Molecular Environmental Biology

University of California, Berkeley

This is an archived copy of the 2014-15 guide. To access the most recent version of the guide, please visit http://guide.berkeley.edu/.

About the Program

Bachelor of Science (BS)

The Molecular Environmental Biology (MEB) major is designed to expose students to the organization and function of biological organisms. Molecular approaches are expected to play an increasing role in environmental problem-solving in the near future, and their success will depend upon a sound understanding of biological principles from molecular through ecological levels. The program trains students in the organization and function of biological organisms and their integration into the environment.

Admission to the Major

Freshman students may apply directly to the major, or they may select the College of Natural Resource's undeclared option and declare the major by the end of their fourth semester. For further information regarding how to declare the major after admission including information on a change of major of change of college, students should see the College of Natural Resources Undergraduate Student Handbook .

Honors Program

Students with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.6 or higher may enroll in the College of Natural Resources Honors Program (H196) once they have reached upper division standing. To fulfill the program requirements, students design, conduct, and report on an individual research project working with a faculty sponsor. For further information on registering for the Honors Symposium and on Honors requirements, please see the College of Natural Resources website .

Minor Program

There is no minor program in Molecular Environmental Biology.

Other Majors and Minors Offered by the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Conservation and Resource Studies (Major and Minor)
Environmental Sciences (Major only)
Forestry and Natural Resources (Major and Minor)
Society and Environment  (Major only)

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Major Requirements

In addition to the University, campus, and college requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements specific to their major program.

General Guidelines

  1. All courses taken to fulfill the major requirements below must be taken for graded credit, other than courses listed which are offered on a Pass/No Pass basis only. Other exceptions to this requirement are noted as applicable.

  2. A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required.

  3. A minimum GPA of 2.0 in upper-division major requirements is required.

  4. At least 15 of the 36 required upper-division units must be taken in the College of Natural Resources (except for students majoring in Environmental Economics and Policy; please see the EEP major adviser for further information).

  5. A maximum of 16 units of Independent Study (courses numbered 97, 98, 99, 197, 198, and 199) may count toward graduation, with a maximum of 4 units of Independent Study per semester.

  6. No more than 1/3 of the total units attempted at UC Berkeley may be taken Pass/No Pass. This includes units in the Education Abroad Program and UC Intercampus Visitor or Exchange Programs.

  7. A maximum of 4 units of Physical Education courses will count toward graduation.

For information regarding residence requirements and unit requirements, please see the College Requirements tab.

Areas of Concentration

  1. Animal Health & Behavior
  2. Biodiversity
  3. Ecology
  4. Environment & Human Health
  5. Insect Biology/Anthropod Science
  6. Microbiology

Summary of Major Requirements

Lower-division Requirements
Upper-division Requirements
Biological Core: Seven courses
Lab Requirement: Two courses, selected as part of either the Biological Core or Area of Concentration requirements
Area of Concentration: 12 units

Please see below for the specific details regarding these requirements.

Lower-division Requirements

ESPM Environmental Science Core
Select one of the following:
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
The Biosphere
Environmental Biology
Environmental Issues
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
ESPM Social Science Core
Select one of the following:
ESPM C11Americans and the Global Forest4
ESPM C12Introduction to Environmental Studies4
or ENGLISH C77 Introduction to Environmental Studies
or ESPM 50AC Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management
or ESPM 60 Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law
CHEM 1A
  & 1AL		General Chemistry
   and General Chemistry Laboratory		4
CHEM 3A
  & 3AL		Chemical Structure and Reactivity
   and Organic Chemistry Laboratory		5
CHEM 3B
  & 3B		Chemical Structure and Reactivity
   and Chemical Structure and Reactivity		6
BIOLOGY 1A
  & 1AL		General Biology Lecture
   and General Biology Laboratory		5
BIOLOGY 1BGeneral Biology Lecture and Laboratory4
MATH 16AAnalytic Geometry and Calculus 13
MATH 16BAnalytic Geometry and Calculus 13
PHYSICS 8AIntroductory Physics 24
1

 For students in areas of concentration 2 (Biodiversity), 3 (Ecology), or 5 (Insect Biology/Anthropod Science), MATH 1A and MATH 1B can be substituted for MATH 16A and MATH 16B.

2

 Fore pre-med students, PHYSICS 8B is required in addition to PHYSICS 8A.

Upper-division Requirements, Biological Core

15 upper-division units must be taken in the College of Natural Resources

Select one course from each of the seven categories below. With the exception of the lab courses, each course can be used to satisfy only one requirement; courses selected for the Biological Core requirement cannot overlap with those selected for the Area of Concentration requirement.

Biochemistry
CHEM 135Chemical Biology3
MCELLBI 102Survey of the Principles of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4
MCELLBI 110Molecular Biology: Macromolecular Synthesis and Cellular Function4
Molecular Biology/Genetics
PLANTBI 160Plant Molecular Genetics3
INTEGBI 141Human Genetics3
INTEGBI 161Population and Evolutionary Genetics4
INTEGBI 162Ecological Genetics4
INTEGBI 164Human Genetics and Genomics (lab included)4
MCELLBI 140General Genetics4
MCELLBI 110Molecular Biology: Macromolecular Synthesis and Cellular Function4
MCELLBI 104Genetics, Genomics, and Cell Biology4
Cell & Developmental Biology
MCELLBI 130Course Not Available4
MCELLBI 130ACell and Systems Biology4
MCELLBI 133LPhysiology and Cell Biology Laboratory4
MCELLBI 141Developmental Biology4
MCELLBI 135ECourse Not Available3
MCELLBI 137Computer Simulation in Biology3
PLANTBI/MCELLBI C112General Microbiology4
PLANTBI C112LGeneral Microbiology Laboratory2
PLANTBI 150Plant Cell Biology3
PB HLTH 162APublic Health Microbiology3
PB HLTH 162LPublic Health Microbiology Laboratory1
Organismal Physiology
ESPM 144Insect Physiology3
INTEGBI 132Survey of Human Physiology4
INTEGBI 140Biology of Human Reproduction4
INTEGBI 148Comparative Animal Physiology3
MCELLBI 136Physiology4
NUSCTX 103Nutrient Function and Metabolism3
PLANTBI/MCELLBI C116Microbial Diversity3
PLANTBI 135Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants3
Organismal Diversity
ESPM 106American Wildlife: Identification and Conservation (lab included)3
ESPM 108ATrees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures (lab included)3
ESPM 115BBiology of Aquatic Insects2
ESPM 132Spider Biology (lab included)4
ESPM C138/PLANTBI C114/MCELLBI C114Introduction to Comparative Virology4
ESPM 140General Entomology (lab included)4
INTEGBI 102LFIntroduction to California Plant Life with Laboratory4
INTEGBI 103LFInvertebrate Zoology with Laboratory5
INTEGBI 104LFNatural History of the Vertebrates with Laboratory5
INTEGBI 168
  & 168L		Systematics of Vascular Plants
   and Systematics of Vascular Plants with Laboratory		6
PLANTBI C102Course Not Available
or PLANTBI C102L Course Not Available
PLANTBI 110
  & PLANTBI 110L		Course Not Available
   and Course Not Available		4
PLANTBI 113California Mushrooms (lab included)3
PLANTBI/MCELLBI C116Microbial Diversity3
PLANTBI 120
  & 120L		Biology of Algae
   and Laboratory for Biology of Algae		4
Ecology
ESPM 102ATerrestrial Resource Ecology (lab included)4
ESPM 110Primate Ecology4
ESPM 111Ecosystem Ecology4
ESPM 112Microbial Ecology3
ESPM 113Insect Ecology2
ESPM 114Wildlife Ecology3
ESPM 115CFish Ecology (lab included)3
ESPM 116ACourse Not Available3
or ESPM 116B Range Ecology, Improvements, and Management
or ESPM 116C Tropical Forest Ecology
ESPM 119Chemical Ecology2
ESPM 131Soil Microbial Ecology3
ESPM/INTEGBI C149Molecular Ecology4
INTEGBI 153Ecology3
INTEGBI 154
  & 154L		Plant Ecology
   and Plant Ecology Laboratory		5
Senior Seminar
ESPM 192Course Not Available
PLANTBI 170Modern Applications of Plant Biotechnology2

Lab Requirement

Select two upper-division courses which include a lab, as part of the Biological Core or Area of Concentration requirements.

Additionally, this requirement many be fulfulled by: (1) One 3-4 unit independent study lab (course numbered H196 or 199); Summer Forestry Field Camp; or the Moorea Field Study course.

Area of Concentration Requirement

Select 12 units from one concentration below. Up to four independent study units (e.g., ESPM 199, ESPM H196) may be applied to the concentration.

1. Animal Health & Behavior
ANTHRO 135Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques (lab included)4
ESPM C103/INTEGBI C156Principles of Conservation Biology4
ESPM 106American Wildlife: Identification and Conservation (lab included)3
ESPM 110Primate Ecology4
ESPM 114Wildlife Ecology3
ESPM C126/INTEGBI C144Animal Behavior4
ESPM 142Insect Behavior3
ESPM 145Course Not Available4
ESPM 146Course Not Available3
ESPM 146LMedical and Veterinary Entomology Laboratory1
ESPM 186Management and Conservation of Rangeland Ecosystems4
ESPM 188Case Histories in Wildlife Management2
INTEGBI 104LFNatural History of the Vertebrates with Laboratory5
INTEGBI C143A/PSYCH C113Biological Clocks: Physiology and Behavior3
INTEGBI C143B/PSYCH C116Hormones and Behavior3
INTEGBI 146Course Not Available
INTEGBI 148Comparative Animal Physiology3
INTEGBI 184Course Not Available2-4
or INTEGBI 184L Morphology of the Vertebrate Skeleton with Laboratory
INTEGBI 186Course Not Available4
PSYCH 121Animal Cognition3
2. Biodiversity
ESPM C103/INTEGBI C156Principles of Conservation Biology4
ESPM  105Course Not Available (lab included)3
ESPM 106American Wildlife: Identification and Conservation (lab included)3
ESPM 108ATrees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures (lab included)3
ESPM 115BBiology of Aquatic Insects2
ESPM 132Spider Biology (lab included)4
ESPM 140General Entomology (lab included)4
ESPM 147Field Entomology (“Ants,” “Beetles,” and “Spiders” (1 unit each) SP. All three courses must be completed to equal one “lab course”)1
INTEGBI 102LFIntroduction to California Plant Life with Laboratory4
INTEGBI 103LFInvertebrate Zoology with Laboratory5
INTEGBI 104LFNatural History of the Vertebrates with Laboratory5
INTEGBI 160Evolution4
INTEGBI 166Evolutionary Biogeography4
INTEGBI 168
  & 168L		Systematics of Vascular Plants
   and Systematics of Vascular Plants with Laboratory		6
INTEGBI 173LFMammalogy with Laboratory5
INTEGBI 174LFOrnithology with Laboratory4
INTEGBI 175LFHerpetology with Laboratory4
INTEGBI 183Course Not Available3
INTEGBI 183LEvolution of the Vertebrates with Laboratory4
PLANTBI C102
  & PLANTBI C102L		Course Not Available
   and Course Not Available		4
PLANTBI 101
  & 101L		Course Not Available
   and Experimental Plant Biology Laboratory		3
PLANTBI 110
  & PLANTBI 110L		Course Not Available
   and Course Not Available		4
PLANTBI 113California Mushrooms3
PLANTBI/MCELLBI C116Microbial Diversity3
PLANTBI 120
  & 120L		Biology of Algae
   and Laboratory for Biology of Algae		4
3. Ecology
ESPM 105ASierra Nevada Ecology4
ESPM 102ATerrestrial Resource Ecology4
ESPM C103/INTEGBI C156Principles of Conservation Biology4
ESPM 110Primate Ecology4
ESPM C104/ENVECON C115Modeling and Management of Biological Resources4
ESPM 111Ecosystem Ecology4
ESPM 112Microbial Ecology3
ESPM 113Insect Ecology2
ESPM 114Wildlife Ecology3
ESPM 115BBiology of Aquatic Insects2
ESPM 115CFish Ecology3
ESPM 116BRange Ecology, Improvements, and Management3
ESPM 116CTropical Forest Ecology3
ESPM 117Urban Garden Ecosystems4
ESPM 118Agricultural Ecology3
ESPM 119Chemical Ecology2
ESPM C130/GEOG C136Terrestrial Hydrology4
ESPM 131Soil Microbial Ecology3
ESPM 134Fire, Insects, and Diseases in Forest Ecosystems3
ESPM 146
  & 146L		Course Not Available
   and Medical and Veterinary Entomology Laboratory		4
ESPM 147Field Entomology1
ESPM/INTEGBI C149Molecular Ecology4
ESPM 152Global Change Biology3
ESPM 172Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing3
ESPM 173Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis3
ESPM 174Design and Analysis of Ecological Research4
ESPM C180Air Pollution3
ESPM 181AFire Ecology3
ESPM 188Case Histories in Wildlife Management2
PLANTBI 180Environmental Plant Biology2
INTEGBI 102LFIntroduction to California Plant Life with Laboratory4
INTEGBI 151Plant Physiological Ecology4
INTEGBI 153Ecology3
INTEGBI 154
  & 154L		Plant Ecology
   and Plant Ecology Laboratory		5
INTEGBI C155/ANTHRO C129DHolocene Paleoecology: How Humans Changed the Earth3
4. Environment & Human Health
ANTHRO 135Paleoethnobotany: Archaeological Methods and Laboratory Techniques (lab included)4
ESPM C126/INTEGBI C144Animal Behavior4
ESPM C138/PLANTBI C114/MCELLBI C114Introduction to Comparative Virology4
ESPM  145Course Not Available2
ESPM 146LMedical and Veterinary Entomology Laboratory1
ESPM C148/NUSCTX C114Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology3
ESPM 152Global Change Biology3
ESPM/NUSCTX C159Human Diet4
ESPM 162Bioethics and Society4
ESPM C167Environmental Health and Development4
INTEGBI N116Course Not Available (lab included)4
INTEGBI 117Medical Ethnobotany2
INTEGBI 117LFMedical Ethnobotany Laboratory2
INTEGBI 131General Human Anatomy3
INTEGBI 131LGeneral Human Anatomy Laboratory2
INTEGBI 137Human Endocrinology4
INTEGBI 140Biology of Human Reproduction4
INTEGBI C143A/PSYCH C113Biological Clocks: Physiology and Behavior3
INTEGBI C143B/PSYCH C116Hormones and Behavior3
MCELLBI 135ATopics in Cell and Developmental Biology: Molecular Endocrinology3
MCELLBI 150Molecular Immunology4
MCELLBI 165Neurobiology of Disease3
NUSCTX 103Nutrient Function and Metabolism3
NUSCTX 108AIntroduction and Application of Food Science3
NUSCTX 110Toxicology4
NUSCTX C119Course Not Available3
NUSCTX 160Metabolic Bases of Human Health and Diseases4
NUSCTX 166Nutrition in the Community3
PLANTBI/MCELLBI C103Bacterial Pathogenesis3
PLANTBI 180Environmental Plant Biology2
PB HLTH 103Drugs, Health, and Society2
PB HLTH 104AHealth Promotion in a College Setting2
PB HLTH 105Policy, Planning, and Evaluation of Health Promotion in a College Setting3
PB HLTH 114Course Not Available3
PB HLTH 116Seminar on Social, Political, and Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine3
PB HLTH 150BIntroduction to Environmental Health Sciences3
PSYCH 110Introduction to Biological Psychology3

College Requirements

For College Requirements, please refer to the College of Natural Resources .

Student Learning Goals

Mission

Molecular Environmental Biology (MEB) focuses on biological organisms and the hierarchy of life, from molecules and genes through cells, organisms, communities and ecosystems. The breadth of this biological science program provides an important perspective for students who have a passion for biology and are interested in the application of biological principles to understand how organisms function in their environment. Also a pre-medical or pre-health science major, the discipline offers an array of six areas of concentration within biology: microbiology, animal health and behavior, insect biology, ecology, biodiversity, and environmental and human health. 

Learning Goals for the Major

  1. Holistic interdisciplinary thinking, that understanding the “big picture"
    1. Interdisciplinarity: The ability to understand and work across different disciplines
    2. Multiple processes: Recognition that biology and the environment involve multiple processes as do solutions to modern problems
    3. Interconnectedness: Understanding that biology and the environment are interconnected at many spatial, temporal, and hierarchical levels
    4. Global and international approaches: Appreciating that the environment is necessarily global in nature and solutions to problems require international approaches
  2. Training in the hierarchy of biology
    1. Fundamentals of Science: Training in the cores areas of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics
    2. Quantitative skills: Necessary tools for addressing biological problems
    3. Biochemistry: An understanding of the fundamentals of biological chemistry including the properties of intermediary metabolites, the structure and function of biological macromolecules, and the logic of basis of genetics and gene expression
    4. Molecular biology/Genetics: The molecular biology of bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic cells and their viruses, mechanisms of DNA replication, transcription, translation, nuclear and organellar genome structure and function and regulation of gene expression heritability, measures of selection, etc.
    5. Cell and developmental biology: Cell structure and function, embryonic and post-embryonic development and growth, and gene expression
    6. Organismal physiology: Understanding of physiological function whether microbial, animal or plant, or comparison between different systems
    7. Organismal diversity: Emphasis on the nature of diversity whether plant, animal, fungus, protist, bacteria, or virus, the history of the lineages and life itself, and how diversity is distributed, global threats, etc.
    8. Ecology: The nature of interactions, biotic or abiotic, that dictate organismal distributions in space and time
    9. Laboratory experiences: Laboratory experiences allow students to gain hands-on experience in scientific approaches and methods
    10. Capstone seminar: The major ends with a senior seminar in Molecular Approaches to Environmental Problem-Solving. This course is highly interdisciplinary and is specifically intended to illustrate how all of the levels and approaches to biology are complementary and applicable to assessing or solving real-world problems especially as it relates to environmental issues
  3. Analysis and application for students that choose the Animal Health & Behavior area of concentration
    1. Interaction of health and environment: Understanding how the environment, whether internal or external, affects organism health and behavior
    2. Expertise in health: Examination of the health of organisms from either physiological or environmental perspectives
    3. Epizootics: An appreciation of the potential for diseases in animal populations to spill over into humans as is the case in avian influenza or even the origins of HIV
  4. Analysis and application for students that choose the Biodiversity area of concentration
    1. Biodiversity science: Detailed understanding of morphological and ecological diversity of a given organismic lineage
    2. Origins and evolution of life: Basic understanding of systematics and phylogenetics
    3. Quantifying biology: Knowledge of various sampling and species identification techniques to collect data
    4. Informatics:  Proficiency in database development and management
  5. Analysis and application for students that choose the Ecology area of concentration
    1. Principles of Ecology: Detailed understanding of ecological principles including energy flow, hydrologic, and mineral cycles, factors limiting species distribution and population size, and characteristics of species, populations, and communities
    2. Ecological interactions: Interactions relevant to different organismic groups.
    3. Biodiversity: Understanding of the biology of communities and ecosystems.
  6. Analysis and application for students that choose the Environment & Human Health area of concentration.
    1. Interaction of health and environment: Understanding of how the environment affects human health and well-being.
    2. Disease: Environmental epidemiology and the impacts of disease.
    3. Diet: Effects of nutrition and diet on human health.
  7. Analysis and application for students who choose the Insect Biology area of concentration.
    1. Insects and biodiversity science: Understanding of major insects groups, relationships, and diversity.
    2. Insects and environmental science: Knowledge of the impacts of insects (positive and negative) in the environment.
    3. Quantifying insects and biology: Skills in collecting and identifying insects.
  8. Analysis and application for students who choose the Microbiology area of concentration.
    1. Microbiology expertise: Expertise and competence in processes, patterns in microbiology, and the role of microbes in ecosystem function.
    2. Biodiversity: Understanding of microbial genetic and functional diversity, ecological factors impacting microbial spatial and temporal distribution.
    3. Microbiology and the environment: Microbiology in environmental science, including impacts on human health & well-being.
  9. Basic skills in research, analysis, communication.
    1. Reading carefully: Ability to read for detail and comprehension.
    2. Writing accurately: Ability to write succinctly, clearly, with coherence.
    3. Thinking critically: Critical thinking through the exposure and synthesis of biological knowledge from courses and lab work.
    4. Using theoretical and empirical knowledge: Ability to synthesize and apply information obtained through theory and observations.
    5. Quantitative skills: Obtaining the quantitative skills necessary for the subdisciplines.
    6. Analysis: Ability to perceive, tackle, and solve problems in environmental science.
    7. Research experience: Research experience to practice scientific approaches and methods. Work with a faculty mentor while participating in an undergraduate research program or designing an individual research project. Share research results or work in progress in the form of a paper, report, research poster, or public presentation.
    8. Communication: Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to prepare for independent research work or team projects.
  10. Lifetime skills.
    1. Continuing appreciation for biological systems: To develop a passion for biology and its interconnections with the environment.
    2. Representing science: To become an advocate for the training and knowledge of science, particularly the biological disciplines. 

Courses

Molecular Environmental Biology

MCELLBI 15 Current Topics in the Biological Sciences 2 Units

Students in this course will critically examine modern methods of biological investigations and their social implications. Relevant literature will be used to present basic biological concepts that address the cultural, technological and health aspects of current topics in the biological sciences. Designing and evaluating scientific questions will be stressed.

MCELLBI C31 Big Ideas in Cell Biology 3 Units

An introduction for students who do not intend to major in biology but who wish to satisfy their breadth requirement in Biological Sciences. Some major concepts of modern biology, ranging from the role of DNA and the way cells communicate, to interactions of cells and creatures with their environment, will be discussed without jargon and with attention to their relevance in contemporary life and culture.

MCELLBI 32 Introduction to Human Physiology 3 Units

A comprehensive introduction to human cell biology. The course will concentrate on basic mechanisms underlying human life processes, including cells and membranes; nerve and muscle function; cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and gastrointestinal physiology; metabolism, endocrinology, and reproduction.

MCELLBI 32L Introduction to Human Physiology Laboratory 2 Units

Experiments and demonstrations are designed to amplify and reinforce information presented in 32. Exercises include investigations into the structure and function of muscle, nerve, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, endocrine, and blood systems.

MCELLBI 41 Genetics and Society 3 Units

Basic communication of inheritance; gene mapping; gene expression and genetic disease in animals and humans; social inheritance of genetics.

MCELLBI C44 Biology for Voters 3 Units

This is a Discovery Course for non-Biology majors designed to introduce lower-division college students to biology through the lens of the contemporary problems facing people, the planet and the species of the planet. Modern genetic contributions will be presented on such issues as genetic engineering of plants and animals, the emergence of new pathogens, the role of genetic variation among individuals, and the extent to which DNA is and isn’t destiny. Each week will close with the presentation and discussion of a defining biological challenge facing the world.

MCELLBI 50 The Immune System and Disease 3 Units

Course will discuss how the immune system resolves, prevents, or causes disease. A general overview of the immune system will be covered in the first five weeks followed by five weeks discussing infectious diseases including anthrax, mad cow, herpes, malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV. In addition, other lectures will focus on current immunology topics including vaccines, autoimmunity, allergy, transplantation, and cancer.

MCELLBI 55 Plagues and Pandemics 3 Units

Discussion of how infectious agents cause disease and impact society at large. We will examine historical and current examples of plagues and pandemics and consider the question of what we should do to ameliorate the impact of infectious disease in the future. The course is intended for non-majors and will begin by briefly providing necessary background in microbiology and immunology. The primary focus in each subsequent week, however, will be on discussing a particular infectious disease. The course will be broad in scope covering biological, historical, ethical and social implications of each disease.

MCELLBI C61 Brain, Mind, and Behavior 3 Units

Introduction to human brain mechanisms of sensation, movement, perception, thinking, learning, memory, and emotion in terms of anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the nervous system in health and disease. Intended for students in the humanities and social sciences and others not majoring in the biological sciences.

MCELLBI W61 Brain, Mind, and Behavior 3 Units

This course deals with the structure and function of the human nervous system, with an emphasis on how brain physiology and chemistry are related to human behavior. This is a comprehensive introduction to the exciting field of contemporary neuroscience for students of all backgrounds and interests, including those from the humanities and social sciences, as well as physical and biological sciences. The Final Examination will be administered in a proctored setting. See Schedule of Classes for meeting information. This course is web-based.

MCELLBI C62 Drugs and the Brain 3 Units

The history, chemical nature, botanical origins, and effects on the human brain and behavior of drugs such as stimulants, depressants, psychedelics, analgesics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, steroids, and other psychoactive substances of both natural and synthetic origin. The necessary biological, chemical, and psychological background material for understanding the content of this course will be contained within the course itself.

MCELLBI 63 Introduction to Functional Neuroanatomy 3 Units

This course emphasizes beginning anatomy of the brain and spinal cord to individuals interested in understanding the dynamics of motor and sensory functions in the human body. Students in the Departments of Education, Psychology, and Integrative Biology, as well as students interested in medicine and the life sciences, are especially encouraged to attend.

MCELLBI C64 Exploring the Brain: Introduction to Neuroscience 3 Units

This course will introduce lower division undergraduates to the fundamentals of neuroscience. The first part of the course covers basic membrane properties, synapses, action potentials, chemical and electrical synaptic interactions, receptor potentials, and receptor proteins. The second part of the course covers networks in invertebrates, memory and learning behavior, modulation, vertebrate brain and spinal cord, retina, visual cortex architecture, hierarchy, development, and higher cortical centers.

MCELLBI 84B Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units

Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.

MCELLBI 90A Freshman Seminars: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1 Unit

The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.

MCELLBI 90B Freshman Seminars: Cell and Developmental Biology 1 Unit

The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.

MCELLBI 90C Freshman Seminars: Genetics and Development 1 Unit

The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.

MCELLBI 90D Freshman Seminars: Immunology 1 Unit

The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.

MCELLBI 90E Freshman Seminars: Neurobiology 1 Unit

The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.

MCELLBI 91D Immunology 2 - 4 Units

Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.

MCELLBI C96 Studying the Biological Sciences 1 Unit

Freshmen will be introduced to the "culture" of the biological sciences, along with an in-depth orientation to the academic life and the culture of the university as they relate to majoring in biology. Students will learn concepts, skills, and information that they can use in their major course, and as future science professionals. Restricted to freshmen in the biology scholars program.

MCELLBI 98 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units

Lectures and small group discussions focusing on topics of interest, varying from semester to semester.

MCELLBI 99 Supervised Independent Study 1 - 4 Units

MCELLBI 100B Biochemistry: Pathways, Mechanisms, and Regulation 4 Units

We survey cellular metabolic pathways, with focus on the underlying chemistry, bioenergetics, and mechanisms. We discuss signaling in the context of a physical chemical understanding of diffusion, transport and molecular interactions. We will highlight the intertwining of signaling and dysregulation with metabolic disorders and cancer, and the production of renewable chemicals such as biofuels. The course is designed for majors in the biochemistry and molecular biology, genetics and development, or immunology emphases.

MCELLBI C100A Biophysical Chemistry: Physical Principles and the Molecules of Life 4 Units

Thermodynamic and kinetic concepts applied to understanding the chemistry and structure of biomolecules (proteins, DNA, and RNA). Molecular distributions, reaction kinetics, enzyme kinetics. Bioenergetics, energy transduction, and motor proteins. Electrochemical potential, membranes, and ion channels.

MCELLBI 102 Survey of the Principles of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4 Units

A comprehensive survey of the fundamentals of biological chemistry, including the properties of intermediary metabolites, the structure and function of biological macromolecules, the logic of metabolic pathways (both degradative and biosynthetic) and the molecular basis of genetics and gene expression.

MCELLBI C103 Bacterial Pathogenesis 3 Units

This course for upper division and graduate students will explore the molecular and cellular basis of microbial pathogenesis. The course will focus on model microbial systems which illustrate mechanisms of pathogenesis. Most of the emphasis will be on bacterial pathogens of mammals, but there will be some discussion of viral and protozoan pathogens. There will be an emphasis on experimental approaches. The course will also include some aspects of bacterial genetics and physiology, immune response to infection, and the cell biology of host-parasite interactions.

MCELLBI 104 Genetics, Genomics, and Cell Biology 4 Units

This course will introduce students to key concepts in genetic analysis, eukaryotic cell biology, and state-of-the-art approaches in genomic medicine. Lectures will highlight basic knowledge of cellular processes with the basis for human diseases, particularly cancer. Prerequisite courses will have introduced students to the concepts of cells, the central dogma of molecular biology, and gene regulation. Emphasis in this course will be on eukaryotic cell processes, including cellular organization, dynamics, and signaling.

MCELLBI 110 Molecular Biology: Macromolecular Synthesis and Cellular Function 4 Units

Molecular biology of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and their viruses. Mechanisms of DNA replication, transcription, translation. Structure of genes and chromosomes. Regulation of gene expression. Biochemical processes and principles in membrane structure and function, intracellular trafficking and subcellular compartmentation, cytoskeletal architecture, nucleocytoplasmic transport, signal transduction mechanisms, and cell cycle control.

MCELLBI C110L General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory 4 Units

Experimental techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology, designed to accompany the lectures in Molecular and Cell Biology 100B and 110.

MCELLBI C112 General Microbiology 4 Units

This course will explore the molecular bases for physiological and biochemical diversity among members of the two major domains, Bacteria and Archaea. The ecological significance and evolutionary origins of this diversity will be discussed. Molecular, genetic, and structure-function analyses of microbial cell cycles, adaptive responses, metabolic capability, and macromolecular syntheses will be emphasized.

MCELLBI C112L General Microbiology Laboratory 2 Units

Experimental techniques of microbiology designed to accompany the lecture in C112 and C148. The primary emphasis in the laboratory will be on the cultivation and physiological and genetic characterization of bacteria. Laboratory exercises will include the observation, enrichment, and isolation of bacteria from selected environments.

MCELLBI C114 Introduction to Comparative Virology 4 Units

This course will provide a comparative overview of virus life cycles and strategies viruses use to infect and replicate in hosts. We will discuss virus structure and classification and the molecular basis of viral reproduction, evolution, assembly, and virus-host interactions. Common features used during virus replication and host cellular responses to infection will be covered. Topics also included are common and emerging virus diseases, their control, and factors affecting their spread.

MCELLBI C116 Microbial Diversity 3 Units

This course for upper-division and graduate students will broadly survey myriad types of microbial organisms, both procaryote and eucaryote, using a phylogenetic framework to organize the concept of "biodiversity." Emphasis will be on the evolutionary development of the many biochemical themes, how they mold our biosphere, and the organisms that affect the global biochemistry. Molecular mechanisms that occur in different lineages will be compared and contrasted to illustrate fundamental biological strategies. Graduate students additionally should enroll in C216, Microbial Diversity Workshop.

MCELLBI 118 The Cancer Karyotype: What it is and What it Does 1 Unit

Mutational cancer theories do not explain why cancers: 1) have clonal individual karyotypes; 2) have polygenic transcriptomes and phenotypes; 3) have flexible karyotypes, which evolve progressive malignancy and drug resistance, but maintain autonomy and even immortality; and 4) Why carcinogens induce cancer only after conspicuously long latent periods of years to decades. To answer these questions, this course tests a new karyotypic theory, which postulates that cancers evolve much like new species.

MCELLBI 130A Cell and Systems Biology 4 Units

This course will provide a detailed discussion of a wide range of topics in cell biology emphasizing experimental approaches and key experiments that have provided important insights. The course is aimed at conveying an understanding of how cellular structure and function arise as a result of the properties of cellular macromolecules. An emphasis will be placed on the dynamic nature of cellular organization and will include a description of physical properties of cells (dimensions, concepts of free energy, diffusion, biophysical properties). Students will be introduced to quantitative aspects of cell biology and a view of cellular function that is based on integrating multiple pathways and modes of regulation (systems biology).

MCELLBI 132 Biology of Human Cancer 4 Units

The course is designed for students interested in learning about the molecular and cell biology of cancer and how this knowledge is being applied to the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of cancer. Topics covered include tumor pathology and epidemiology; tumor viruses and oncogenes; intracellular signaling; tumor suppressors; multi-step carcinogenesis and tumor progression; genetic instability in cancer; tumor-host interactions; invasion and metastasis; tumor immunology; cancer therapy.

MCELLBI 133L Physiology and Cell Biology Laboratory 4 Units

Experimental analyses of central problems in cell biology and physiology using modern techniques, including DNA cloning and protein biochemistry, fluorescence microscopy of the cytoskeleton and organelles, DNA transfection and cell cycle analysis of cultured mammalian cells, RNA interference and drug treatments to analyze ion channel function in cell contractility and intracellular signaling, and somatosensation.

MCELLBI C134 Chromosome Biology/Cytogenetics 3 Units

Survey of behavior, structure, and function of chromosomes with emphasis on behavior in model organisms. Topics include mitosis, meiosis, chromosome aberrations, genome function, dosage compensation, transposons, repetitive DNA, and modern cytological imaging.

MCELLBI 135A Topics in Cell and Developmental Biology: Molecular Endocrinology 3 Units

Molecular mechanisms by which hormones elicit specific responses and regulate gene expression; hormone-receptor interaction; synthesis, transport and targeting of hormones, growth factors and receptors.

MCELLBI 136 Physiology 4 Units

Principles of mammalian (primarily human) physiology emphasizing physical, chemical, molecular and cellular bases of functional biology. The following topics will be covered: cellular and membrane ion and nonelectrolyte transport; cell and endocrine regulation; autonomic nervous system regulation; skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle; cardiovascular physiology; respiration; renal physiology; gastrointestinal physiology. Discussion section led by Graduate Student Instructor will review material covered in lecture.

MCELLBI 137 Computer Simulation in Biology 3 Units

Modeling and computer simulation of dynamic biological processes using special graphical interfaces requiring very little mathematical or computer experience. Models are drawn from the current literature to teach concepts and technique. The later part of the course is a workshop for student-selected individual projects. Computer work may be done at home or in the university laboratory.

MCELLBI 140 General Genetics 4 Units

In-depth introduction to genetics, including mechanisms of inheritance; gene transmission and recombination; transposable DNA elements; gene structure, function, and regulation; and developmental genetics. Some exams may be given in the evening.

MCELLBI 140 General Genetics 4 Units

In-depth introduction to genetics, including mechanisms of inheritance; gene transmission and recombination; transposable DNA elements; gene structure, function, and regulation; and developmental genetics. Some exams may be given in the evening.

MCELLBI 140L Genetics Laboratory 4 Units

Experimental techniques in classical and molecular genetics.

MCELLBI 141 Developmental Biology 4 Units

An introduction to principles and processes of embryonic and post-embryonic development, stressing mechanisms of cell and tissue interactions, morphogenesis and regulation of gene expression.

MCELLBI 143 Evolution of Genomes, Cells, and Development 3 Units

This course is intended for upper-division undergraduates seeking an interactive course based on modern concepts in evolution and comparative genomics. The course will emphasize the contribution of molecular evolution to a series of seminal events in life's history: origin of life; origin of cells; origin of eukaryotes; origin of multicellularity; evolution of animal development; human origins.

MCELLBI C148 Microbial Genomics and Genetics 4 Units

Course emphasizes bacterial and archaeal genetics and comparative genomics. Genetics and genomic methods used to dissect metabolic and development processes in bacteria, archaea, and selected microbial eukaryotes. Genetic mechanisms integrated with genomic information to address integration and diversity of microbial processes. Introduction to the use of computational tools for a comparative analysis of microbial genomes and determining relationships among bacteria, archaea, and microbial eukaryotes.

MCELLBI 149 The Human Genome 3 Units

This is an upper division course for majors in MCB with an interest in an in-depth exploration of the forces that shape the human genome and the human population, as well as the ways that human genetic information can be used in medicine, ancestry and forensics. The course will combine lectures and discussion of research papers.

MCELLBI 150 Molecular Immunology 4 Units

Fundamentals of immunology with emphasis on biochemical and molecular approaches to study of the immune system and its application in medicine and biotechnology. Topics covered include description of the immune system, antibody and T-cell receptor structure and function, genes of the immunoglobulin superfamily, cells and molecular mediators that regulate the immune response, allergy, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, tissue and organ transplants, and tumor immunology.

MCELLBI 150L Immunology Laboratory 4 Units

Experimental techniques in mammalian molecular biology and cellular immunology. Molecular techniques covered include PCR and recombinant DNA procedures such as gene cloning, gene transfer, DNA sequencing, Southern blot, and restriction mapping. Immunological techniques covered include cell culture and monoclonal antibody production, flow cytometry, ELISA, immunoprecipitation, and western blot.

MCELLBI 160 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 4 Units

Comprehensive introductory survey of cellular and molecular neuroscience, including cellular neurophysiology, ion channel function, synaptic function and plasticity, sensory transduction, and brain development. Includes introduction to molecular basis of neurological disease. Analysis from the level of molecules to cells to simple circuits.

MCELLBI 160L Neurobiology Laboratory 4 Units

Experimental analyses of properties and interactions of nerve cells and systems, illustrating principal features and current methods. Techniques employed include computer simulation of neuron properties, electrophysiological recording and stimulation of nerves and cells, digitally enhanced video imaging of outgrowth, fluorescence immunocytochemistry, analysis of sensory: CNS mapping, human-evoked potential recording, sensory psychophysics.

MCELLBI 161 Circuit, Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience 4 Units

Comprehensive survey of circuits and systems neuroscience, including sensory and motor systems, learning and memory, neuromodulatory systems and brain state and higher functions.
Biological and computational principles of neural circuit function. Analysis from the level of small circuits to behavior.

MCELLBI 163 Mammalian Neuroanatomy 4 Units

Development, structure (gross and microscopic), and functional relationships of the mammalian nervous system.

MCELLBI 165 Neurobiology of Disease 3 Units

The molecular, cellular, and neural circuit basis of neurological disease. Includes neurochemistry and reward systems, neural development and its disorders, addiction, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Students will read and discuss primary papers from the research literature.

MCELLBI 166 Biophysical Neurobiology 3 Units

Electrochemistry and ion transport phenomena, equivalent circuits, excitability, action potentials, voltage clamp and the Hodgkin-Huxley model. Biophysical properties of ion channels. Statistical and electrophysiological models of synaptic transmission, Quantitative models for dendritic structure and neuronal morphogenesis. Sensory transduction, cellular networks as computational devices, information processing and transfer.

MCELLBI 180 Undergraduate Teaching of Biology 1A Laboratory 1 or 2 Units

Course consists of a weekly three-hour training session that focuses on laboratory techniques, instructional aids, and problem solving, plus an additional three hour weekly laboratory where the UGSI is required to assist a GSI in the instruction of laboratory (answering questions, providing demonstrations, etc.).

MCELLBI 180C Undergraduate Teaching of Molecular and Cell Biology 32 Laboratory 1 - 2 Units

Course consists of a weekly three-hour training session that focuses on laboratory techniques, instructional aids, and problem solving, plus an additional three-hour weekly laboratory where the UGSI is required to assist a GSI in the instruction of laboratory (answering questions, providing demonstrations, etc.). Students will be graded on lecture and laboratory attendance and preparation of one quiz.

MCELLBI H196A Honors Research 1 - 4 Units

Individual research and thesis preparation under the supervision of a faculty member. Acceptance to the Molecular and Cell Biology Honors Program is required. Contact the MCB Undergraduate Affairs Office, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, for application and details. Honor students must complete at least two semesters of research, taking a minimum of 4 units and a maximum of 8 units of H196A-196B. If desired, one semester of 199 can be used to replace H196A.

MCELLBI H196B Honors Research 1 - 4 Units

Individual research and completion of thesis under the supervision of a faculty member. This course satisfies the thesis requirement for the Molecular and Cell Biology Department Honors Program. Contact the MCB Undergraduate Affairs Office, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, for program details and an application. Honor students must complete at least two semesters of research, taking a minimum of 4 units and a maximum of 8 units of H196A-196B. One semester of H196B is required.

MCELLBI 197 Supervised Internship 1 Unit

Supervised experience relevant to specific topics of biology in off-campus organizations. Written report and evaluation from internship supervisor required.

MCELLBI 198 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units

Lectures and small group discussions focusing on topics of interest, varying from semester to semester.

MCELLBI 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units

Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Faculty

Professors

Georjana Barnes, Professor. Biochemistry, genetics, cancer, biology, microtubule cytoskeleton, cell cycle controls, cellular imaging.
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James M. Berger, Professor. Structural & mechanistic biochemistry of macromolecular assemblies & machines, multiprotein complexes; DNA replication, maintenance of chromosome superstructure;catalytic mechanism & enzyme/small-molecule inhibitor studies.
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David Bilder, Professor. Genetics, cancer, Drosophila, cell biology, cell polarity, tumor suppressor, epithelial architecture, polarity, and proliferation control.
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W. Zacheus Cande, Professor. Genetics, cell biology, microbial biology, plant biology.
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Jamie H. D. Cate, Professor. Molecular basis for protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, a thermophilic bacterium, escherichia coli.
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Kathleen Collins, Professor. RNA, telomerase, Telomere function, Telomere replication.
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Yang Dan, Professor. Neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, psychophysical and computational techniques, visual cortical circuits, visual neurons.
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Abby Dernburg, Professor. Genomics, chromosome remodeling and reorganization during meiosis, Down syndrome, DNA.
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Andrew Dillin, Professor.

Jennifer A Doudna, Professor. RNA machines, hepatitis C virus, RNA interference, ribosomes.
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David G. Drubin, Professor. Cellular morphogenesis, plasma membrane dynamics, microtubule cytoskeletons, cytoskeletal proteins, morphological development.
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Peter H. Duesberg, Professor. Genetic structure of retroviruses, carcinogenesis, aneuploidy, virology, HIV-AIDS.
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Michael B. Eisen, PhD, Professor. Genomics, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, animal development.
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Marla B. Feller, Professor. Neurophysiology, developmental neuroscience.
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Gary L. Firestone, Professor. Cancer, steroid hormones, molecular endocrinology, tumor biology, growth factors, dietary compounds, tumor cells, glucocorticoids.
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Gian Garriga, Professor. Developmental neurobiology; molecular genetics, development of nervous systems, cell division, cell migration, axonal pathfinding, caenorhabditis elegans.
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Iswar Krishna Hariharan, Professor.

Rebecca Heald, Professor. Cell division, Xenopus, mitotic spindle assembly and function, size control of intracellular structures.
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James H Hurley, Professor.

Ehud Y. Isacoff, Professor. Ion channel function, synaptic plasticity, neural excitability, synaptic transmission, the synapse.
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Douglas E. Koshland, Professor. Higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics.
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Richard H Kramer, Professor. Cells, synaptic transmission, chemical signaling between neurons, ion channels, electrical signals, chemical reagents, synapses.
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John Kuriyan, Professor. Structural and functional studies of signal transduction, DNA replication, cancer therapies, phosphorylation.
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Michael S Levine, Professor. Regulation of enhancer-promoter interactions, gene networks, animal development and disease, drosophila embryo, immune response in drosophila larvae, differentiation of the notochord and heart in the sea squirt, whole-genome analysis.
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Kunxin Luo, Professor. Signal transduction pathways, mechanisms controlling the receptor kinases, regulation of mammary epithelial cell differentiation, breast carcinogenesis.
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Terry E. Machen, PhD, Professor. Physiology pathophysiology secretory epithelial cells, airway, ion transport, cell regulationm, imaging microscopy, calcium pH redox, electrophysiology, green fluorescent protein, genetic targeting, innate immune defense.
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Susan Marqusee, Professor. Amino acids, determinants of protein structure and folding, biophysical, structural and computational techniques, translocation, protein synthesis.
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Barbara J Meyer, Professor. Developmental biology, gene expression, genetic determination of sex, regulatory genes, chromosome dynamics, X-chromosome.
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John Ngai, Professor. Nervous system, molecular and cellular mechanisms of olfaction, detection of odors, odorant receptors, olfactory neurons, DNA microarray technologies, genome-wide patterns of gene expression.
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Nipam Patel, Professor. Genetics, evolution, crustaceans, insects, arthropods, homeotic (Hox) genes, segmentation, embryonic pattern formation, neural patterning.
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Mu-Ming Poo, Professor. Neurobiology, cellular and molecular mechanisms, axon guidance, synapse formation, activity-dependent refinement of neural circuits.
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Michael P Rape, PhD, Professor. Cancer, protein degradation, siRNA, Berkeley Screening Center.
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Jasper D. Rine, Professor. Biology, cell biology, DNA replication, gene regulation, saccharomyces cerevisiae, genetic analysis, genome, cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, modification of proteins, prenylated proteins.
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Donald C. Rio, Professor. Molecular genetics, drosophila melanogaster, transposable elements, RNA splicing, nucleic acid rearrangement reactions, P elements and their cellular host, HIV, proteomic diversification, nucleoprotein complexes.
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Ellen Robey, Professor. Fate determination in the T-lymphocyte lineage, T cell development in the mouse, thymic development, cellular maturation, parasitic infection, chronic infection, host-pathogen interactions, Toxoplasma gondii.
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Randy W Schekman, Professor. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, organelle assembly, intracellular protein transport, assembly of cellular organelles, Alzheimer's Disease.
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Kristin Scott, Professor. Nerve cell connectivity in developing nervous systems, taste perception in the fruit fly, taste neural circuits, sensory maps in the brain.
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Karsten Weis, Professor. Molecular biology, proteins, macromolecular transport, nucleus of eukaryotic cells, DNA transcription, mRNA translation, nuclear pore complex, the cytoplasm, cerevisiae and metazoan cells, transport of macromolecules, the cell cycle.
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David A. Weisblat, Professor. Developmental biology, glossiphoniid leech embryos, evolution of different animal taxa, microinjection of cell lineage tracers.
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Matthew D. Welch, Professor. Biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens.
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Astar Winoto, PhD, Professor. Cancer, genomics, apoptosis, innate immunity and infectious diseases, cell cycle, signal transduction, immune tolerance.
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Qiang Zhou, PhD, Professor. Biochemistry of HIV gene expression, transcriptional elongation, Tat activation, stage of transcriptional elongation, HIV replication, anti-HIV therapy.
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Associate Professors

Gregory M. Barton, Associate Professor. Immunology, cell biology, infectious disease, innate immunity.
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Laurent Coscoy, Associate Professor. Immunology, viruses, viral infection, immune responses, immune evasion.
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Dan Feldman, PhD, Associate Professor. Neurobiology, learning, neurophysiology, sensory biology.
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Nicole King, Associate Professor. Genetics, developmental biology, biology, choanoflagellates, evolution of multicellular animals, comparative genomics, molecular phylogenetics, eukaryotes, cadherins, host-microbe interactions.
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Henk Roelink, PhD, Associate Professor. Stem cells, neural development, embryonic induction.
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Bill Sha, Associate Professor. B cell gene regulation, fate determination, gene regulatory pathways, antibody-secreting plasma cells, memory B cells, apoptotic cells, B7 costimulatory ligands.
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Russell E. Vance, Associate Professor. Immunology, microbiology, infectious disease, molecular and cell biology.
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Assistant Professors

Hillel Adesnik, Assistant Professor.

Helen Bateup, Assistant Professor.

Diana Bautista, PhD, Assistant Professor. Ion channels, sensory physiology, chemosensation, touch, thermosensation, somatosensory system.
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Gloria A Brar, PhD, Assistant Professor.

Rachel B Brem, Assistant Professor. Genetics of regulatory variation.
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Lin He, Assistant Professor.

Dirk Hockemeyer, Assistant Professor.

Nicholas Ingolia, PhD, Assistant Professor.

Bryan A. Krantz, PhD, Assistant Professor. Protein folding, spectroscopy, electrophysiology, biophysical studies of transmembrane protein translocation, microbial toxins.
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Polina V Lishko, PhD, Assistant Professor.

Craig T. Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor. Genetics, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, evolution, quantitative genetics, developmental genetics, evolutionary genetics, craniofacial development.
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Kaoru Saijo, Assistant Professor.

David Savage, PhD, Assistant Professor. Synthetic biology and metabolism.
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Elcin Unal, Assistant Professor.

Roberto Zoncu, PhD, Assistant Professor.

Adjunct Faculty

Gary H. Karpen, Adjunct Faculty. Gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function.
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Robert T. Tjian, Adjunct Faculty. Eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis.
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Lecturers

P. Robert Beatty, Lecturer.

Helen Lew, PhD, Lecturer.

David E. Presti, Lecturer.

Gary Joseph Wedemayer, Lecturer.

Contact Information

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Department Chair, Nuclear Engineering

Ronald Amundson, PhD

317 Hilgard Hall

Phone: 510-643-7890

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Undergraduate Student Advising

Office of Instruction and Student Affairs, CNR

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Phone: 510-642-0542

Fax: 510-643-3132

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Undergraduate Staff Adviser

Elizabeth Storer

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