Announcement Gallant and Liu to serve as co-directors of the Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Berkeley Brain Imaging Center Congratulations to Jack Gallant and Chunlei Liu for becoming co-directors of the BIC, and thank…barbaraMay 27, 2020
Announcement HWNI faculty to receive Weill Neurohub funding for foundational projects Weill Neurohub is supporting five inaugural high-impact neuroscience projects. A pioneering research network, the Weill…barbaraMarch 9, 2020
News World’s highest resolution functional MRI brain scanner installed at Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute HWNI member David Feinberg led the development of this cutting-edge NexGen T7 MRI brain scanner.…barbaraFebruary 12, 2020
Research Discovery Playing high school football changes the teenage brain A single season of high school football may be enough to cause microscopic changes in…barbaraNovember 19, 2018
Research Discovery Fever in early pregnancy linked to birth defects, animal study shows Fevers in a mother’s first trimester of pregnancy increase the baby’s risk for some heart…georgeannOctober 11, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News How fever in early pregnancy can cause birth defects Running a high fever during early pregnancy is known to be dangerous. A first-trimester fever…georgeannOctober 10, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Researchers at UC Berkeley receive $13M to construct next-generation MRI brain scanner UC Berkeley has received $13.4 million to build a next-generation MRI brain scanner, which will…georgeannOctober 9, 2017
Announcement $13.4 million to build next-gen MRI brain scanner at UC Berkeley Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, has transformed our view of the brain, allowing researchers…georgeannOctober 6, 2017