Aug 19, 2021Congrats Dr. Hayley McCausland!Congratulations to Hayley McCausland for finishing her PhD! Dr. McCausland established a RB-Tnseq method in magnetotactic bacteria as...
May 25, 2021Welcome Yein!We are excited to welcome graduate student Yein Ra to the Komeili Lab! Yein completed her undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley where she...
Jun 18, 2020Spring Issue of Berkeley Science Review is Out!Komeili Lab PhD student Hayley McCausland and editor-in-chief celebrated the successful publication of the Spring 2020 issue of the...
Jun 18, 2020Interview with Arash featured in the Berkeley NewsArash answers some questions about our "microscopic miners" in a recent interview as one of this year's Bakar Fellows. Check out the...
Jun 4, 2020New Komeili lab websiteWe're excited to launch a new website! Check out our posts for news, videos, and more.
Jun 4, 2020Magnetotactic bacteria from Strawberry CreekStrawberry Creek on the Berkeley campus is home to some "wild" magnetotactic bacteria. The bacteria can be seen through a light...
Jun 3, 2020Multicellular (!) Magnetotactic BacteriaSame as the previous video (magnetococci) except that the enriched bacteria are a population of Multicellular Magnetic Prokaryotes (MMP)....
Jun 3, 2020Magnetococci BacteriaMagnetotactic bacteria (likely magnetococci) enriched from an environmental sample at Woods Hole are forced to swim to the edge of a...
Jun 3, 2020Magnetic Response IIThis is another way to visualize the turning of cells in a magnetic field. The light scattering properties of a bacterial culture...
Jun 3, 2020Magnetic Response IThis is one way to visualize the magnetic response of a culture of magnetotactic bacteria. In this experiment, Magnetospirillum...
Jun 3, 2020Cellular Organization of RS-1This video showcases the cellular strucutre ofDesulfovibrio magneticusRS-1. This organism is highly divergent from AMB-1 and forms...
Jun 3, 2020Cellular Organization of AMB-1This incredible electron cryotomography video highlights many of the intricate features that characterize the subcellular organization of...