The Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues recently awarded their 2021-22 mini-grants to Ataya Cesspooch, Annalise Taylor, and Anjika Pai.
Lost in translation
PMB graduate student Leah Gulyas explores how one tiny coronavirus protein blockades host cells—and how a few simple changes can flip the script.
California Releases Draft Strategy to Achieve 30x30 Conservation Target
Along with the “Pathways to 30x30” document, the California Natural Resources Agency today announced its 30x30 Advisory Committee, on which Rausser College Dean David Ackerly will serve.
Want to limit carbon and curb wildfire? Create a market for small trees
A new analysis by Rausser College researchers shows how the state can effectively reduce wildfire risk through forest thinning while continuing to limit carbon emissions.
Wetland restoration could be a blueprint for how California adapts to climate change
Research by Dennis Baldocchi’s lab in the Dutch Slough wetlands was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle this week.
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It
New research from the lab of Trevor Keenan shows that plants are photosynthesizing more in response to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
CRISPRing the microbiome is just around the corner
CRISPR is widely used to target specific cell types, but only one at a time. Two new techniques developed in the lab of Jill Banfield allow CRISPR editing of genes in multiple cell types simultaneously.
Five in Rausser College recognized for advising excellence
Lyn Rivera, Aileen Lavelle, Lynn Huntsinger, Sarah (Hamilton) Rhoades, and Joshua Dullaghan are among those recognized by Berkeley’s Council of Advising and Student Services.