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Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
headshot of David Kirp David Kirp
Goldman School of Public Policy
public policy, law, social policy, higher education policy, politics and policy, primary and secondary education policy, race and ethnicity, early childhood policy
Carlos Bustamante Carlos Bustamante
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Physics
nanoscience, structural characterization of nucleo-protein assemblies, single molecule fluorescence microscopy, DNA-binding molecular motors, the scanning force microscope, prokaryotes
Karine Gibbs, photograph by Adam Sings in the Timber Karine Gibbs
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors
Headshot Rasmus Nielsen
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Statistics
evolution, molecular evolution, population genetics, human variation, human genetics, phylogenetics, applied statistics, genetics, evolutionary processes, evolutionary biology
Gregory W. Aponte Gregory W. Aponte
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
health and nutrition, nutritional sciences, signaling between the gut and the brain, neuropeptides, G-protein coupled receptors
David Savage David Savage
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry, metabolism, photosynthetic systems, Systems and Synthetic Biology, protein engineering
Hiroshi Nikaido Hiroshi Nikaido
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
membrane biochemistry, bacterial physiology, bacteria, channel-forming proteins of the outer membrane, the diffusion of lipophilic compounds, mechanism and regulation of multidrug efflux transport systems, mycobacterial cell wall
Douglas Clark Douglas Clark
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, cell culture, biocatalyst engineering, microsystems, extremozymes, genomics of extremophiles, metabolic flux analysis, enzyme technology, bioactive materials
Jay D. Keasling Jay D. Keasling
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products
Alexander Katz Alexander Katz
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing
Michael Shapira, Integrative Biology Michael Shapira
Dept of Integrative Biology
aging, host-microbe interactions, Microbiome, C. elegans
Kevin Shokat Kevan Shokat
Dept of Chemistry
chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, diabetes, protein phosphorylation, fundamental signal transduction pathways in cells and whole organisms, kinase, drug development, asthma, multiple forms of cancer, neurological disorders, drug addiction
Boris Rubinsky Boris Rubinsky
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
medical imaging, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, low temperature biology, micro and nano bionic technologies, electrical impedance tomography, bio-electronics, biomedical devices biomedical numerical analysis, bio-heat and mass transfer, electroporation light imaging
Yury Kolomensky in his lab Yury Kolomensky
Dept of Physics
particle physics, precision measurements, electroweak interactions, neutrino physics, QCD, BaBar, E158, CUORE, Mu2e
Mathew Welch Matthew Welch
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Gary Firestone holding a model Gary Firestone
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
cancer, steroid hormones, molecular endocrinology, tumor biology, growth factors, dietary compounds, tumor cells, glucocorticoids
Vincent Resh Vincent H. Resh
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
ecology, water resources, pollution, monitoring, water-borne diseases
headshot of Nasser Zakariya Nasser Zakariya
Dept of Rhetoric
science and narrative and documentary, history and philosophy of mathematics and physics
Christine Hastorf Christine Hastorf
Dept of Anthropology
anthropology, archaeology, paleoethnobotany/archaeobotany, ancient plant use, foodways, Andean South America, indigenous ontologies, agriculture
Photo in office Murat Arcak
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
control, intelligent systems and robotics, Cyber-Physical Systems, networks, transportation, applications of system theory to aerospace problems, Systems and Synthetic Biology
Fenyong Liu Fenyong Liu
School of Public Health
public health, infectious diseases
Michael Rape in Woo Fai Han Hall Michael Rape
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
cancer, protein degradation, siRNA, Berkeley Screening Center
William Tuten William Tuten
School of Optometry
Allen Goldstein Allen Goldstein
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
global change, air pollution, environmental science, biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, indoor air quality
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