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Remember after election: Stress can be good for you

November 11, 2016
Opinion piece by HWNI member Daniela Kaufer, published in the San Francisco Chronicle.Read more about Remember after election: Stress can be good for you

When Patients Can’t Give Informed Consent to Be Research Subjects

November 7, 2016
A guardian can give the go-ahead, and despite some critiques of the practice, it can be…Read more about When Patients Can’t Give Informed Consent to Be Research Subjects

$1.5 million to study language development, via bats

October 25, 2016
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) has awarded Michael Yartsev, assistant professor in the…Read more about $1.5 million to study language development, via bats

Four UC Berkeley scientists receive prestigious NIH awards

October 17, 2016
HWNI members Michael Yartsev and Stephen Brohawn have won NIH New Innovator awards.Read more about Four UC Berkeley scientists receive prestigious NIH awards

Four projects garner $1.7 million from federal BRAIN initiative

October 14, 2016
HWNI members Jose Carmena, David Feinberg, and Marla Feller will receive funding for their projects.Read more about Four projects garner $1.7 million from federal BRAIN initiative

Helen Bateup awarded NARSAD Young Investigator Grant for autism research

October 14, 2016
Helen Bateup, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, was awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator…Read more about Helen Bateup awarded NARSAD Young Investigator Grant for autism research

This Is Your Brain on Podcasts

October 12, 2016
Listen to an interview with HWNI member Jack Gallant on Freakonomics Radio.Read more about This Is Your Brain on Podcasts

Vision+Light: Extending the Senses

October 4, 2016
October 27 + 28

5:30-8:30pm | Energy Biosciences Building 2151 Berkeley Way
FREE admission | Event details: scienceatcal.berkeley.edu

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Stephen Brohawn and Michael Yartsev receive NIH Director's New Innovator Awards

October 4, 2016
The NIH Director's New Innovator Award supports exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects that have the potential for unusually high impact.Read more about Stephen Brohawn and Michael Yartsev receive NIH Director's New Innovator Awards

New online game invites public to help fight Alzheimer’s

October 3, 2016
The game, called Stall Catchers, was developed by the Human Computation Institute, in collaboration with UC Berkeley and other institutions.Read more about New online game invites public to help fight Alzheimer’s

Nobel Prize winner to join UC Berkeley faculty and HWNI

September 27, 2016
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Eric Betzig and world-class biophysicist Na Ji will join the UC Berkeley faculty in the summer of 2017.Read more about Nobel Prize winner to join UC Berkeley faculty and HWNI

Remembering Erwin Hahn 1921 - 2016

September 22, 2016

Erwin Hahn Professor Emeritus of Physics and dedicated educator for more than 70 years, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. He was 95.

Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on June 9, 1921, Erwin grew up in Sewickley, being the seventh child of Hungarian/German Jewish immigrants. Hahn...Read more about Remembering Erwin Hahn 1921 - 2016

UC Berkeley to partner in $600M Chan Zuckerberg science ‘Biohub’

September 21, 2016
UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and Stanford University will join forces in a new medical science research center funded by a $600 million commitment from Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and pediatrician Priscilla Chan.Read more about UC Berkeley to partner in $600M Chan Zuckerberg science ‘Biohub’

Meet the scientist who dreams of fixing your sleep

September 14, 2016
Interview with HWNI faculty member Matthew Walker in the Washington Post.Read more about Meet the scientist who dreams of fixing your sleep