its 2026 Balzan Prize for Molecular Evolution.

Clues to longevity may reside in the genomes of long-lived bats

A team of researchers taking tissue samples from bats captured for study and subsequently released

Former UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow Juan Manuel Vazquez conducted a study in which the Myotis genus of bat was investigated for its exceptional ability to survive for long periods of time without disease closely linked to their members' hyperactive immune systems. Read the full story in Berkeley News.

Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day

Jeffrey Groh examines an avocado plant at a greenhouse at UC Berkeley

Postdoctoral fellow Jeffrey Groh led a study on the genetic explanation of avocado pollination. All avocado trees are hermaphrodites, but until now, it was unclear how avocado flowers function as female in the morning and male in the afternoon (A-type plants), while B-type plants follow the opposite pattern. Read the full story in UC Davis News.

North and South America weren't always connected, but their mammals still found a way to intermingle >

Performance trade-offs define a fundamental dental dichotomy in mammals >

New fossils upend catastrophist narrative that flowering plants flourished only after dinosaur extinction >

Remembering Gabriel Trujillo

Gabriel Trujillo, a beloved member of the IB community, was a doctoral candidate exploring the ecology and evolution of plants in the genus Cephalanthus, commonly known as button bush. Gabe was in search of a population of these plants in Sonora, Mexico, when he was killed on 19 June 2023.