Research Programs

Research is at the core of UC Berkeley’s mission. Along with being carried out in traditional academic Departments, much research is now performed under the umbrella of various Research Centers, Institutes, Museums and Field Stations listed below. These programs bring together faculty from multiple departments and disciplines to research topics that cross departmental bounderies. A sampling of images from this research is available in the Research Gallery.

Centers and Institutes

• Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute (BNNI)
• Berkeley Stem Cell Center
• California Biodiversity Center
• Cancer Research Laboratory
• Energy Biosciences Institute
• Functional Genomics Laboratory (FGL)
• Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI)
• California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3)
• Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
• Berkeley Imaging Center
• Berkeley Screening Center
• Biological Imaging Facility
• Center for Biological Control
• Center for Computational Biology
• Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (CEND)
• Center for Forestry
• Center for Health and Public Policy Studies
• Center for Integrative Biomechanics in Education and Research (CiBER)
• Center for Integrative Genomics
• Center for Microbiology
• Center for Sustainable Resource Development
• Center on Aging
• Flow Cytometry Laboratory
• Human Evolution Research Center
• Science, Technology, and Society Center
• Synthetic Biology Institute
• Wildland Resources Center

Museums

• Berkeley Natural History Museums
• UC Botanical Garden
• Essig Museum of Entomology
• Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Lawrence Hall of Science
• UC Museum of Paleontology
• University and Jepson Herbaria
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Field Stations

• Angelo Coast Range Reserve
• Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
• Hastings Natural History Reservation
• Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station (Gump Station)
• Sagehen Creek Field Station
• Field Station for the Study of Behavior, Ecology and Reproduction (FSSBER)