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The Biological Imaging Facility captures the beauty of the microscopic world

The Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program

offers mid-career environmental professionals the chance to enhance skills and broaden perspectives on environmental and natural resource management and leadership.

Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program

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Nani's Forest School from Breatkthroughs Spring 2006

Research Centers

 

Berkeley Institute of the Environment

The Institute addresses complex environmental problems across disciplinary lines, fosters collaboration on critical environmental problems, and trains environmental researchers, citizens and professionals.

The Berkeley Water Center

The Berkeley Water Center takes a comprehensive approach to water resources management by looking at current conditions with variable and uncertain supply, increasing demand, and inadequate structural and institutional infrastructure.

Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources (CAMFER) Leaving CNR Website Icon

CAMFER provides state-of-the-art monitoring of the environment using geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and remote sensing technologies.

Center for Biological Control Leaving CNR Website Icon

The Center for Biological Control promotes and develops ecologically safe and permanent ways to control pests in natural and managed ecosystems.

Center for Fire Research and Outreach Leaving CNR Website Icon

The Center for Fire Research and Outreach looks for ways to achieve a sustainable coexistence with wildfire.

Center for Forestry Leaving CNR Website Icon

The Center for Forestry seeks to improve the productivity and quality of forest resources by enhancing scientific understanding of ecosystem processes, human interactions and silvicultural practices that ensure the sustainability of forest lands.

Plant Gene Expression Center Leaving CNR Website Icon

PGEC scientists conduct research in plant molecular biology including heavy metal tolerance, disease resistance, light perception, ripening, vegetative growth, and reproduction.

Center for Sustainable Resource Development Leaving CNR Website Icon

CSRD supports and initiates programs in natural resource management and policy that effectively balance concerns for efficiency, environmental conservation, and social equity.

The Dr. Robert C. and Victoria Atkins Center for Weight and Health Leaving CNR Website Icon

The Dr. Robert C. and Victoria Atkins Center for Weight and Health facilitates interactions among researchers, policy makers, and community-based providers to determine root causes and develop effective interventions for weight and health issues.

Research Facilities

 

Biological Imaging Facility Leaving CNR Website Icon

The Biological Imaging Facility provides modern biological light microscopy including laser scanning, confocal and deconvolution microscopy, computer image processing and analysis, FISH, and immunolocalization.

Geospatial Imaging & Informatics Facility Leaving CNR Website Icon

The Geospatial Imaging and Informatics Facility (GIIF) supports research and outreach activities that utilize remote sensing, geographical information systems, spatial analysis, landscape ecology, visualization, and global positioning systems technologies.

Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station Leaving CNR Website Icon

The Gump Station on Moorea Island provides a laboratory for research, education, and outreach opportunities in marine studies, terrestrial research, and human sciences and environmental health.

Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy Facility

ICP provides expertise regarding the use of mass spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy.

Isotope Biogeochemistry Facility Leaving CNR Website Icon

Isotope Biogeochemistry provides resources to prepare and analyze the stable isotope composition of diverse materials.

Oxford Tract

Oxford Tract houses the insectary and quarantine facilities which provide insect-rearing and quarantine support for experiments with non-natives and the greenhouses for support of live-plant research.

Statistics and Bioinformatics Consulting Service Leaving CNR Website Icon

The service offers bioinformatics and statistics support through education, training, and research program development assistance.