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College of Natural Resources
University of California, Berkeley | News Flash
April, 2012 |
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NSF grants to PMB Students
Three PMB students received Fellowships and three earned Honorable Mentions in the latest round of awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Fellowship Recipients
Jake Brunkard (Plant - Zambryski Lab)
Jason Liu (Plant)
Allison Schwartz (Plant)
Honorable Mentions
Chris Brown (Micro)
David Hershey (Micro)
Anne Runkel (Plant)
The grants are awarded to approximately 2,000 doctoral-level students in the natural, social and engineering sciences at US institutions. UC Berkeley earned 190 of the 2,000 awards that were recently granted, nearly 10 percent.
- Rocio Sanchez |
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Don't miss the PMB Spring Fling
PMB grad students, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy a buffet dinner and live entertainment at the Spring Party from 5-9 pm on Friday, May 4, at the Krutch Theater at the Clark Kerr campus.
Live music {free and fabulous!} will be provided by band members from the Plant Gene Expression Center. When this group played last year people couldn't get enough!
Please stop by, here is the schedule:
5-6 pm - Socializing
6 pm SHARP - Dinner is served
7:15 pm - Music begins | desert served | beverages available
This is a beverage potluck so please bring a beverage if you can.
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Cal Day is Saturday - Come on By!
Plant & Microbial Biology will be involved in Cal Day in a big way this Saturday, April 21, as part of the College of Natural Resources events out on the Genetics and Plant Biology Lawn.
In conjunction with the Energy Biosciences Institute we're putting on "Bugs, Biofuels and Biology: A Plant Extravaganza!"
Professor Steve Lindow will present his "Ice Nucleation Magic Show", the CNR Biological Imaging Facility will put on "The Amazing Microscopic Carnival" and the Micro Student Group will let visitors get close and personal with microbes.
For a complete schedule and information please visit |
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Lab and Office Moves at PMB
As you may have noticed, there are quite a few moves happening in Koshland Hall right now. Most of the activity is due to the many MCB Labs on the EL and GL level of Koshland that are moving to the new Li Ka Shing building.
The Glaunsinger lab also moved from 371 Koshland to 565 Li Ka Shing. They have a beautiful new lab space that looks out onto a living rooftop and are located next to a balcony with stunning views of the San Francisco Bay and Bay Bridge. Kris Niyogi, who has become a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator this year, has expanded his growing lab into the former Glaunsinger lab space. His office is now located in Koshland 371A, and Marilyn Kobayashi, the Niyogi Lab manager, is in 441A Koshland. Additionally, the new Helios building at the corner of Hearst and Oxford is scheduled to open in August. Helios will be the new home for the Energy Biosciences Institute. The three PMB faculty that are currently in Calvin Hall -- Chris Somerville, Shauna Somerville, and Markus Pauly -- will be relocating their labs to Helios at that time.
- Dana Jantz
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Bits and Pieces A listing of important events, reminders and interesting info around campus, including links, as the academic year comes to a close.
Dr. Pedro Sanchez, "Towards a 21st Century Soil Science" 4/23, 4 pm
"Nuclear features of cytoplasmic poly(A) binding protein during viral infection"
ing seminars" 4/23, noon
"Subversion of a Liver-Specific MicroRNA by Hepatitis C Virus" 4/25, noon
5/7, noon
5/14, noon
5/16, 9-4:30
workshops 4/23 {SAMtools / BEDTools Utilities for NGS Data Analysis}
and 4/30 RNA-Seq Data Analysis
- 4/27
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The Plant & Microbial Biology Newsletter (twice each year) and News Flashes (monthly) are intended to keep faculty, staff, friends and alumni informed of events, news and information about the Department.
Feedback is welcome!
Please email Newsletter Editor Karyn Houston, call 643-7614 or stop by 111 Koshland Hall if you have news or items of interest to the department that you would like to submit.
Robert Fischer / Chair Dana Jantz / Chief Operating Officer Karyn Houston / Webmaster, Newsletter Editor / 510.643.7614 / karyn@berkeley.edu / 111 Koshland Hall |
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