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The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) is honored to announce its 2018 Young Investigator Award winners. All…Read more about Helen Bateup receives the C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy

Video features HWNI members Isacoff, Adesnik, Gallant, and Carmena.Read more about Watch “DARPA at Berkeley: Developing a Million Neuron Cortical Modem”

Congratulations to HWNI member Teresa Puthussery!Read more about Puthussery Lab Lands Journal of Neuroscience Cover

Research from Rikky Muller and HWNI members Michel Maharbiz and Jose Carmena.Read more about Berkeley engineers build smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator

Three Berkeley Neuroscience PhD Program students received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. Please join us in…Read more about Congrats to our latest NSF Fellowship Awardees

We would like to congratulate Neha Wadia (DeWeese Lab) for receiving this honor. Google created the PhD…Read more about Biophysics graduate student Neha Wadia receives 2018 Google PhD Fellowship

Research from Benjamin Smarr, a postdoc in the Kriegsfeld lab.Read more about Poor grades tied to class times that don’t match our biological clocks

Congratulations to Marla Feller, Professor and Head of Neurobiology, on receiving a 2018 Distinguished Faculty…Read more about Marla Feller receives Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award

Interview with Neuroscience PhD alum Ryan Neely (Carmena lab).Read more about Lights on learning: Cortico-striatal feedback required to learn brain control of an external device

Research from the Carmena lab, co-led by Neuroscience PhD alum Ryan Neely.Read more about Retraining the brain’s vision center to take action

Research from the Flannery lab.Read more about Repairing the Retina

Q&A with HWNI faculty member Markita Landry.Read more about Markita Landry aims to advance the frontiers of neuroscience and psychiatry with dopamine nanosensors

Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Matar Haller (Knight lab) about their new paper.Read more about The hidden link: Identifying cognitive processes that transform perception into action

If our bodies came with an instant happiness button, would we push it? That’s the…Read more about New podcast lays out path to happiness with no shortcuts

Research from the Ngai lab, explained by co-first author and Neuroscience PhD alum Levi Gadye.Read more about The promise of stem cells: Regeneration in the adult nervous system

The Redwood Center is an HWNI center.Read more about Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience unveils new website

Research from the Xu lab.Read more about Super-resolution microscopy reveals fine detail of cellular mesh

Research from the Lammel and Bateup labs, explained by first author Hongbin Yang, a postdoctoral scholar.Read more about The path to happiness is complicated: Dopamine circuitry in the brain

Research from the Feldman lab, explained by first author and PhD Program alum Brian Isett.Read more about The sensory code: Shape and texture discrimination in the cortex

Jenkins is a postdoc in the Hsu lab.Read more about Congratulations to Postdoc Adrianna Jenkins, named APS Rising Star

Research from HWNI members Avgusta Shestyuk and Robert Knight.Read more about Recording a thought’s fleeting trip through the brain

Technologies to detect brain activity — fine, we’ll come right out and call it mind…Read more about 3 Brain Technologies to Watch in 2018

For many people today, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is most…Read more about With CRISPR, geneticists have a powerful new weapon in the battle against ALS

University of California, Berkeley scientists have for the first time used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to…Read more about First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig’s disease

I can’t even remember what happened that night” is a common joke/cry for help among…Read more about Even Small Amounts of Alcohol Impair Memory