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NSF backs research collaboration to sequence Antarctic genomes

Rauri Bowie in the Indonesian rainforest

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: 2026-27 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow

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.

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.

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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.