Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for University of California, Berkeley Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is a 99-PI network with 98 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (46% of slots across 85 PIs; 85 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (27% of slots across 65 PIs; 65 labels), and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering as the leading topic (3% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Sabeeha Merchant (276.7 weighted works; Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms). The clearest collaboration lines are Xavier Darzacq and Robert Tjian (13 shared works, weight 5.8). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 14.7, around Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, led by Gloria A. Brar, Jacob E. Corn, Elçin Ünal.