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Congratulations to HWNI member Stephan Lammel!Read more about Lammel wins C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy

Research from the Feldman lab.Read more about Mouse studies question 'inhibition' theory of autism

HWNI member Robert Knight is developing helmets to better protect the brain.Read more about What will football helmets look like in future? UC Berkeley scientists may know

Research from the Betzig lab.Read more about Thanks to rapid, 3D imaging, anyone can tour the fly brain

Research from Rikky Muller, Jose Carmena, and colleagues.Read more about Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could be new standard treatment for neurological disorders

Research from the Ivry lab.Read more about To predict the future, the brain has two clocks

Research from the Adesnik lab.Read more about Postdocs pioneer novel device to trace neural signals in the living brain

Research from the Liu lab.Read more about Playing high school football changes the teenage brain

HWNI member Kevin Weiner reveals Wilder as a defender of science against those who would misuse it to support racial and gender discrimination.Read more about Overlooked history: Burt Green Wilder debunked biased claims about brain size and pioneered neuroscience outreach to children

Research from the Walker lab.Read more about Chronically anxious? Deep sleep may take the edge off

In 1995, Ehud Isacoff was in the first cohort of Hellman Fellows, established by the late…Read more about Fellowship that funded HWNI Director Ehud Isacoff as a new faculty member receives $20 million matching gift

Research from the Bunge lab.Read more about To watch how students learn, track their eyes

Polina Kosillo, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bateup Lab, has been awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant…Read more about Postdoc Polina Kosillo awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant

HWNI is pleased to announce that the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub has awarded HWNI member David Schaffer with…Read more about David Schaffer funded by Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Intercampus Research Award

Congratulations to HWNI member Ke Xu!Read more about Asst Professor Ke Xu recipient of high-risk, high-reward research grant from the NIH

Article by HWNI member Marla Feller, published in Neuron.Read more about Why scientists should embrace teaching

Interview with HWNI member Richard Ivry on the “People Behind the Science” podcast.Read more about Dr. Richard Ivry: Studying the Selection, Planning, and Production of Skilled Movements

Article by HWNI member Arthur ShimamuraRead more about Maintaining an active brain and body — even with cancer

Research from the Hsu and Knight labs.Read more about Regret is a gambler’s curse, scientists say

Research from the Hsu lab.Read more about Stereotypes measurably influence how we treat each other

Research from the Bateup lab.Read more about Modeling a neurodevelopmental disorder with human brain organoids: a new way to study conditions such as epilepsy and autism

Research from the Walker lab.Read more about Poor sleep triggers viral loneliness and social rejection

Research from the Bautista lab.Read more about Molecular switch triggers itch

Congratulations to HWNI member David Schaffer!Read more about Congratulations to Dave Schaffer for being selected as a Bakar Fellow

A new finding from the Chang and Isacoff labs shows that sleep-activity cycles are linked to brain copper through norepinephrine synthesis.Read more about Copper in the brain: Mining a mineral that regulates sleep and wakefulness