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Congratulations to HWNI member Karthik Shekhar!Read more about Karthik Shekhar wins Philomathia Prize

HWNI member Doris Tsao shares the award with Winrich Freiwald (Rockefeller University) for their groundbreaking insights into the neural basis of face and object recognition.Read more about Doris Tsao receives International Prize for Translational Neuroscience

Stavisky develops cutting-edge brain-computer interfaces to restore lost abilities, such as speech, to patients with paralysis.Read more about Sergey Stavisky to join UC Berkeley faculty and HWNI

HWNI member and Nobel laureate Randy Schekman discusses the state of scientific research in the U.S.Read more about Q&A with Randy Schekman: Speaking out for science

Congratulations to all of the graduates!Read more about Congratulations to the 2026 Neuroscience PhD Program graduates!

A newly launched study designed by Neuroscience PhD student Tyler Toueg, along with HWNI members Michael Silver and William Jagust, and other faculty.Read more about Can psychedelics protect the brain as we age?

New research from HWNI member and Nobel laureate Eric Betzig and colleagues.Read more about New high-res microscope collects massive amounts of data from living tissue, and scientists are building an AI model to help interpret it

Congratulations to HWNI member Teresa Puthussery!Read more about Teresa Puthussery selected as inaugural Herbert Wertheim Chancellor’s Chair in Neuro-Optometry

The internationally recognized physician-scientist studies and works to develop therapies for age-related neurodegenerative diseases.Read more about Michael Ward to join UC Berkeley faculty and HWNI

Congratulations to HWNI member David Whitney!Read more about David Whitney wins Social Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award

A new study from the lab of HWNI member Doris Tsao.Read more about A rapid switch in neural code may solve debate about face recognition

HWNI member Michael Silver explains research happening at the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics in just 101 seconds.Read more about Discovering how psychedelics work in the brain

Congratulations to HWNI member Karthik Shekhar!Read more about Karthik Shekhar named a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Congratulations to HWNI member Doris Tsao!Read more about Doris Tsao elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

A Q&A with new HWNI faculty members and PhD alums Liberty Hamilton and Alex Huth.Read more about On the frontlines of speech science with Liberty Hamilton and Alex Huth

Please join us in welcoming Gravity to the HWNI community!Read more about Welcome to our new Administrative and Operations Coordinator Gravity Emanuel!

HWNI member Doris Tsao is a senior author on the new study.Read more about Imagining an object activates neurons involved in actually seeing it

Congratulations to HWNI member Michael Yartsev!Read more about Michael Yartsev wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Learn about HWNI member Gül Dölen’s work, including a new clinical trial aimed at restoring motor function in stroke patients.Read more about Using virtual reality and psychedelics to restore brain function

Congratulations to HWNI members Jack Gallant, Frédéric Theunissen, Noah Whiteman, and Linda Wilbrecht!Read more about Four HWNI members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Tennis champion Helen Wills was a UC Berkeley alum, and she gave a generous gift in 1995 that established our institute.Read more about Helen Wills featured on new mural commemorating 150 years of women at UC Berkeley

The series was organized in partnership with HWNI’s UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.Read more about Psychedelic film series showing at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Lerner discusses the impact of a paper by HWNI member Stephan Lammel and colleagues in the “This paper changed my life” series from The Transmitter.Read more about Neuroscientist Talia Lerner says paper by Stephan Lammel changed her life

HWNI member Randy Schekman was one of two Nobel laureates that virtually visited the undergraduate biochemistry class.Read more about Nobel laureate Randy Schekman inspires students in UC Davis class

HWNI member Karthik Shekhar is one of four principal investigators leading the research collaboration.Read more about Collaboration to prevent and cure neurodegeneration awarded $1M from Glaucoma Research Foundation