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Daniel Okamoto to Join IB Faculty
Starting in January 2024, Dr. Dan Okamoto (he/him/his) will be an assistant professor of Global Change Biology in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is...
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Hummingbirds' unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures
Dr. Robert Dudley, Professor of Integrative Biology at Berkeley, shares some fascinating hummingbird findings in a study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Read more...
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The Evolutionary Origins of Psychedelics
illustration by Julie JohnsonWhy do plants, mushrooms, microbes and even some animals make chemicals like these with life-saving, life-enhancing, and even life-ending properties? Read Professor Noah...
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Adventures of a Bone Hunter
Credit: Keren Mevorach; copyright UC Museum of PaleontologyAs part of the "Lost Women of Science" podcast, Scientific American just shared a new episode. This episode features Annie Alexander, the...
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Pacific kelp forests are far older than we thought
A new study by IB researchers (Professor Cindy Looy, PhD alum Rosemary Romero, and BA alum Tony Huynh) and collaborators shows that kelp flourished off the Northwest Coast more than 32 million years...
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Sparrows uniquely adapted to Bay Area marshes are losing their uniqueness
Phred Benham, a postdoc in the Bowie Lab.A new genomic analysis of Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) from around the state — many of them collected as far back as 1889, their specimens...
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Application Now Open: IB Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program
Justice Williams and Stephen Eun Song, 2023 IBSURE interns.The IB Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IB SURE) Program has now opened it's application. This program is for undergraduates or...
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Museums' vertebrate collections go online — in 3D
CT scans of animal skeletons are now available to anyone, including those with 3D printers. Read more here...
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Science Perspective: Amphibian hatchlings find mother’s milk
Integrative Biology Professor of the Graduate School, Marvalee Wake, shares her thoughts on recent findings about amphibians that provide "milk" to their young. Read her perspective in the journal...
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IB Participating in Big Give 24
This Thursday, March 14 is Big Give, the annual online giving day when the entire UC Berkeley community comes together to support their favorite departments and programs. Join us this year in our...
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