Congratulations to Professors Dan Nomura, Joseph Shapiro, and Patrick Shih (ShihLab) on being named 2024 Bakar Fellows Spark Award recipients. The award provides funding, resources, and entrepreneurial mentorship to each recipient. bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/bakar-fellows-…

Professor Emerit Brian Staskawicz has studied the mechanisms that govern plant immune response for decades. He recently joined colleagues in co-authoring a Cell article that chronicled the last 50 years of plant immunity research. Read more: nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/04/h…

A RIPE team used CRISPR/Cas9 to alter photosynthesis in rice by changing its upstream DNA. This is the 1st approach to increase gene expression & downstream photosynthetic activity. See their work in Science Advances. DOI: bit.ly/4bAFsXA Story: bit.ly/4ca0sEf

From Jurassic Park and E. coli tests to CRISPR and climate resilience, the College of Natural Resources has left its mark on research and society over the last half-century. Follow along for the rest of the year as we share fun facts and big impacts. buff.ly/4aWyx9U

Check out the press write up here: news.berkeley.edu/2024/06/13/can… Great work by former graduate student Collin Barnum

Researchers in the lab of PMB professor Patrick Shih (ShihLab) have reprogrammed plants’ sugar-making machinery to produce human milk sugars, a breakthrough that could lead to healthier and more affordable formula for babies. news.berkeley.edu/2024/06/13/can…

Take a look at our research on Human Milk Oligosaccharide being covered in the .The Guardian ! theguardian.com/science/articl…

For more than five decades, thousands of students and researchers at UC Berkeley and beyond have used organisms curated and cultured in the Microgarden. Learn more about the facility and its history. nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs/…

Rausser College of Natural Resources celebrates turning 50 this month! The College was formed through the merger of the College of Agricultural Sciences and the School of Forestry and Conservation in 1974. Learn more about our history and impact: nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/06/f…

We're prepping our next alumni newsletter and we want to hear from you! Alumni and current students, please share your updates with this form: forms.gle/A9DZm2cFFruAkA…

Energy and Bioscience Institute researcher Corinne Scown is co-leading a new project to help farmers, biomanufacturers, and community leaders in the Northern San Joaquin Valley build up a bioeconomy. Read more about the project at @berkeleylab: newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/07/16/tur…

Researchers Zoila Alvarez Aponte, Zachary Hallberg, Alexa M Nicolas, and others in the Taga Lab have developed a new model that allows them to dissect how one nutrient impacts microbial communities across scales by influencing intermicrobial interactions. plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/news/2024/07/m…

LISTEN: Professor Patrick Shih (ShihLab) and graduate student Kasey Markel spoke to Joint Genome Institute's Menaka Wilhelm about how a species of wasp program oak trees to raise their young, and what that can teach us about engineering plants. jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider…

PMB alumni and current students; please share your personal or professional updates for our class notes in the fall newsletter! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Recent research led by Luis E. Valentín-Alvarado offers new insights into the distribution and function of Asgard archaea, a group of microorganisms that share a common ancestor with eukaryotes—including humans. Learn more about his discovery in our Q&A: plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/news/2024/08/s…

Calling all alumni, current students and researchers, and College affiliates -- enter our photo contest! nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/05/p…

Galls are structures wasps manipulate oak trees into creating, where the wasps can raise their young. ShihLab at UC Berkeley is examining these phenomenal nurseries for clues on new ways to engineer plants🧬🌱 Learn more on the latest #GenomeInsider: jointgeno.me/s05e04

PMB is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Developmental Biology! Apply by Oct 15, with expected start date of July 2025. For more information about the position, including required qualifications and application materials, visit aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF04554.

We're excited to recognize PMB's two newest professors: Patricia Lang (Patricia Lang), who joined the Department earlier this year, and Lotus Lofgren, who will join us in January.

A new study co-authored by Professor John Taylor identified seasonal patterns in Valley fever infections that could help individuals and public health officials better prepare for future surges. Read more about the study at UC San Diego Health Sciences. today.ucsd.edu/story/dangerou…