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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

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

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

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?

Congratulations to HWNI member Andrea Gomez!Read more about Andrea Gomez chosen as one of 10 ‘Scientists to Watch’ by Science News

Please welcome the Neuroscience PhD Program incoming class of 2024.Read more about Welcome to the new Neuroscience PhD students!

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

Congratulations to Angelo Forli, a postdoctoral fellow in the Yartsev lab!Read more about Angelo Forli wins Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award

Congratulations to HWNI member Doris Tsao!Read more about Doris Tsao wins António Champalimaud Vision Award

Congratulations to HWNI member Markita Landry for being named the 2024 Laureate in Chemical Sciences!Read more about Markita Landry named Laureate of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

Congratulations to HWNI members Helen Bateup and David Schaffer!Read more about Bateup and Schaffer part of team awarded $12M to uncover genetic pathways in autism

Read about the new department and its August 26 opening celebration.Read more about Neuroscience Department opens with ribbon cutting and party

Congratulations to HWNI member James Hurley!Read more about James Hurley selected for SPARK NS Parkinson’s Disease Translational Research Program

Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student Karina Bistrong!Read more about Karina Bistrong wins MCB Lisa Eshun-Wilson Community Award for DEIBJ