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headshot of Daniel Portnoy Daniel A. Portnoy
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, bacteriology, infectious diseases, intracellular pathogens, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, vaccines, cell biology
Suzanne MJ. Fleiszig Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig
School of Optometry
immunology, eye, microbiology, infectious disease, corneal physiology, tear film physiology, bacterial pathogenesis, contact lenses, pseudomonas aeruginosa, epithelial cell biology, innate immunity
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
Arash Komeili Arash Komeili
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, magnetic nanoparticles
Matt F. Traxler Matt F. Traxler
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
bacterial interspecies interactions, specialized metabolism
Kathleen Ryan Kathleen Ryan
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
bacterial envelope properties, biogenesis, stress responses
Kimberley Seed Kimberley Seed
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
interactions between bacteria and their viral predators
Professor Michi Taga with Petri plate Michi Taga
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular biology, genetics, microbial biology, chemical biology, cofactors, nutrient exchange, microbial communities, bacteria
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
Britt Koskella in the greenhouse Britt Koskella
Dept of Integrative Biology
Bacteriophage, Microbiome, plant-pathogen interactions, disease ecology, agricultural sustainability, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, plant microbiome, evolutionary ecology
Adam Arkin Adam Arkin
Dept of Bioengineering
Systems and Synthetic Biology, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, Biomanufacturing, Biomedicine, Bioremediation, space, green and sustainable manufacturing, infectious disease, Biological Data Science
N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez Norma Cecilia Martinez-Gomez
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbial physiology, one-carbon metabolism, microbial molecular biology, bacteria, enzymes, enzyme activity, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein biochemistry, protein characterization
Kenneth Raymond Kenneth N. Raymond
Dept of Chemistry
chemistry, bacteria, bioinorganic chemistry, biophysical chemistry, coordination, design of specific chelating agents for metal ions, human iron storage and transport proteins, low-molecular weight chelating agents, metals in medicine, metal-ligands
Russell Vance Russell Vance
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
immunology, microbiology, infectious disease, molecular and cell biology
Portrait on campus, 2023 Ksenia Krasileva
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genome evolution, innate immunity, plant health, fungi
Charles L Briggs Charles L Briggs
Dept of Anthropology
social cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, folklore and performance, racialization, linguistic anthropology
Bethanie Edwards Bethanie Edwards
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
oceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental microbiology, molecular tools for microbial ecology, mass spectrometry, lipidomics, lipid metabolism, marine biogeochemistry, microbial carbon cycling, ocean carbon cycle dynamics
Filipa Rijo-Ferreira in her office Filipa Rijo-Ferreira
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
School of Public Health
molecular parasitology, mosquito vector biology in malaria infection, host-parasite interactions, host circadian rhythms, immunology, metabolism
Headshot of Anastasios Melis Anastasios Melis
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
photosynthesis, Metabolic Engineering, synthetic biology, bioproduction R&D
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
Dipti Nayak Dipti Nayak
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad is a Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley and a Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research integrates biomechanics, mechanobiology, artificial intelligence, and computational biology to understand how physical forces regulate biological systems across molecular, cellular, and microbial scales. Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine
Jonathan Rittle Jonathan Rittle
Dept of Chemistry
inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, crystallography, spectroscopy
Headshot of Noah Whiteman holding two postcards with illustrations from his book Most Delicious Poison. Noah Whiteman
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
adaptation, evolutionary biology, genomics, genetics, toxicology, insect biology, plant biology, microbiology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
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