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Read about HWNI member Randy Schekman, who will be giving this year’s keynote address!Read more about Nobel laureate Randy Schekman will give Berkeley’s 2022 commencement address

Learn about Berkeley’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics, led by HWNI member Michael Silver.Read more about Breaking the mold

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

New study from the Yartsev lab, led by alum Tobias Schmid and postdoc William Liberti.Read more about Bat study may help solve puzzle about how space is represented in the brain

Congratulations to HWNI member Andrew Dillin!Read more about Andrew Dillin shares Lurie Prize for work on aging

Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD alum and Berkeley MCB lecturer Robin Ball!Read more about Ball receives 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award

HWNI member John Flannery and Neuroscience PhD alum Leah Byrne are co-authors on the study.Read more about Success treating night blindness in dogs could lead to human gene therapy

The Kramer lab and collaborators found that the drug improves vision in vision-impaired mice.Read more about Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive blinding disorders

HWNI member Markita Landry discusses her research, path to science, and advice for students.Read more about Faculty focus on Markita del Carpio Landry

HWNI member Jack Gallant discusses functional brain mapping in this podcast from Berkeley News.Read more about Berkeley Talks: Mapping the brain to understand health, aging and disease

HWNI member Daniela Kaufer and alum Kimberly Long talk about their research on KPIX news.Read more about Scientists Work to Unravel Mysteries of How Anxiety, PTSD Affect Brain

Congratulations to HWNI member Yvette Fisher!Read more about Yvette Fisher named a Sloan Research Fellow

A new study from the Piantadosi lab, in collaboration with the Gibson lab at MIT.Read more about Our mathematical reasoning is shaped by language and culture, studies show

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

A new study from the Shekhar lab, in collaboration with the Zipursky lab at UCLA.Read more about Research shines a light on development of the visual cortex during the critical period after birth

Study from the Whitney lab has uncovered a lag in our perception of visual stimuli.Read more about Like our social media feeds, our brains take a little while to update

The experimental procedure was led by HWNI member Scott Baraban. (Photo by Dianne Cameron)Read more about Pig brain cells may have cured a sea lion’s epilepsy—are humans next?

Neuroscience PhD alum Kimberly Long is first author on the study from the Kaufer lab.Read more about Anxiety and PTSD linked to increased myelin in brain

Congratulations to HWNI members Hillel Adesnik, Yvette Fisher, and Markita Landry!Read more about Adesnik, Fisher, and Landry named Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators

Read a profile of HWNI faculty member Andrea Gomez by Neuroscience PhD student Celia Ford.Read more about Faculty profile: Andrea Gomez

Congratulations to HWNI faculty member David Schaffer!Read more about David Schaffer elected to National Academy of Inventors

HWNI member Jack Gallant is one of the leaders of the new center.Read more about New Kavli Center at UC Berkeley to foster ethics, engagement in science

Congratulations to HWNI member Stephan Lammel for winning a 2022 Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award!Read more about Stephan Lammel wins award from McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

Dear HWNI Community,

Please join me in welcoming Kailyss Freeman to the UC Berkeley Neuroscience community. Kailyss has accepted the position of Berkeley Neuroscience Manager, effective December 16, 2021. She comes to us from UCSF where she has been the Administrative Supervisor for the...Read more about Welcome to our new Berkeley Neuroscience Manager Kailyss Freeman!

Study from the Bunge lab highlights the importance of including low-income kids in brain research.Read more about Low-income kids use different brain function to ace achievement tests