Rehabilitating lactate: from poison to cure
Submitted by ib_drupal on Thu, 05/24/2018 - 15:49Professor George Brooks has published a paper in in the journal Cell Metabolism which reviews the evolution of our understanding of the role lactate plays in metabolism, from a poison that causes muscle fatigue to an essential fuel that helps cells repair themselves after stress or injury.
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Did last ice age affect breast feeding in Native Americans?
Submitted by mjalbe on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 13:54
Dr. Leslea Hlusko, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, and her lab have interesting new findings. "The critical role that breast feeding plays in infant survival may have led, during the last ice age, to a common genetic mutation in East Asians and Native Americans that also, surprisingly, affects the shape of their teeth." Read more...
Cal Day fun!
Submitted by mjalbe on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 15:40How Cockroaches Crash Into Walls and Keep Going
Submitted by rhkayen on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 07:45Anyone who’s tried to kill a cockroach knows that the ancient pests have some world-class evasive maneuvers. Or at least they appear to.
Increased UV from ozone depletion sterilizes trees
Submitted by rhkayen on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 13:59“Paleontologists have come up with various kill scenarios for mass extinctions, but plant life may not be affected by dying suddenly as much as through interrupting one part of the life cycle, such as reproduction, over a long period of time, causing the population to dwindle and potentially disappear,” said co-author Cindy Looy, a UC Berkeley associate professor of Integrative Biology.
California’s Dry Regions are Hotspots of Plant Diversity
Submitted by rhkayen on Fri, 01/05/2018 - 13:01The first “big data” analysis of California’s native plants, using digitized information from more than 22 herbaria and botanical gardens around the state, provides some surprises about one of the most thoroughly studied and unique areas in the country.
For one, the state’s arid regions, including deserts such as Death Valley, are hotspots for originating new plant species and providing refuges for older plants that have disappeared elsewhere.
Insight Fall 2017 Newsletter
Submitted by rhkayen on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 13:23Take a look inside the newest IB Newsletter!
New course to tap UC Berkeley’s diversity and maker spirit
Submitted by rhkayen on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 10:45Robert Full wants to tap the diverse experiences of UC Berkeley undergraduates to teach them the fun of discovering biology’s secrets and the innovations that can spring from hacking them.
Fourteen HHMI Professors Take On Important Challenges in Science Education
Submitted by rhkayen on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 10:44The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today that 14 leading scientists have been named HHMI professors, an award that recognizes excellence in research and education and empowers recipients to explore new approaches to important challenges in science education. HHMI is awarding 10 individual grants of $1 million each and two grants for collaborative projects that will receive a total of $1.5 million each over five years.