Announcement Jose Carmena and Michel Maharbiz receive 2017 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award Jose Carmena and Michel Maharbiz have received a prestigious 2017 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience…georgeannJuly 14, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News DARPA provided funds to six groups working on High-Resolution, Implantable Neural Interfaces DARPA announced NESD (neural engineering system design) in January 2016 with the goal of developing…georgeannJuly 13, 2017
Announcement $21.6 million funding from DARPA to build window into the brain The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded the University of California, Berkeley $21.6 million…georgeannJuly 13, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Campus’s Isacoff Lab receives DARPA funding to research neural implants The campus’s Isacoff Lab has been granted about $21 million in funding from the Defense…georgeannJuly 12, 2017
Announcement Congratulations to the 2017 Radical Ideas in Brain Science Challenge Winning Team The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute announces the selection of Markita Landry and collaborators Linda Wilbrecht,…georgeannJuly 12, 2017
Announcement Incoming postdocs Nikhil Bhatla and Louis Kang awarded Miller Research Fellowships Miller Research Fellowships provide support to exceptional individuals who intend to pursue promising postdoctoral research…georgeannJuly 11, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News DARPA Is Funding Brain-Computer Interfaces to Treat Blindness, Paralysis and Speech Disorders These days, it seems you’re nobody if you’re not working on a way to merge…georgeannJuly 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News DARPA Wants Brain Implants That Record From 1 Million Neurons DARPA is known for issuing big challenges. Still, the mission statement for its new Neural Engineering…georgeannJuly 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News DARPA is helping six groups create neural interfaces for our brains Elon Musk isn't the only one looking to rummage around inside your skull. DARPA announced on…georgeannJuly 10, 2017
Announcement Towards a High-Resolution, Implantable Neural Interface DARPA has awarded contracts to five research organizations and one company that will support the Neural…georgeannJuly 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News DARPA awards $65 million to develop the perfect, tiny two-way brain-computer interface With $65 million in new funding, DARPA seeks to develop neural implants that make it possible…georgeannJuly 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Losing your sense of smell may help you lose weight—and it has nothing to do with taste When Andrew Dillon, a cell biologist at the University of California Berkeley, set out to…georgeannJuly 9, 2017
Event Mapping language in the brain Mapping how language is represented in the human brain with Alex Huth This free public talk…georgeannJuly 7, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News The worrying effects of working more and sleeping less “Back in the 1940s people were sleeping on average just a little bit over eight…georgeannJuly 7, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Is sense of smell linked to being fatter or thinner? Would you be willing to give up the smell of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies or…georgeannJuly 6, 2017