News

Oct 1, 2009

Tim Whlte's team finds Ardi: "the oldest hominid skeleton on Earth."

Berkeley News article: "Ethiopian desert yields oldest hominid skeleton."
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Sept 17, 2009

Postmenopausal women benefit from endurance training

Berkeley News article highlights Brooks Lab: UC Berkeley researchers report that postmenopausal women can achieve the same health benefits from regular, vigorous exercise as younger women do.
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Aug 17, 2009

NSF awards $3.2 million for research at the frontier of biology and engineering

Berkeley News article "Grant will fund PhD work at Berkeley on animal motion and useful inventions it inspires."
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July 21, 2009

For Horned Lizard, horns alone do not make the species:

Berkeley News article on "horny toad" discusses the work of Adam Leaché and Jimmy McGuire.
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Summer 2009

Science Matters talks to Zack Powell in: One Ocean, Shaken and Stirred

Whether they be whelks or whales, perch or penguins, the vast majority of life forms in the ocean owe their existence to phytoplankton.
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July 14, 2009

BerkeleyNews highlights Kaufer Lab research: Drugs may prevent epilepsy & seizures after brain injury.

Read the full press release online.

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IB Seminars ~ Fall 2010  >  Full list

4 pm on Thursdays
2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

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September 3

Peter Alpert, University of Massachusetts: Title TBA
Sonsored by: Ellen Simms

September 10

Justen Whittall, Santa Clara University: Title TBA

September 17

David Reich, Harvard University: Title TBA

Sonsored by: Monty Slatkin

September 24

Paul Sternberg, Cal Tech: Evolution of Nematode Mate and Host-finding Behaviors

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