The Bay Area's Redwood Trees Are Struggling
Submitted by mjalbe on Tue, 06/27/2023 - 09:12
Integrative Biology Professor Todd Dawson was featured in a recent KQED podcast about our beloved SF Bay Area redwood trees. Listen here...
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Why do mammals have a stiff lower jaw?
Submitted by mjalbe on Mon, 06/26/2023 - 11:02
Professor of Integrative Biology, Jack Tseng, and IB graduate student Sergio Garcia Lara, co-authored a paper in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B as part of a series on the evolution of the mammalian skull. The study was based on a database they created of more than 1,000 vertebrate jaws. Read more here...
Hummingbirds are alcohol sippers, not bingers
Submitted by mjalbe on Thu, 06/22/2023 - 16:19
An Anna’s Hummingbird sipping from a California Fuchsia. (Photo credit: Víctor M. Ortega Jiménez)
A recent publication by Professor Robert Dudley of the Department of Integrative Biology in the journal Royal Society Open Science demonstrates that hummingbirds happily sip from sugar water with up to 1% alcohol by volume, finding it just as attractive as plain sugar water. They're not getting drunk though! Read more...
In Memory: James Valentine, Emeritus Professor of Integrative Biology
Submitted by mjalbe on Fri, 05/12/2023 - 09:38
James Valentine, paleontologist who grappled with the origin of animal diversity, has died at 96. Valentine was an emeritus professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and an emeritus curator at the UC Museum of Paleontology (UCMP). Read more...
tyrone B. hayes elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Submitted by mjalbe on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 07:54
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Integrative Biology, Dr. tyrone B. hayes, has been acknowledged as a critical contributor to science once again -- this time by being elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
New Findings: Climate Change
Submitted by mjalbe on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 08:26
Photo credit: Ruth Hartnup
IB graduate student Kyle Rosenblad and his faculty mentor, Professor David Ackerly, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently about how Western forests are not adapting fast enough to match the current rate of climate change. Read more about it in the Daily Cal...
Congratulations, José Pablo Vázquez-Medina!
Submitted by mjalbe on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 16:49
Assistant Professor José Pablo Vázquez-Medina has received a 2023 Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award. Vázquez-Medina was selected because of his outstanding commitment to mentoring, advising, and supporting graduate students.
Beery Receives Tenure
Submitted by mjalbe on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 10:50
Congratulations to Dr. Annaliese Beery on receiving tenure and her promotion to Associate Professor of Integrative Biology! The Beery Laboratory seeks to understand neurobiological pathways that support sociality (group-living) and affiliative social behavior between peers. To learn more, visit the Beery Lab Website.
Losing track of (geologic) time at the UC Museum of Paleontology
Submitted by mjalbe on Fri, 03/10/2023 - 10:25
Dr. Juan Liu, an assistant museum curator and assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Integrative Biology gives a behind the scenes tour of the UC Museum of Paleontology. Click here to see the photo slideshow.
Speciesism in Biology and Culture: How Human Exceptionalism is Pushing Planetary Boundaries
Submitted by rhkayen on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 11:21
Former IB postdoc Brian Swartz and IB professor Brent Mishler, present their new book entitled Speciesism in Biology and Culture: How Human Exceptionalism is Pushing Planetary Boundaries. It includes 9 chapters containing wide-ranging discussions about the sociopolitical, cultural, and scientific ramifications of speciesism and world views that derive from it, integrating natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.