Alumni Profile Visualizing a new path: PhD alum John Long creates tech that helps firefighters see through smoke and darkness Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum John Long, co-founder and CTO of Qwake Technologies.KailyssJanuary 25, 2022
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News HWNI scientists featured in NY Times article on brain-machine interfaces The opinion piece discusses the work of Jack Gallant, Jose Carmena, and Michel Maharbiz.barbaraAugust 28, 2020
Alumni Profile From brains to self-driving cars: PhD alum Helene Moorman’s path from academia to industry Read our Q&A with Neuroscience PhD alum Helene Moorman to learn how she went from…barbaraJuly 13, 2020
News Kids are the reviewers at this scientific journal By Rachel Henderson When Robert Knight made the half-joking comment at a meeting of scientists:…Cari IrwinOctober 15, 2019
Perspective Our Postdoc Job Market seminar series featured in editorial Obtaining a position as an independent investigator is a daunting prospect, and often requires skill…Cari IrwinJune 14, 2019
Research Discovery Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could be new standard treatment for neurological disorders A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at UC Berkeley can listen to and stimulate electric…barbaraDecember 31, 2018
Profile Jose M. Carmena The brain—or as Dr. Jose Carmena calls it, “the ultimate frontier”—has immense capabilities. It regulates…barbaraMay 19, 2018
Research Discovery Lights on learning: Cortico-striatal feedback required to learn brain control of an external device A fundamental question in neuroscience is “How does the brain learn?” Berkeley Neuroscience labs are…georgeannMarch 13, 2018
Research Discovery Retraining the brain’s vision center to take action Neuroscientists have demonstrated the astounding flexibility of the brain by training neurons that normally process…georgeannMarch 1, 2018