Integrative Biology graduate students José Adan Arevalo and Emily Lam outside the inflatable escape room that is traveling to museums and libraries around the country to provide a fun way for families to learn about biology and evolution. Arevalo voiced some of the Spanish-language audio used in the game. Read more...
Integrative Biology Professor Todd Dawson was featured in a recent KQED podcast about our beloved SF Bay Area redwood trees. Listen here...
Professor of Integrative Biology, Jack Tseng, and IB graduate student Sergio Garcia Lara, co-authored a paper in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B as part of a series on the evolution of the mammalian skull. The study was based on a database they created of more than 1,000 vertebrate jaws. Read more here...
An Anna’s Hummingbird sipping from a California Fuchsia. (Photo credit: Víctor M. Ortega Jiménez)
A recent publication by Professor Robert Dudley of the Department of Integrative Biology in the journal Royal Society Open Science demonstrates that hummingbirds happily sip from sugar water with up to 1% alcohol by volume, finding it just as attractive as plain sugar water. They're not getting drunk though! Read more...
James Valentine, paleontologist who grappled with the origin of animal diversity, has died at 96. Valentine was an emeritus professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and an emeritus curator at the UC Museum of Paleontology (UCMP). Read more...
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Integrative Biology, Dr. tyrone B. hayes, has been acknowledged as a critical contributor to science once again -- this time by being elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Photo credit: Ruth Hartnup
IB graduate student Kyle Rosenblad and his faculty mentor, Professor David Ackerly, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently about how Western forests are not adapting fast enough to match the current rate of climate change. Read more about it in the Daily Cal...
Assistant Professor José Pablo Vázquez-Medina has received a 2023 Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award. Vázquez-Medina was selected because of his outstanding commitment to mentoring, advising, and supporting graduate students.
Spring sparks the amorous activities of the California newt, and the UC Botanical Garden is a great place to check out the annual mating rituals of one of the state’s iconic salamanders. Read more...
Congratulations to Dr. Annaliese Beery on receiving tenure and her promotion to Associate Professor of Integrative Biology! The Beery Laboratory seeks to understand neurobiological pathways that support sociality (group-living) and affiliative social behavior between peers. To learn more, visit the Beery Lab Website.