Barnosky Book About Extinction
Submitted by khansen on Mon, 12/01/2014 - 13:32Professor Anthony Barnosky is the author of a new book, Dodging Extinction, which provides strategies for preventing the sixth mass extinction.
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Faculty
M. Wake Receives Henry S. Fitch Award
Submitted by khansen on Tue, 09/02/2014 - 05:28At the plenary session of the annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 30-August 3, 2014, in Chattanooga, TN, Professor of the Graduate School Marvalee Wake was awarded this year’s Henry S. Fitch Award for Excellence in Herpetology.
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Faculty Recruitment
Submitted by khansen on Thu, 08/21/2014 - 15:36The Department of Integrative Biology (IB) is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty position for a biologist studying adaptation. The research areas we are specifically considering include: [1] the genetics of adaptation, [2] genomics, [3] organismal evolution, [4] physiological adaptation, and [5] adaptation in a changing environment. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research spans various sub-disciplines within our broad department.
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Phylogenetic Diversity and Endemism Revealed
Submitted by khansen on Mon, 07/21/2014 - 09:37Professor Brent Mishler and his research group published a major paper presenting new quantitative methods for assessing patterns of phylogenetic diversity and endemism on the landscape using collection data.
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Slatkin Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Submitted by khansen on Tue, 04/29/2014 - 08:52John L. and Margaret B. Gompertz Professor Montgomery Slatkin has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States.
Kaufer Profile for Bakar Fellows
Submitted by khansen on Fri, 03/07/2014 - 08:51The Bakar Fellows Program supports innovative research by early career faculty at UC Berkeley. Associate Professor Daniela Kaufer is a 2013-14 Bakar Fellow, and her research is profiled in depth on the Bakar Fellow site.
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New Book by Dudley on Alcohol
Submitted by khansen on Fri, 02/28/2014 - 10:58Professor Robert Dudley has published a new book (The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol; University of California Press, 2014) that assesses the evolutionary origins of attraction to alcohol.
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Patel Lab Research Featured at Lawrence Hall of Science
Submitted by khansen on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 12:03Research by members of Professor Nipam Patel's lab will be on display at the Xtreme Bugs Exhibit at the Lawrence Hall of Science through September 1, 2014.
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Kaufer Research on Stress
Submitted by khansen on Tue, 02/18/2014 - 16:42Research by Associate Professor Daniela Kaufer on the relationship between chronic stress and mental illness was the focus of new coverage from multiple news outlets, including the UC Berkeley NewsCenter and the LA Times.
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Profile of IB157
Submitted by khansen on Mon, 02/03/2014 - 05:45The Daily Californian has an excellent profile of Integrative Biology 157, “California Ecosystems,” taught by Assistant Professor Paul Fine.
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