Research Discovery First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig’s disease University of California, Berkeley scientists have for the first time used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to…georgeannDecember 20, 2017
Perspective Sequencing Brain Cells With nearly 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections, the human brain remains one of…georgeannOctober 18, 2017
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
Profile Neuroscientist Portrait Project: Krishan Aghi The following is part of the Neuroscientist Portrait Project, a look at the lives of neuroscientists…georgeannSeptember 21, 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
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
Research Discovery Improved imaging technique reveals synaptic transmission at quantal resolution in fruit fly larvae Synapses, including those using glutamate as a neurotransmitter, vary greatly in pre- and post-synaptic transmission…georgeannJuly 5, 2017
Research Discovery Smelling your food makes you fat Our sense of smell is key to the enjoyment of food, so it may be…georgeannJuly 5, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Does my sense of smell make me look fat? In mice, the answer seems to be yes Having an exceptionally keen sense of smell would seem to be an unmitigated blessing: It…georgeannJuly 5, 2017