Department of Plant & Microbial Biology (UC Berkeley)
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The Department of Plant & Microbial Biology is an academic department in the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley
. The department conducts research and teachings in Plant
and Microbial
sciences with 43 department faculty members.http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/newpmb/faculty/faculty_index.shtmlResearch is largely funded through grants from the National Institute of Health, USDA and National Science Foundation
.http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/plant_micro_bio.php Faculty researches are conducted at Koshland
Hall, Life Science Annex, Calvin
Hall, buildings located on the University of California, Berkeley
campus, the USDA Plant Gene Expression Center in Albany and University of California, San Francisco
. The department also utilizes the fields and greenhouses of the nearby Oxford Tract for research.The College of Natural Resources provides additional instructional and research facilities such as the Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station on the island of Moorea
http://moorea.berkeley.edu/ and its associated Moorea Digital Flora Project. Students in the undergraduate division graduate with a Bachelors of Science
. The Graduate division offers Ph.D degrees and opportunities for students to participate in postdoctoral research. http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/newPMB/department/facilities.shtml
The department headquarters along with many faculty offices and laboratories are located in Koshland Hall
. The Biological Imaging
Facility, in Koshland Hall, provides instructional and research support for modern biological light microscopy including laser scanning, confocal
and deconvolution
microscopy, computer image processing and analysis, FISH
, and immunolocalization. The Genetics and Plant Biology building, situated on the northwest side of the campus, was built in 1999. It is the main teaching site for lectures and laboratory courses offered by the Plant and Microbial Biology department. http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/newPMB/department/facilities.shtml
Research strengths in the Plant and Microbial Biology department are in the areas of plant
and microbial genetics
, biochemistry
, ecology
, evolution
, pathology
, development
, physiology
, cell biology
and molecular biology
. The department grants undergraduate degrees in: Microbial Biology, Genetics and Plant Biology. Graduate degrees are offered in Microbiology
and Plant Biology. Many faculty in the department conduct research on plant-microbe interactions.The faculty and graduate students also cooperate with faculty from other UC Berkeley departments, such as the Molecular and Cell Biology Department, on researches pertaining to plant genetics and microbial biology. http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/plant_micro_bio.php
.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. The department conducts research and teachings in Plant
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
and Microbial
Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
sciences with 43 department faculty members.http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/newpmb/faculty/faculty_index.shtmlResearch is largely funded through grants from the National Institute of Health, USDA and National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
.http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/plant_micro_bio.php Faculty researches are conducted at Koshland
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.
Daniel Edward Koshland, Jr. reorganized the study of biology at the University of California at Berkeley and was the editor of the leading US science journal, Science, from 1985 to 1995...
Hall, Life Science Annex, Calvin
Calvin cycle
The Calvin cycle or Calvin–Benson-Bassham cycle or reductive pentose phosphate cycle or C3 cycle or CBB cycle is a series of biochemical redox reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms...
Hall, buildings located on the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
campus, the USDA Plant Gene Expression Center in Albany and University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
. The department also utilizes the fields and greenhouses of the nearby Oxford Tract for research.The College of Natural Resources provides additional instructional and research facilities such as the Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station on the island of Moorea
Moorea
Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian...
http://moorea.berkeley.edu/ and its associated Moorea Digital Flora Project. Students in the undergraduate division graduate with a Bachelors of Science
Bachelors Of Science
Bachelors of Science is the stage name of Phil "Rene", Chris and Lukeino. They met in California and formed a successful act, quickly becoming one of the top drum and bass producers in the electronic music scene...
. The Graduate division offers Ph.D degrees and opportunities for students to participate in postdoctoral research. http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/newPMB/department/facilities.shtml
The department headquarters along with many faculty offices and laboratories are located in Koshland Hall
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.
Daniel Edward Koshland, Jr. reorganized the study of biology at the University of California at Berkeley and was the editor of the leading US science journal, Science, from 1985 to 1995...
. The Biological Imaging
Biological imaging
Biological imaging may refer to any imaging technique used in biology.Typical examples include:* Bioluminescence imaging, a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent protein...
Facility, in Koshland Hall, provides instructional and research support for modern biological light microscopy including laser scanning, confocal
Confocal microscopy
Confocal microscopy is an optical imaging technique used to increase optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by using point illumination and a spatial pinhole to eliminate out-of-focus light in specimens that are thicker than the focal plane. It enables the reconstruction of...
and deconvolution
Microscopy
Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye...
microscopy, computer image processing and analysis, FISH
Fluorescent in situ hybridization
FISH is a cytogenetic technique developed by biomedical researchers in the early 1980s that is used to detect and localize the presence or absence of specific DNA sequences on chromosomes. FISH uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of the chromosome with which they show a high...
, and immunolocalization. The Genetics and Plant Biology building, situated on the northwest side of the campus, was built in 1999. It is the main teaching site for lectures and laboratory courses offered by the Plant and Microbial Biology department. http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/newPMB/department/facilities.shtml
Research strengths in the Plant and Microbial Biology department are in the areas of plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
and microbial genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
, biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
, ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
, evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
, pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
, development
Morphogenesis
Morphogenesis , is the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape...
, physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
, cell biology
Cell biology
Cell biology is a scientific discipline that studies cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level...
and molecular biology
Molecular biology
Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...
. The department grants undergraduate degrees in: Microbial Biology, Genetics and Plant Biology. Graduate degrees are offered in Microbiology
Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
and Plant Biology. Many faculty in the department conduct research on plant-microbe interactions.The faculty and graduate students also cooperate with faculty from other UC Berkeley departments, such as the Molecular and Cell Biology Department, on researches pertaining to plant genetics and microbial biology. http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/plant_micro_bio.php
.