Discovered two years ago by UC Berkeley scientists including Jill Banfield, the protein was similar to CRISPR, but quite a bit smaller: a big advantage if you’re trying to deliver a gene editor into a cell.
Rosemary Gillespie receives Alfred Russel Wallace Award
The award is given annually by the International Biogeography Society for individual lifetime achievement in the field of biogeography.
Cannabis Research Center to explore environmental, social impacts of legalization
The new Center will explore how cannabis production impacts the environment and society, and how these impacts will evolve under new regulations.
$4.7M to Study Storing Greenhouse Gases in Soil
An ambitious new multicampus consortium is seeking ways to capture billions of tons of carbon dioxide and bring net carbon emissions in California to zero by 2045.
The Future of Water Research: An Interview with Paolo D’Odorico
EuropeNow interviewed Professor Paolo D'Odorico on his interdiciplinary water research.
Is habitat restoration actually killing plants in the California wildlands?
New research highlights for the first time the widespread and deadly threat of the soil- and waterborne pathogen Phytophthora in CA restoration sites.
Science adventures to help curb extinction
Graduate student Joan Dudney discusses surveying whitebark pine in the Sierras, and if the species will soon be listed as endangered.
Rachel Morello-Frosch receives Chancellor's equity award
The Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity recognizes faculty who advance inclusion and diversity through their research, teaching, and service.
Five Key Lessons
The UC Water Academy is a new course aimed at teaching students all about California's water; here are five key takeaways from the course.
UC Berkeley scientist leads Climate Change Assessment for US Southwest
Patrick Gonzalez led the assessment and found human-caused climate change has aggravated severe impacts in the US Southwest.
Goldstein elected American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow
Allen Goldstein recognized is for his contributions to the field of chemistry and emissions of natural and anthropogenic trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere.
Q&A: The UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity
Launched in 2017, the Institute seeks to advance the research, management, and protection of our treasured public parks and lands.
A Kind of Communion
In both the classroom and the field, evolutionary ecologist Erica Bree Rosenblum listens closely for the answers.
Fire and water: returning to natural fire regimes for California's mountains
Professor Scott Stephens notes the ever-changing hydrology around the state's mountains and how to craft new wildfire management strategies in these areas.
Sustainable irrigation could feed extra 2.8 billion people
According to a new study, the implementation of sustainable and advanced irrigation systems could help feed billions.
Angel Fernandez, Richard Dodd receive IDT Sustainability Award
Fernandez and Dodd recieved $18,000 in funding for their research on the application and development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to test for adaptation of genes with assumed roles in climate stress.
Berkeley earns highest ranking in environment and ecology by the U.S. World & News Report
As part of the U.S. World & News Report's "Best Global University Rankings," Berkeley was ranked #1 for environment/ecology.
Lion conservation efforts severely underfunded, study shows
A new, comprehensive analysis of lions and their habitats in Africa shows that more protection and resource allocation is needed to ensure their survival.
Smallest life forms have smallest working CRISPR system
Some of the smallest life forms yet discovered contain the smallest CRISPR gene-editing machinery yet to be discovered.
To protect biodiversity, researchers say we need to bring the wild back into our farmlands
New research shows that preserving original landscapes, particularly within farmlands, can help to prevent significant biodiversity loss.