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A new study from the Jagust lab finds that excessive neural activity in brain networks could explain how the protein beta-amyloid drives accumulation of the protein tau, causing cognitive decline.Read more about Altered activity in brain networks may drive protein accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease

Congratulations to HWNI members Meng-meng Fu and Preeya Khanna!Read more about Nine young faculty members receive prized Sloan Research Fellowships

Rapé lab research suggests that constant stress triggered by clumping proteins is killing brain cells.Read more about Are stressed-out brain cells the root cause of neurodegenerative disease?

The Bautista lab has found that a viral protein actively stimulates neurons that trigger sneezing.Read more about Why does COVID-19 make you sneeze?

Gül Dölen is known for her research on how psychedelics affect "critical periods" and learning.Read more about For new professor, psychedelics and octopuses may hold keys to the human mind

HWNI member and inaugural Neuroscience Department chair Dan Feldman discusses the exciting new department!Read more about Department of Neuroscience to launch at UC Berkeley

Congratulations to HWNI member Robert Knight!Read more about Bob Knight receives 2024 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions

Jacobs directs UC’s Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative, which she wrote about in Nature.Read more about Berkeley Neuroscience PhD alum Emily Jacobs leads new initiative to advance study of women’s brain health

Dölen will join HWNI, Psychology, and the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.Read more about World-Renowned Neuroscientist Doctor Gül Dölen to Join UC Berkeley Faculty

HWNI member David Feinberg led the development of the new scanner, located on our campus.Read more about Innovative design achieves tenfold better resolution for functional MRI brain imaging

The Shekhar lab and collaborators found that retinal cell types are remarkably conserved across vertebrates.Read more about Cell types in the eye have ancient evolutionary origins

Ultra-high resolution MRI brain scanner opens at UC Berkeley HWNI member David Feinberg led the development of the scanner, which opened on December 1, 2023.Read more about Ultra-high resolution MRI brain scanner opens at UC Berkeley

Congratulations to HWNI member Samantha Lewis!Read more about Samantha Lewis awarded $500,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Congratulations to HWNI faculty members Fritz Sommer, Bruno Olshausen, and members of their labs!Read more about Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience researchers win awards, publish new research

Chris Chang named Editor-in-Chief of Accounts of Chemical Research Congratulations to HWNI member Chris Chang!Read more about ACS Publications names Chris Chang as the next Editor-in-Chief of Accounts of Chemical Research

Congratulations to HWNI member Austin Roorda!Read more about Austin Roorda awarded Rank Prize for Optoelectronics

The Puthussery lab is the first to discover these cells in the primate retina.Read more about Berkeley scientists discover retinal cells that help stabilize our world view

Congratulations to HWNI member Markita Landry!Read more about Markita Landry named 2023 Schmidt Science Polymath

Congratulations to HWNI member Samantha Lewis!Read more about Samantha Lewis receives 2023 Prytanean Faculty Enrichment Award

These HWNI members published in Frontiers for Young Minds, founded by HWNI member Bob Knight.Read more about UC Berkeley Nobel laureates Betzig and Schekman write about their research for kids

New book by HWNI member Noah Whiteman explores the delicious toxins all around us.Read more about Nature’s poisons: Why we love them and abuse them

Congratulations to HWNI members Marla Feller and Rich Ivry on being inducted into the AAAS!Read more about Feller and Ivry inducted into American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The alliance includes researchers from the Weill Neurohub (UCB, UCSF, and UW) and Roche/Genentech.Read more about Neuroscientists from academia and industry connect at UC Berkeley for Alliance for Therapies in Neuroscience symposium

Congratulations to Raul Ramos-Garcia, a postdoc in the lab of HWNI member Ellen Lumpkin!Read more about Raul Ramos-Garcia selected as an HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

Congratulations to HWNI member Robert Knight!Read more about Robert Knight receives NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship