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Kriegsfeld Image Lance Kriegsfeld
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Psychology
Dept of Neuroscience
Neuroendocrinology, NeuroendocrinologyCircadian Biology, cognition, mental health, Neuroimmunology, animal behavior
Yang Dan Yang Dan
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, imaging, prefrontal cortex, sleep
Dan Feldman photo Dan Feldman
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neurobiology, learning, neurophysiology, sensory biology
headshot of Jamie H. D. Cate Jamie H. D. Cate
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, human translation, escherichia coli
Gerald Westheimer Gerald Westheimer
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation
Jennifer Doudna holding an model of CRISPR. Jennifer A. Doudna
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
RNA machines, hepatitis C virus, RNA interference, ribosomes, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Hillel Adesnik Hillel Adesnik
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neural basis of perception, neuroscience, neurobiology
José Pablo Vázquez-Medina José Pablo Vázquez-Medina
Dept of Integrative Biology
marine mammals, pre-clinical models of disease
Tyrone B. Hayes Tyrone B. Hayes
Dept of Integrative Biology
genetics, amphibians, developmental endocrinology, steroid hormones, metamorphosis, sex differentiation, hormonal differentiation, African clawed frog, Japnanes Kajika, Pine Barrens treefrog
Gabor A. Somorjai Gabor A. Somorjai
Dept of Chemistry
physical chemistry, catalysis, surface science, low-energy electron diffraction, solid state chemistry, macroscopic surface phenomena, adhesion, lubrication, biocompatibility, bonding, reactivity at solid surfaces, scanning tunneling
Robert Levenson at Davos Robert W. Levenson
Dept of Psychology
aging, gender, culture, brain, psychology, emotion, psychophysiology, marriage, clinical science, interpersonal interactions, dementia, relationships, neurodegenerative disease
Sheng Luan Sheng Luan
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbial biology, plant biology
James Olzmann James Olzmann
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
lipid droplet, lipotoxicity, ferroptosis, ubiquitin, proteasome, ER protein quality control, metabolism, cancer, drug resistance, metabolic disease
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
O'Connell on UC Berkeley's campus Grace D O'Connell
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
biomechanics, tissue engineering, intervertebral disc, cartilage
Eva Harris Eva Harris
School of Public Health
public health, infectious diseases
David Wemmer David E. Wemmer
Dept of Chemistry
nuclear magnetic resonance, nucleic acids, biophysical chemistry: proteins, NMR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance methods, structure of proteins and DNA, conformational fluctuations, biopolymers
Xiaohua Gong Xiaohua Gong
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, eye development and diseases, lens development
Victor Ortega Jiménez with computer projection in background Víctor Ortega Jiménez
Dept of Integrative Biology
electrical and capillary forces on small animals, evolutionary biology, bio-inspired robotics
Dr. Chris Schell sets a wildlife camera trap in the East Bay, CA. His lab uses these devices and other techniques (e.g., GPS collars, roadkill collections) to monitor how wildlife populations adapt to life in cities. Christopher Schell
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
behavioral ecology, urban ecology, One Health, social-ecological dynamics, environmental justice
Sanjay Govindjee Sanjay Govindjee
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, constitutive theory, micromechanics, polymer mechanics, elastomer modeling, battery modeling, thermomechanics, continuum mechanics, failure analysis
David Schaffer in lab David V. Schaffer
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, neuroscience, stem cell biology, gene therapy
Jimmy A. McGuire Jimmy A. McGuire
Dept of Integrative Biology
historical biogeography, evolutionary biology, Southeast Asia, population genetics, hummingbirds, functional morphology, vertebrate systematics, phylogenetic analysis, life history evolution, Bayesian methods, Southeast Asian flying lizards
Okamoto diving in sea urchin barrens Daniel Okamoto
Dept of Integrative Biology
population dynamics of exploited species, marine biology, community ecology, ecological modeling, biostatistics
Paul Fine Paul Fine
Dept of Integrative Biology
speciation, plant ecology, plant evolutionary biology, floristics and phytogeography
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