http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 22 May 2013 21:56:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/29/four-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-aaas/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/29/four-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-aaas/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:23:11 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33565 Four UC Berkeley faculty members - plant biologist Sheng Luan, cell biologist Kunxin Luo, nuclear engineer Eric Norman and chemist Evan Williams - are among 702 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, bringing the campus total to 227.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/29/four-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-aaas/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/11/new_oral_history_of_chemist_an.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/11/new_oral_history_of_chemist_an.php#more#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:16:24 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33451 How do plants use carbon dioxide? Photosynthesis is at the heart of biology, but it wasn’t until biochemist and alum Andrew Benson got together with UC Berkeley chemistry professor Melvin Calvin in the years following World War II that the process was elucidated. A new video interview with Benson captures his perspective on the collaboration. ]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/11/new_oral_history_of_chemist_an.php#more/feed/ 0 http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/unraveling-genetic-mysteries http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/unraveling-genetic-mysteries#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:50:30 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32595 Damon Lisch of UC Berkeley's Department of Plant and Microbial Biology has been awarded $1.3 million of a $3.4 million shared NSF grant to answer some fundamental questions about genetic inheritance in plants.]]> http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/unraveling-genetic-mysteries/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/bees-outpace-orchids-in-evolution/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/bees-outpace-orchids-in-evolution/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:00:18 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16772 Orchid bees aren't so dependent on orchids after all, according to a new study that challenges the prevailing view of how plants and their insect pollinators evolve together. It turns out that the orchids need their bees more than the other way around, a finding with implications in conservation biology as bee populations decline worldwide. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/bees-outpace-orchids-in-evolution/feed/ 0 http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/lemaux-elected-president-plant-society http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/lemaux-elected-president-plant-society#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:13:35 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=15615 Peggy Lemaux, cooperative extension specialist, has been elected president of the American Society of Plant Biologists. She is the fifth UC Berkeley scientist to lead this professional group in its 87-year history as a plant biology-focused organization.]]> http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/lemaux-elected-president-plant-society/feed/ 0