Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for University of California, Berkeley Department of Plant and Microbial Biology is a 48-PI network with 40 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (39% of slots across 35 PIs; 35 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (28% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms as the leading topic (6% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 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 (3609 weighted works; Algal biology and biofuel production, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms). The clearest collaboration lines are Krishna Niyogi and Sabeeha Merchant (276 shared works, weight 62.7). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 8.6, around Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, led by Jillian F. Banfield, Patrick M. Shih, Sheng Luan.