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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

Watch Jaquesta Adams, a Chemistry PhD candidate in HWNI member Markita Landry’s lab, explain her research in under three minutes.Read more about How nanosensors ‘listen in’ on the brain’s chemical conversations

New research from HWNI member Fritz Sommer, Berkeley Neuroscience PhD alum Gautam Agarwal, and colleagues.Read more about Scientists discover information about behavior hiding in weak brain waves

Congratulations to HWNI member Karthik Shekhar!Read more about Karthik Shekhar named a 2026 Sloan Fellow

HWNI member Gül Dölen talks about curiosity, psychedelics, and learning on the Kelly Corrigan Wonders podcast.Read more about Gül Dölen on curiosity

HWNI members Markita Landry and Stephan Lammel won the award for their collaborative project aimed at developing new therapies for Parkinson’s disease.Read more about Landry and Lammel win Parkinson’s Therapeutics Award from the Molecular Therapeutics Initiative

Congratulations to HWNI member Andrew Dillin!Read more about Andrew Dillin named Salk Institute Nonresident Fellow

Read about HWNI member James Olzmann’s work as a researcher, mentor, and advocate in this profile from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Read more about James Olzmann: Redefining lipid biology

HWNI member Eric Betzig discusses his current research in a profile from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Read more about Nobel laureate Eric Betzig: Analyzing life in four dimensions

Congratulations to Jim Hurley, Ke Xu, and Michael Yartsev!Read more about Three HWNI members named Miller Professors

HWNI member Doris Tsao is one of two honorees this year, and she will speak on April 8.Read more about Doris Tsao to give 2026 Martin Meyerson Berkeley Faculty Research Lecture

New research from the lab of HWNI member David Whitney.Read more about Study reveals differences in how people read emotions

Congratulations to William Jagust, James Olzmann, and Karthik Shekhar!Read more about Three HWNI members named on Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list

Congratulations to HWNI member Hedy Kober!Read more about Hedy Kober wins 2026 Mid-Career Award from the Society for Affective Science

In this podcast, HWNI member Randy Schekman discusses his path in science and the cellular processes that drive health and disease.Read more about Berkeley Talks: Nobel laureate Randy Schekman