NEWS & VIDEOS

Congrats Dr. Hayley McCausland!

Congratulations to Hayley McCausland for finishing her PhD! Dr. McCausland established a RB-Tnseq method in magnetotactic bacteria as...

Welcome Yein!

We are excited to welcome graduate student Yein Ra to the Komeili Lab! Yein completed her undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley where she...

Spring 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...

Interview with Arash featured in the Berkeley News

Arash answers some questions about our "microscopic miners" in a recent interview as one of this year's Bakar Fellows. Check out the...

New Komeili lab website

We're excited to launch a new website! Check out our posts for news, videos, and more.

Magnetotactic bacteria from Strawberry Creek

Strawberry Creek on the Berkeley campus is home to some "wild" magnetotactic bacteria. The bacteria can be seen through a light...

Multicellular (!) Magnetotactic Bacteria

Same as the previous video (magnetococci) except that the enriched bacteria are a population of Multicellular Magnetic Prokaryotes (MMP)....

Magnetococci Bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria (likely magnetococci) enriched from an environmental sample at Woods Hole are forced to swim to the edge of a...

Magnetic Response II

This is another way to visualize the turning of cells in a magnetic field. The light scattering properties of a bacterial culture...

Magnetic Response I

This is one way to visualize the magnetic response of a culture of magnetotactic bacteria. In this experiment, Magnetospirillum...

Cellular Organization of RS-1

This video showcases the cellular strucutre ofDesulfovibrio magneticusRS-1. This organism is highly divergent from AMB-1 and forms...

Cellular Organization of AMB-1

This incredible electron cryotomography video highlights many of the intricate features that characterize the subcellular organization of...