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Congratulations to HWNI member Helen Bateup for receiving UC Berkeley’s highest teaching honor!Read more about Helen Bateup receives Distinguished Teaching Award

The packed event featured Nobel laureate Torsten Wiesel, HWNI co-founder Carla Shatz, HWNI member Marla Feller, and Neuroscience PhD alum Anna Vlasits (new Assistant Professor, University of Illinois).Read more about Four generations from same ‘neuro family tree’ discuss how neuroscience has evolved

Congratulations to HWNI member Noah Whiteman!Read more about Noah Whiteman receives Genetics Society of America Medal

Congratulations to HWNI member David Schaffer!Read more about David Schaffer elected to National Academy of Engineering

After Whiteman’s presentation, fellow HWNI member Michael Silver will join him for a discussion and Q&A.Read more about Noah Whiteman to talk about his book ‘Most Delicious Poison’ on March 5

We are excited to welcome Dr. Bargmann (Rockefeller University) as our first speaker. Save the date!Read more about Carla and Corey Lectureship Series launches with Cori Bargmann on April 23

Congratulations to HWNI member Andrew Dillin!Read more about Andrew Dillin named editor-in-chief of Genes & Development

HWNI member Michael Yartsev has won the 2025 Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences!Read more about Michael Yartsev wins Richard Lounsbery Award

New study from HWNI member Ming Hsu and collaborators.Read more about Brain scans help researchers untangle the truth about lie detection

The new study is from the lab of HWNI member Amitai Shenhav.Read more about Study finds approach that helps people make decisions more easily

HWNI member Gül Dölen discussed the therapeutic potential of psychedelics on the show Radiolab.Read more about Gül Dölen featured on Radiolab

The study is led by HWNI member Lance Kriegsfeld, and HWNI member Linda Wilbrecht is a co-principal investigator.Read more about Researchers awarded $4.5 million to study connection between circadian rhythms and bipolar disorder

HWNI member Linda Wilbrecht discussed decision-making on a panel recorded by the “Berkeley Talks” podcast.Read more about Berkeley Talks: How do we make better decisions?

Congratulations to HWNI member Markita Landry!Read more about Markita Landry receives inaugural CITRIS Innovation Fellowship and AIC Award

A preprint from the lab of HWNI member Markita Landry, covered by Nature.Read more about How to avoid common data distortions with better bar graphs

Congratulations to HWNI member Richard Ivry!Read more about Richard Ivry receives Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences

HWNI member David Schaffer was part of a team that used optogenetics to control seizure-like activity in human brain tissue for the first time.Read more about Study shows promise of optogenetics as a new epilepsy treatment

Thank you to HWNI co-founders Carla Shatz and Corey Goodman for making gifts to endow this major annual lectureship!Read more about Carla & Corey Lectureship in neuroscience launches at UC Berkeley

HWNI member Robert Knight shows what happens to the brain after blows to the head in this video from the University of California.Read more about Watch Robert Knight explain how concussions really work

The drug was developed by HWNI faculty member Richard Kramer.Read more about Drug to improve vision in people with advanced retinal disease authorized for phase 2 clinical trial

Commentary by postdoctoral fellow Angelo Forli and faculty member Michael Yartsev, published in Cell.Read more about Scientists call for paradigm shift to better understand the neuroscience of natural intelligence

Congratulations to HWNI research scientist Miriam Hernández-Morales and faculty member Markita Landry!Read more about Hernández-Morales and Landry included in Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists

Congratulations to HWNI member Preeya Khanna!Read more about Preeya Khanna wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Research from the Scott lab, led by former postdoc Phil Shiu.Read more about Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next?

Watch HWNI member and Nobel laureate Randy Schekman explain his work, including his research on Parkinson’s disease, in just 101 seconds.Read more about How looking closely led this cell biologist to world-changing breakthroughs